My Fathers Chair Chords by David Meece

_ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [F] Sometimes [C] at night _ I'd lie [Dm] awake [F] _ _
Longing [Am] inside for [Bb] my _ father's [Dm] embrace
_ _ [F]
Sometimes [C] at night [Gm] I'd wander [Dm] down the stairs _ [F]
Afraid he'd [Am] return but [Bb]
no one [E] [Dm] was there _
[Bb] Oh how I [Dm] cried, [Gm] a child [Dm] all alone _
[Gm] _ Waiting [F] for [Bb] him to come [C] home
_ [Am] My [C] father's [F] chair _ [C]
sat in [Dm] an empty bed [C] My _ [F] father's chair [C]
covered [Dm] with sheets of blue
[C]
My [F] father's chair [C] through [Bb] all [F] the years [Bb] And all [F] the tears [A] I cried [Dm] in vain
[Gm] But [D] no [Gm] one [F] was there in [Gm] my _ [C] [F] father's chair
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ [F]
Sometimes [C] at night I sit all [Dm] alone _ [F]
Drifting [Am] asleep [Gm] in a [Bb] chair of [Dm] my own
[F] When sweet [C] sleepy _ [Gm] eyes peer down from the [Dm] hall _ _ [F]
Frightened [Am] by dreams [Bb] they cannot _ [Dm] recall
_ [Bb]
Holding them [Dm] close, [Gm] _
calming [Dm] their fears [Gm] Praying [F] they [Bb] always will [C]
say
_ _ My [F] father's chair [C] _ sits [Dm] in a loving womb [C] My [F] father's chair _ [C] no [Dm] matter what I do
[C] My [F] father's chair through _ [Bb] all [F] the years [Bb] And all the [F]
tears [A] I need [Dm] not fear
_ [Bb] _ [D] Love's [Gm]
[F] always there in my [C] _
_ [F] father's chair
_ [C] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ Sometimes [D] at night I dream of [Em] a throne _
[G] My [Bm] loving God [C] _ calling [Em] me home
And [G] as I [D] appear [Am] He rises [Em] and smiles [G] _ Reaches [Bm] with a loud _
[C] welcome [Em] his pride _
[C] Never [Em] to cry, [C] _
[Am] never [Em] to feel _ [Am]
In [G] his arms safe and [D] secure
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] My _ father's chair [D] sits [Em] in a royal room [D] My _ [G]
father's chair [D] holds glory [Em]
beyond the [D] tomb
My [G] father's chair, [C] my God _ [G]
is there [C] And [G] I am [B] his _ eternal [Em] _ heir
_ [Am] _ [E]
Someday [Am] [G] I'll share my [C] _ [D] father's _ [Em] _
chair [Am] _ [B] _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] My _ _ [D]
father's [G] _ chair
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [N] _ _