_ _ _
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 _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .