Father of Mine Everclear
This is based on an acoustic performance given by Art Alexakis for Guitar Centre
and is easily found on Youtube if you want to see the strumming pattern and the
chord changes on the interlude.
the tuning is one full step down
great song, enjoy!
[D] Father of mine
Tell me where have you been?[G]
You know I just closed by eyes[Em]
My whole world disappeared[D]
Father of mine[F#]
Take me back to the day[G]
Yeah, when I was still your golden boy[Em]
Back before you went away[D]
interlude
D A G F# G A(pull off)
D A G F# (yeah yeah) G D
[D] Father of mine[F#]
Tell me where did you go?[G]
Yeah, you had the world inside [Em]your hand
But you did not seem to know[D]
[D] Father of mine[F#]
Tell me what do you see?[G]
When you look back at your wast[Em]ed life
And you don't see me[D]
(Palm mute)
[D]I was ten years old[F#]
Doin' all that I could[G]
Em (Strum)
It wasn't easy for me to be a scared white boy
D (strum then mute)
In a black neighborhood
[D]Sometimes you would send me a birthday card[F#]
With a five dollar bill[G]
I never understood you th[Em]en
And I guess I never will[D]
D A G F# G A(pull off) D
Daddy Gave me a name
D A G F# G A(pull off) D
Daddy Gave me a name, then he walked away...
[D] [A] [G] [F#] [G] [D]
[D] yeah, [D] yeah, y[D]eah
(palm mute)
[D] Father of mine[F#]
Tell me where have you been?[G]
Yeah, I just closed by eyes[Em]
And the world disappeared[D]
Father of mine[F#]
Tell me how do you sleep?[G]
With the children you abandoned[Em]
And the wife I saw you beat[D]
I will never be safe[F#]
I will never be sane[G]
I will always be weird inside[Em]
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 never let her know[Em]
All the pain I have known[D]
D A G F# G A(pull off) D
Daddy Gave me a name
D A G F# G A(pull off) D
Daddy Gave me a name, then he walked away...
[D] [A] [G] [F#] [G] [D]
[D] yeah, [D] yeah, y[D]eah and he walked away... etc
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