My Father Chords by Judy Collins

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[Gm] _ [Am] _ [Bb] _ My [Dm] _
_ [Gm] father always [Bb] promised us [Eb] that we _ [Cm]
would [Bb] live in _ France.
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We'd go [Gm] _ boating [Bb] on the _ [Eb] Seine _ [Cm] and I would [Eb] learn to _ [F] dance.
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We [C] lived in Ohio then, _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Am]
he _ [Dm] worked in the [F] mines.
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On his [Bb] dreams like boats we knew, _ [Eb] we'd sail in _ [Db] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ time.
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All [Eb] my sisters soon [Bb] were _ [Eb] gone to [Cm]
Denver [Bb] and _ Cheyenne.
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Marrying _ [Eb] their grown [Bb]-up _ [Eb] dreams, the [Cm]
lilacs [Eb] and the meadow. _
[F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
I stayed behind [E] the [C]
mist _ [F] still, _ only [C] danced along.
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The [Bb] colors of [Fm] my [Bb] father's _ _ [Eb] dreams _ faded [Db] without a _ _
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trace.
And [Eb] I live [Bb] in Paris _ [Eb] now, my [Cm]
children dance [Bb] and dream. _
_ _ _ _ Hearing the [Gm] words of a [Bb] miner's life, _ [Eb] _ _ _
in [Bb] words they've never [F] _ _ _
_ [Gm] seen.
_ [Bb] I sail [C] the breeze of _ _ [F] _ my [Am]
boat _ [D] across the [F] Seine _ _ [Ab] _ _ and watch the [Fm] Paris _ _ [Bb]
sun _ [Eb] set in my _
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_ _ [Bb] face again.
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_ _ [Eb] My _ [Bb] _
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[Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
father [Gm] always [Bb] promised _ us [Eb] _ that we would live [Bb] in _ France.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] We'd go [Gm] boating _ [Bb] on the _ [Eb] Seine _ [Cm] and I would learn to _ [F] dance.
_ [Gm] I _ _ _ sail [F] my memories of [Bb] _ [F] home like _ boats [Dm] across the [F] _
_ [Fm] Seine _ _ and watch the [Bb] Paris _ _ sun [Eb] set in my father's _ [Db] eyes _ _
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again.
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