Chords for Fathers and Sons - Robin Mark

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[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
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Who is [Dm] there can reach me?
[Gm] _
Here on my high and lifted [C] place
_ seated [F] here on shoulders [Bb] broad
_ _ [Gm] Secured by hands [C] that fashioned steel _ [G] and oh this view that [Dm] I survey
[Gm] While men race by [C] on fields of green
[Gm] far [C] above the [F] _ [Bb] clamoring throng
[Gm] I raise my hands in small [C] salute _ [F] and to our home [Dm] then we retire _
[Gm] When whistle blows a [Cm] long retreat and [C] seated [F] there in quiet _
[Bb] _ Contemplation
_ _ _ _ [Gm]
Listening for higher
[C] _ Dividends, _ [F] but I step down [Dm] and you are gone
[Bb] Though I would give my [G] weight in gold [Gm] when [C] earthly storms [F] come pressing [Bb] in
_ [Gm] to find
myself [G] in your [C] _ embrace
_ [F] And all your hands [Dm] are warm
_ [F] _
bruised and battered [Bb] burnished [C] brown
[Gm]
hands that lifted [G] jewels
_ [C] _ _ [Gm]
In 30 _ years you [C] set them down
[F] My small [Dm] hand could fit _ [C]
[F] in your palms hollow [Bb] safe [C] secure
[Gm] my one ambition [C] is _ _
_ [Gm] one day [G] to have
hands [C] like [F] yours
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Em] _ _
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [C] _ _
[F] _ Who is there can [Dm] reach me? _
[Gm] Here on my high and [C] lifted place
_ [Gm] seated [F] here on golden [Bb] throne
Where _ [Gm] _ angels [G] and _
[C] Archangels dwell [F] and oh this view that I survey
_ [Gm] men race by [C] on fields of green and
trapped within [F] the clamoring [Bb] throng
_ [Gm] Some hands are raised [C] in vain salute
[F] So from your home [Dm] you must away
[Gm] My kingdom shall no [C] more retreat [Gm] and [C] walk with them [Fm] in quiet
_ [Bb] _ Contemplation
_ _ _ [Gm] Tell them of a [C] _ father's love [F] and first a [Dm] boy and then a man [Gm] a
bitter cup to [C] drink you will
[Gm] until [C] earthly [F] storms
[Bb] compressing in
[Gm] And I'll take you to [C] my own
_ Embrace _ [F] and all your [Dm] hands are warm
[C] _ _ [F]
Bruised and [Bb] battered [C] burnished [Gm] brown
hands that lifted [G] tools
_ [C] _ [Gm] At 30 years you set [C] them down
[F]
Their small [Dm] lives can fit [C] _ [F] in your palms hollow [Bb] safe [C] secure
[Gm] My only hope is [C] this
_ That [Gm] one day they'd [G] have hands [C] like yours
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