Father of Mine Everclear
[Verse]
[D] Father of mine [F#] tell me where have you been
[G] You know I just closed by eye[E]s my whole world disappeared
[D] Father of mine [F#] take me back to the day
[G] Yeah when I was still your go[E]lden boy back before you went away
[D] I remember blu[F#]e skies walking the block
[G] I loved it when you hel[E]d me high I loved to hear you talk
[D] You would take me to the m[F#]ovie you would take me to the beach
[G] You would take me [F#]to a[F] pl[E]ace inside that's so hard to rea[D]ch
[Instrumental]
D A G F# G A (x2)
[Verse]
[D] Father of mine [F#] tell me where did you go
[G] Yeah you had the world in[E]side your hand but you did not seem to know
[D] Father of mine [F#] tell me what do you see
[G] When you look back at your w[E]asted life and you don't see me
[D] I was ten years o[F#]ld doin' all that I could
[G] It wasn't easy for me to be a [E]scared white boy in a black neighborhood
[D] Sometimes you would send me a [F#]birthday card with a five dollar bill
[G] I never unders[F#]tood[F] yo[E]u then and I guess I never will
[Cborus]
[D] [A] [G] [F#] Daddy ga[G]ve me [A]a name
[D] [A] [G] My[F#] daddy ga[G]ve me [A]a name
[D] Then he walked a[A]way [G] [F#] Daddy ga[G]ve me [A]a name
[D] Then he walked a[A]way [G] M[F#]y daddy ga[G]ve me [A]a name
[Instrumental]
[D] [F#] [G] [F#] [F] [E]
[Cborus]
[D] [A] [G] [F#] Daddy ga[G]ve me [A]a name
[D] [A] [G] My[F#] daddy ga[G]ve me [A]a name
[D] Then he walked a[A]way [G] [F#] Daddy ga[G]ve me [A]a name
[D] Then he walked a[A]way [G] M[F#]y daddy ga[G]ve me [A]a name
[D] Yeah. Yeah. Oh, Yeah.
[Verse]
[D] Father of mine [F#] tell me where have you been
[G] You know I just closed by eye[E]s my whole world disappeared
[D] Father of mine [F#] tell me how do you sleep
[G] With the children you aba[E]ndoned and the wife I saw you beat
[D] I will never be safe [F#] I will never be sane
[G] I will always be wei[E]rd inside I will always be lame
[D] Now I'm a grown man [F#] with a child of my own
[G] And I swear I'll[F#] nev[F]er [E]let her know all the pain I have kno[D]wn
[Instrumental]
D A G F# G A (x2)
[Cborus]
[D] Then he walked a[A]way [G] [F#] Daddy ga[G]ve me [A]a name
[D] Then he walked a[A]way [G] M[F#]y daddy ga[G]ve me [A]a name
[D] Then he walked a[A]way [G] M[F#]y daddy ga[G]ve me [A]a name
[D] Then he walked a[A]way [G] M[F#]y daddy ga[G]ve me [A]a name
[D] Then he walked away yeah
[D] Then he walked away yeah
[D] Then he walked away
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