Chords for My Father's Chair

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_ [Dm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [F] Sometimes [C] at night _ I'd lie _ awake _
[F] _ Longing [Am] inside [Bb] for my father's [Dm] embrace
_ [F] _ Sometimes [C] at night [Gm] I'd wander [Dm] down the stairs
[F] Pray [Am] he'd return but [Bb] no [E] one was [Dm] there _
_ [Bb] Oh how I'd cry, [Dm] _ [Gm] a child all alone _ _ [Gm] Waiting for [Bb] him to come [C] home _ _
[Am] My father's [F] chair _ [C]
sat in [Dm] an empty bed [C] My [F] father's chair _ [C] covered [Dm] with sheets of blue
[C] My [F] father's chair [Cm] through [Bb] all [F] the years [Bb] And _ [F] all the tears [A] I cried [Dm] in vain
_ [Gm] But no one was [F] there in my [C] _ _
[F] father's chair
[C] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F] Sometimes [C] at night I sit [Dm] all alone _ [F] _
Drifting [Am] asleep _ [Bb] in a chair of [Dm] my own
[F] When sweet [C] sleepy _ eyes peer [Gm] down from the [Dm] hall _
[F] _ Frightened [Am] by dreams [Bb] they cannot [Dm] recall
_ _ [Bb] Holding [Dm] them close, _ [Gm] calming [Dm] their fears [Gm] Praying they [Bb] _ always [C] will say
_ My _ [F] father's chair [C] _ sits [Dm] in a loving [C] mood My father's chair [F] _ _ [C]
no [Dm] matter what I do
[C] My father's [F] chair through all the years [Bb] And all the [F] tears [A] I need [Dm] not fear
_ _ [Gm] _
Love's always [F] there in my [C] _ _ father's [F] chair
_ _ [C] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ Sometimes [D] at night I dream of [Em] a throne _
[G] My loving [Bm] God _ _ [C]
calling [Em] me home
_ And [G] as I [D] appear [Am] He rises [Em] and smiles
[G] _ Preaches [Bm] with love [C]
the work of [Em] his child
[C] _ Never [Em] to cry, _ [C] _ never to [Em]
fear _ [C] In his [G] arms safe [D] and secure _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ My [G] father's chair _ [D] sits in [Em] a royal room [D]
My [G] father's chair [Gbm] holds glory [Em] beyond the [D] tomb
My _ [G] father's chair, [C] my God [Bm] is there [C] And I [G] am _ [B] His _ eternal [Em] _ lair _ _ _
[E] [Am] Someday I'll share _ [C] my _ [D] father's _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[B] _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[D] chair
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ [Em] _ _
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