Chords for Father of Mine (Re-Recorded)
Tempo:
97.6 bpm
Chords used:
F#
D
G
E
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Father of [F#] mine, tell me where [G#] have you [G] been?
You know I just [E] closed my eyes, my whole [D] world disappeared.
Father [F#] of mine, take me [C#] back to [G] that day.
Yeah, when [E] I was still your golden boy, back before [D] you were awake.
I remember [F#] blue skies, [G] walking the blind.
I loved it when you [E] held me high, I [D] loved to hear you talk.
You would take me to [F#] the movies, you would [G] take me to the beach.
Take me to [E] a place inside that's so hard [D] to reach.
[F#]
[A] [D] [F#] [G]
Father [F#] of mine, tell me where [G] did you go?
You had the world [E] inside your hand, but you did [A] not [D] seem to know.
Father of [F#] mine, tell me what [G] do you see?
When you look back at [E] your wasted life, baby don't see [D] me.
I was ten [F#] years old, doing [G] all that I could.
[D] What's the reason for me to [E] be a scared white boy in a black neighborhood?
[D] Sometimes you would send [F#m] me a birthday card with a five dollar [G] bill.
You loved the [E] suit you wear, black and black and [D] always.
[F#] Daddy [A] gave me a name, [D] [F#] my daddy gave me a [D] name.
[F#] Daddy gave [A] me a name, [F#m] my [G] daddy gave me a [D] name.
[B] [F#] Daddy
[G] [E]
[D] [A] gave [D]
[D] me a name, [F#] daddy gave me [D] a name.
Daddy gave [F#] me a name, daddy gave me a name.
Daddy [A] gave me a name, [F#] my [G] daddy gave me a name.
Yeah,
[D] oh yeah.
Father of [F#] mine, [N] tell me where have you [G] been?
[E] You just closed my eyes and the world disappeared.
Father of [F#] mine, tell me how [E] do you [G] sleep?
With the children you [E] abandoned and the weapons on your [D] feet.
I will never be [F#] safe, I will never [G] be sane.
I will always be [E] weird inside, I will always be [D] there.
Now I am a grown [F#] man with a child [G] of my own.
Now I swear I'm not [E] gonna let it go, okay?
[A] [F#]
[A] [F#]
[D] [F#] Daddy [A] gave me a name, [F#] my daddy gave me a [D] name.
My [F#] daddy gave [A] me a name, [F#] my daddy gave me a [D] name.
Yeah, yeah, oh yeah.
You know I just [E] closed my eyes, my whole [D] world disappeared.
Father [F#] of mine, take me [C#] back to [G] that day.
Yeah, when [E] I was still your golden boy, back before [D] you were awake.
I remember [F#] blue skies, [G] walking the blind.
I loved it when you [E] held me high, I [D] loved to hear you talk.
You would take me to [F#] the movies, you would [G] take me to the beach.
Take me to [E] a place inside that's so hard [D] to reach.
[F#]
[A] [D] [F#] [G]
Father [F#] of mine, tell me where [G] did you go?
You had the world [E] inside your hand, but you did [A] not [D] seem to know.
Father of [F#] mine, tell me what [G] do you see?
When you look back at [E] your wasted life, baby don't see [D] me.
I was ten [F#] years old, doing [G] all that I could.
[D] What's the reason for me to [E] be a scared white boy in a black neighborhood?
[D] Sometimes you would send [F#m] me a birthday card with a five dollar [G] bill.
You loved the [E] suit you wear, black and black and [D] always.
[F#] Daddy [A] gave me a name, [D] [F#] my daddy gave me a [D] name.
[F#] Daddy gave [A] me a name, [F#m] my [G] daddy gave me a [D] name.
[B] [F#] Daddy
[G] [E]
[D] [A] gave [D]
[D] me a name, [F#] daddy gave me [D] a name.
Daddy gave [F#] me a name, daddy gave me a name.
Daddy [A] gave me a name, [F#] my [G] daddy gave me a name.
Yeah,
[D] oh yeah.
Father of [F#] mine, [N] tell me where have you [G] been?
[E] You just closed my eyes and the world disappeared.
Father of [F#] mine, tell me how [E] do you [G] sleep?
With the children you [E] abandoned and the weapons on your [D] feet.
I will never be [F#] safe, I will never [G] be sane.
I will always be [E] weird inside, I will always be [D] there.
Now I am a grown [F#] man with a child [G] of my own.
Now I swear I'm not [E] gonna let it go, okay?
[A] [F#]
[A] [F#]
[D] [F#] Daddy [A] gave me a name, [F#] my daddy gave me a [D] name.
My [F#] daddy gave [A] me a name, [F#] my daddy gave me a [D] name.
Yeah, yeah, oh yeah.
Key:
F#
D
G
E
A
F#
D
G
_ _ _ Father of [F#] mine, tell me where [G#] have you [G] been?
You know I just [E] closed my eyes, my whole [D] world disappeared.
Father [F#] of mine, take me [C#] back to [G] that day.
Yeah, when [E] I was still your golden boy, back before [D] you were awake.
I remember [F#] blue skies, [G] walking the blind.
I loved it when you [E] held me high, I [D] loved to hear you talk.
You would take me to [F#] the movies, you would [G] take me to the beach.
Take me to [E] a place inside that's so hard [D] to reach.
_ _ [F#] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ Father [F#] of mine, tell me where [G] did you go?
You had the world [E] inside your hand, but you did [A] not [D] seem to know.
Father of [F#] mine, tell me what [G] do you see?
When you look back at [E] your wasted life, baby don't see [D] me.
I was ten [F#] years old, doing [G] all that I could.
[D] What's the reason for me to [E] be a scared white boy in a black neighborhood?
[D] _ Sometimes you would send [F#m] me a birthday card with a five dollar [G] bill.
You loved the [E] suit you wear, black and black and [D] always.
_ _ _ [F#] _ Daddy [A] gave me a name, [D] _ _ _ [F#] my daddy gave me a [D] name.
_ _ [F#] _ Daddy gave [A] me a name, _ _ [F#m] my [G] daddy gave me a [D] name.
[B] _ [F#] Daddy _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] gave [D] _ _
[D] me a name, _ _ [F#] _ daddy gave me [D] a name.
Daddy gave [F#] me a name, daddy gave me a name.
Daddy [A] gave me a name, _ _ [F#] my [G] daddy gave me a name.
_ Yeah, _ _
[D] oh _ _ yeah. _ _
_ _ _ Father of [F#] mine, [N] tell me where have you [G] been?
[E] You just closed my eyes and the world disappeared.
_ Father of [F#] mine, tell me how [E] do you [G] sleep?
With the children you [E] abandoned and the weapons on your [D] feet.
I will never be [F#] safe, I will never [G] be sane.
I will always be [E] weird inside, I will always be [D] there.
Now I am a grown [F#] man with a child [G] of my own.
Now I swear I'm not [E] gonna let it go, okay?
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [F#] Daddy [A] gave me a name, _ _ [F#] my daddy gave me a [D] name.
My _ [F#] daddy gave [A] me a name, _ [F#] my daddy gave me a [D] name.
_ _ Yeah, _ _ yeah, oh yeah. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
You know I just [E] closed my eyes, my whole [D] world disappeared.
Father [F#] of mine, take me [C#] back to [G] that day.
Yeah, when [E] I was still your golden boy, back before [D] you were awake.
I remember [F#] blue skies, [G] walking the blind.
I loved it when you [E] held me high, I [D] loved to hear you talk.
You would take me to [F#] the movies, you would [G] take me to the beach.
Take me to [E] a place inside that's so hard [D] to reach.
_ _ [F#] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ Father [F#] of mine, tell me where [G] did you go?
You had the world [E] inside your hand, but you did [A] not [D] seem to know.
Father of [F#] mine, tell me what [G] do you see?
When you look back at [E] your wasted life, baby don't see [D] me.
I was ten [F#] years old, doing [G] all that I could.
[D] What's the reason for me to [E] be a scared white boy in a black neighborhood?
[D] _ Sometimes you would send [F#m] me a birthday card with a five dollar [G] bill.
You loved the [E] suit you wear, black and black and [D] always.
_ _ _ [F#] _ Daddy [A] gave me a name, [D] _ _ _ [F#] my daddy gave me a [D] name.
_ _ [F#] _ Daddy gave [A] me a name, _ _ [F#m] my [G] daddy gave me a [D] name.
[B] _ [F#] Daddy _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] gave [D] _ _
[D] me a name, _ _ [F#] _ daddy gave me [D] a name.
Daddy gave [F#] me a name, daddy gave me a name.
Daddy [A] gave me a name, _ _ [F#] my [G] daddy gave me a name.
_ Yeah, _ _
[D] oh _ _ yeah. _ _
_ _ _ Father of [F#] mine, [N] tell me where have you [G] been?
[E] You just closed my eyes and the world disappeared.
_ Father of [F#] mine, tell me how [E] do you [G] sleep?
With the children you [E] abandoned and the weapons on your [D] feet.
I will never be [F#] safe, I will never [G] be sane.
I will always be [E] weird inside, I will always be [D] there.
Now I am a grown [F#] man with a child [G] of my own.
Now I swear I'm not [E] gonna let it go, okay?
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [F#] Daddy [A] gave me a name, _ _ [F#] my daddy gave me a [D] name.
My _ [F#] daddy gave [A] me a name, _ [F#] my daddy gave me a [D] name.
_ _ Yeah, _ _ yeah, oh yeah. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _