Chords for Everclear - Father Of Mine (Official Music Video)
Tempo:
98.75 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
F#
E
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Key:
G
D
F#
E
F#m
G
D
F#
[D] [F#] Father of mine, [G] tell me where have you been?.
You [E] know I just closed my eyes, my whole world [D] disappeared.
[F#] Father of mine, take me back [G] to the day, yeah when I [E] was still your golden boy, back before.
[D] you went away.
I [F#] remember blue skies, [G#] walking [G] the block.
I loved [E] it when you held me high, I loved it here and now.
[D] You would take me to [F#m] the movies, you [G] would take me to the beach, you would take me to.
a [E] place in time, that is so [D] hard to reach.
[G] .
[F#] [G] [D] [G] .
[F#] [G] [A] [D] Father [F#] of mine, tell [G] me where did you go?.
Yeah [E] you have the world inside your hand, [G#] but you did [D] not seem to know.
[N] Father [F#] of mine, tell [C#] me why do [G] you see?.
When [C#] you look [E] back, it's just a wasted life and [D] you don't see me.
I was ten years old, doing all [G] that I could.
Wasn't easy for me to be [E] a scared white boy in a black [D] neighborhood.
Sometimes you would send me a birthday card with a five [G] dollar bill.
And I never [E] understood you then, and I guess [D] I never will.
[G] .
[F#] Daddy [G] gave [D] me a name.
[A] [G].
[D] My daddy gave me a name.
[A] [G] .
[F#m] Daddy [G] gave [D] me a name.
[G] .
[D] My daddy gave me a name.
[F#] .
[F] [G] [Bm] [E].
Daddy [D] .
gave me a name.
[G] .
[D] Daddy gave me a name.
.
[F#m] Daddy [G] gave me [A] a [D] name.
[G].
[D] My daddy gave me everything .
Yeah, cool, oh yeah.
[F] [D] Father [F#] of mine, tell me [G] where have you been?.
Yeah, [E] I just closed my eyes and the [D] world disappeared.
Father [F#] of mine, [D] tell me how do [G] you sleep?.
With the children [E] you abandoned.
And the wife I [D] saw you feed.
I will never [F#] be the same.
I will never [G] be the same.
I will always [E] be weary and sad.
I will always [D] be late.
Now that I'm a grown [F#m] man.
With a child in [G] my heart.
I [D] swear [E] I'm not gonna let him know.
I'm a faded [D] hammer.
[G] .
[F#] [G] Daddy [D] [G] .
[D] [G] .
[F#m] [G] gave me [A] [D] everything.
[G].
[F#m] My daddy [D] gave me everything.
Daddy .
[F#m] [G] gave [D] me everything.
[G] My [F#m] daddy [G] gave me [D] everything .
Yeah, [A] [D] yeah .
.
You [E] know I just closed my eyes, my whole world [D] disappeared.
[F#] Father of mine, take me back [G] to the day, yeah when I [E] was still your golden boy, back before.
[D] you went away.
I [F#] remember blue skies, [G#] walking [G] the block.
I loved [E] it when you held me high, I loved it here and now.
[D] You would take me to [F#m] the movies, you [G] would take me to the beach, you would take me to.
a [E] place in time, that is so [D] hard to reach.
[G] .
[F#] [G] [D] [G] .
[F#] [G] [A] [D] Father [F#] of mine, tell [G] me where did you go?.
Yeah [E] you have the world inside your hand, [G#] but you did [D] not seem to know.
[N] Father [F#] of mine, tell [C#] me why do [G] you see?.
When [C#] you look [E] back, it's just a wasted life and [D] you don't see me.
I was ten years old, doing all [G] that I could.
Wasn't easy for me to be [E] a scared white boy in a black [D] neighborhood.
Sometimes you would send me a birthday card with a five [G] dollar bill.
And I never [E] understood you then, and I guess [D] I never will.
[G] .
[F#] Daddy [G] gave [D] me a name.
[A] [G].
[D] My daddy gave me a name.
[A] [G] .
[F#m] Daddy [G] gave [D] me a name.
[G] .
[D] My daddy gave me a name.
[F#] .
[F] [G] [Bm] [E].
Daddy [D] .
gave me a name.
[G] .
[D] Daddy gave me a name.
.
[F#m] Daddy [G] gave me [A] a [D] name.
[G].
[D] My daddy gave me everything .
Yeah, cool, oh yeah.
[F] [D] Father [F#] of mine, tell me [G] where have you been?.
Yeah, [E] I just closed my eyes and the [D] world disappeared.
Father [F#] of mine, [D] tell me how do [G] you sleep?.
With the children [E] you abandoned.
And the wife I [D] saw you feed.
I will never [F#] be the same.
I will never [G] be the same.
I will always [E] be weary and sad.
I will always [D] be late.
Now that I'm a grown [F#m] man.
With a child in [G] my heart.
I [D] swear [E] I'm not gonna let him know.
I'm a faded [D] hammer.
[G] .
[F#] [G] Daddy [D] [G] .
[D] [G] .
[F#m] [G] gave me [A] [D] everything.
[G].
[F#m] My daddy [D] gave me everything.
Daddy .
[F#m] [G] gave [D] me everything.
[G] My [F#m] daddy [G] gave me [D] everything .
Yeah, [A] [D] yeah .
.