Chords for Art Alexakis of Everclear "Father of Mine" At: Guitar Center
Tempo:
87.4 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
E
D
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
This is a song that [C] a lot of people ask me to play a lot.
This was just a song about the way I felt and went out to my [Am] dad.
It's called Father of Mine.
Father of [E] mine, tell me where have you [F] been?
[Eb] Just close [D] my eyes, my [C] whole world disappeared.
[E] Father of mine, take me back to [F] the day
when [Dm] I was still your golden boy, right [C] before you went away.
I [D] remember [E] blue skies, [F] walking the block.
Loved it when you [D] held me high, loved [C] to hear you talk.
[Eb] Take me to the [E] movies, take [F] me to the beach.
Take [Dm] me to a place inside so [C] hard to see.
[G] [F]
[E] [C] [F]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, [C] yeah.
[G] Father [E] of mine, tell me where did [F] you go?
[D] Had the world inside your hand, did not [C] seem to know.
[B] Father [E] of mine, tell me what [F] do you see?
When you look back at [D] your wasted life and you don't see me.
[C] I was [F] 10 [E] years old, doing all that I [F] could.
Wasn't easy for me to [D] be a scared white boy in a black [C] neighborhood.
[F] Sometimes you'd send [E] me a birthday card, but I thought [F] I'd fail.
Never [D] understood you then, guess I [C] never will.
[F] [E]
Daddy gave me [C] a name, [E]
[F] daddy gave me a [C] name.
Then he [F] walked away, [E]
[F] daddy gave me a [C] name.
Then he walked [E] away, [F] daddy gave me a [C] name.
Yeah, yeah, oh yeah.
[Em] Father of mine, tell me where have you [F] been?
Just [D] closed my eyes, my [C] whole world disappeared.
[D] Father of [E] mine, tell me how [F] do you sleep?
With the children you [Dm] abandoned and the wife [C] I saw you be.
[Dm] Never be [E] safe, [F] never be sane.
[Dm] Always be weird inside, always be [C] lame.
I'm [F] a grown [E] man with a child [F] of my own.
And I swear [Dm] I'm not gonna let her know [D] all the pain I [C] have known.
[F] [E]
Daddy gave me [C] a name, [G] [E]
[F] daddy gave me [C] a name.
[G] Then he walked [E] away, daddy gave me [C] a name.
Then he [F] walked away, daddy gave me [C] a name.
[F] Yeah, [C]
then he walked away, then he walked away, yeah.
This was just a song about the way I felt and went out to my [Am] dad.
It's called Father of Mine.
Father of [E] mine, tell me where have you [F] been?
[Eb] Just close [D] my eyes, my [C] whole world disappeared.
[E] Father of mine, take me back to [F] the day
when [Dm] I was still your golden boy, right [C] before you went away.
I [D] remember [E] blue skies, [F] walking the block.
Loved it when you [D] held me high, loved [C] to hear you talk.
[Eb] Take me to the [E] movies, take [F] me to the beach.
Take [Dm] me to a place inside so [C] hard to see.
[G] [F]
[E] [C] [F]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, [C] yeah.
[G] Father [E] of mine, tell me where did [F] you go?
[D] Had the world inside your hand, did not [C] seem to know.
[B] Father [E] of mine, tell me what [F] do you see?
When you look back at [D] your wasted life and you don't see me.
[C] I was [F] 10 [E] years old, doing all that I [F] could.
Wasn't easy for me to [D] be a scared white boy in a black [C] neighborhood.
[F] Sometimes you'd send [E] me a birthday card, but I thought [F] I'd fail.
Never [D] understood you then, guess I [C] never will.
[F] [E]
Daddy gave me [C] a name, [E]
[F] daddy gave me a [C] name.
Then he [F] walked away, [E]
[F] daddy gave me a [C] name.
Then he walked [E] away, [F] daddy gave me a [C] name.
Yeah, yeah, oh yeah.
[Em] Father of mine, tell me where have you [F] been?
Just [D] closed my eyes, my [C] whole world disappeared.
[D] Father of [E] mine, tell me how [F] do you sleep?
With the children you [Dm] abandoned and the wife [C] I saw you be.
[Dm] Never be [E] safe, [F] never be sane.
[Dm] Always be weird inside, always be [C] lame.
I'm [F] a grown [E] man with a child [F] of my own.
And I swear [Dm] I'm not gonna let her know [D] all the pain I [C] have known.
[F] [E]
Daddy gave me [C] a name, [G] [E]
[F] daddy gave me [C] a name.
[G] Then he walked [E] away, daddy gave me [C] a name.
Then he [F] walked away, daddy gave me [C] a name.
[F] Yeah, [C]
then he walked away, then he walked away, yeah.
Key:
F
C
E
D
Dm
F
C
E
_ This is a song that [C] a lot of people ask me to play a lot.
_ _ This was just a song about the way I felt and went out to my [Am] dad.
It's called Father of Mine.
_ _ Father of [E] mine, tell me where have you [F] been?
[Eb] Just close [D] my eyes, my [C] whole world disappeared.
[E] Father of mine, take me back to [F] the day
when [Dm] I was still your golden boy, right [C] before you went away.
I [D] remember [E] blue skies, [F] walking the block.
_ Loved it when you [D] held me high, loved [C] to hear you talk.
[Eb] Take me to the [E] movies, take [F] me to the beach.
Take [Dm] me to a place inside so [C] hard to see.
_ [G] _ [F] _ _
[E] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
Yeah, yeah, yeah, [C] yeah.
_ [G] Father [E] of mine, tell me where did [F] you go?
[D] Had the world inside your hand, did not [C] seem to know.
_ [B] Father [E] of mine, tell me what [F] do you see?
When you look back at [D] your wasted life and you don't see me.
[C] I was [F] 10 [E] years old, doing all that I [F] could.
Wasn't easy for me to [D] be a scared white boy in a black [C] neighborhood.
_ [F] Sometimes you'd send [E] me a birthday card, but I thought [F] I'd fail.
Never [D] understood you then, guess I [C] never will.
_ _ [F] _ [E] _
Daddy gave me [C] a name, _ _ [E] _
[F] daddy gave me a [C] name.
Then he [F] walked away, [E] _
[F] daddy gave me a [C] name.
Then he walked [E] away, [F] daddy gave me a [C] name.
_ _ Yeah, _ _ yeah, _ oh yeah. _
_ _ _ _ [Em] Father of mine, tell me where have you [F] been?
Just [D] closed my eyes, my [C] whole world disappeared.
_ [D] Father of [E] mine, tell me how [F] do you sleep?
With the children you [Dm] abandoned and the wife [C] I saw you be.
_ [Dm] Never be [E] safe, _ [F] never be sane.
[Dm] Always be weird inside, always be [C] lame.
I'm [F] a grown [E] man with a child [F] of my own.
And I swear [Dm] I'm not gonna let her know [D] all the pain I [C] have known.
_ [F] _ [E] _
Daddy gave me [C] a name, [G] _ _ [E] _
[F] daddy gave me [C] a name.
[G] Then he walked [E] away, daddy gave me [C] a name.
Then he [F] walked away, daddy gave me [C] a name.
[F] Yeah, [C] _
then he walked away, then he walked away, yeah. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ This was just a song about the way I felt and went out to my [Am] dad.
It's called Father of Mine.
_ _ Father of [E] mine, tell me where have you [F] been?
[Eb] Just close [D] my eyes, my [C] whole world disappeared.
[E] Father of mine, take me back to [F] the day
when [Dm] I was still your golden boy, right [C] before you went away.
I [D] remember [E] blue skies, [F] walking the block.
_ Loved it when you [D] held me high, loved [C] to hear you talk.
[Eb] Take me to the [E] movies, take [F] me to the beach.
Take [Dm] me to a place inside so [C] hard to see.
_ [G] _ [F] _ _
[E] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
Yeah, yeah, yeah, [C] yeah.
_ [G] Father [E] of mine, tell me where did [F] you go?
[D] Had the world inside your hand, did not [C] seem to know.
_ [B] Father [E] of mine, tell me what [F] do you see?
When you look back at [D] your wasted life and you don't see me.
[C] I was [F] 10 [E] years old, doing all that I [F] could.
Wasn't easy for me to [D] be a scared white boy in a black [C] neighborhood.
_ [F] Sometimes you'd send [E] me a birthday card, but I thought [F] I'd fail.
Never [D] understood you then, guess I [C] never will.
_ _ [F] _ [E] _
Daddy gave me [C] a name, _ _ [E] _
[F] daddy gave me a [C] name.
Then he [F] walked away, [E] _
[F] daddy gave me a [C] name.
Then he walked [E] away, [F] daddy gave me a [C] name.
_ _ Yeah, _ _ yeah, _ oh yeah. _
_ _ _ _ [Em] Father of mine, tell me where have you [F] been?
Just [D] closed my eyes, my [C] whole world disappeared.
_ [D] Father of [E] mine, tell me how [F] do you sleep?
With the children you [Dm] abandoned and the wife [C] I saw you be.
_ [Dm] Never be [E] safe, _ [F] never be sane.
[Dm] Always be weird inside, always be [C] lame.
I'm [F] a grown [E] man with a child [F] of my own.
And I swear [Dm] I'm not gonna let her know [D] all the pain I [C] have known.
_ [F] _ [E] _
Daddy gave me [C] a name, [G] _ _ [E] _
[F] daddy gave me [C] a name.
[G] Then he walked [E] away, daddy gave me [C] a name.
Then he [F] walked away, daddy gave me [C] a name.
[F] Yeah, [C] _
then he walked away, then he walked away, yeah. _
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