My Fathers Chair Chords by David Meece

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