Father Of Mine

[Verse 1]
Db5              F5
   Father of mine
                            Gb5
Tell me where have you been?
                              Eb5
You know I just closed my eyes
                          Db5
My whole world disappeared
              F5
Father of mine
                       Gb5
Take me back to the day
                                Eb5
Yeah, when I was still your golden boy
Back before you went away
Db5               F5
   I remember blue  skies walking the block
Gb5                        Eb5
   I loved it when you held   me high
                        Db5
I loved to hear you talk
                           F5
You would take me to the movie
                              Gb5
You would take me to the beach
        F5   E5   Eb5
Take me to a place   inside
That's so hard to reach

[Bridge]
Db5 Ab5 Gb5 F5 Gb5 Ab5 Db5 Gb5 F5 Gb5 Ab5

[Verse 2]
Db5              F5
   Father of mine
                         Gb5
Tell me where did you go?
Yeah,
                        Eb5
you had the world inside   your hand
                            Db5
But you did not seem to know
              F5
Father of mine
                        Gb5
Tell me what do you see?
                               Eb5
When you look back at your wasted life
And you don't see me
Db5                   F5
   I was ten years old
Doin' all that I could
Gb5                              Eb5
   It wasn't easy for me to be a scared white boy
In a black neighborhood
Db5                              F5
   Sometimes you would send me a birthday card
                       Gb5
With a five dollar bill
                F5 E5    Eb5
You are never understood you then
                        Db5 Ab5 Gb5
And I guess I never will

[Chorus]
F5           Gb5  Ab5 Db5 Gb5
  Daddy gave me a name
F5            Gb5  Ab5 Db5               Ab5
My daddy gave me a name   Then he walked away
Gb5
F5           Gb5      Ab5
  Daddy gave me a name
Db5                   Gb5 F5            Gb5  Ab5 Db5
   Then he walked away    My daddy gave me a name

[Solo]
   F5     Gb5 F5 E5 Eb5
Daddy gave             me

[Chorus]
Db5 Ab5 Gb5 F5
              a name
Gb5   Ab5    Db5 Gb5 F5      Gb5
Daddy gave me          a name
     Ab5 Db5            Ab5    Gb5
Then he  walked away Daddy gave
  F5            Gb5        Ab5
me  a name Then he walked a
Db5                 Gb5
   way My daddy gave
F5
me a name
Gb5
Yeah
Yeah
Ab5 Db5
Oh  yeah

[Break]
              Db5
Father of mine

[Verse 3]
              F5
Tell me where have you been?
             Gb5
Yeah, I just closed by eyes
              Eb5
And the world disappeared
          Db5
Father of mine
              F5
Tell me how do  you sleep?
                 Gb5
With the children   you abandoned
        Eb5
And the wife I saw you beat
         Db5
I will never be safe
         F5
I will never be sane
             Gb5
I will always   be weird inside
  Eb5
I will always be lame
               Db5
Now I'm a grown   man
                  F5
With a child of my  own
                 Gb5              F5  E5
And I swear, I'll   never let her know
    Eb5
All the pain I have known

[Chorus]
Db5 Ab5 Gb5 F5 Gb5 Ab5
Db5    Gb5
   Then
   F5      Gb5 Ab5 Db5      Ab5      Gb5
he walked away        Daddy gave me a
F5          Gb5        Ab5
  name Then he walked a
Db5                 Gb5
   way My daddy gave
   F5
me a name
        Gb5     Ab5 Db5      Ab5    Gb5
Then he walked away    My daddy gave
   F5
me a name
     Gb5       Ab5 Db5                Gb5
Then he walked away   My daddy gave me
F5
a name
     Gb5       Ab5 Db5
Then he walked a__way
Yeah
Then he walked away
Yeah
Then he walked away