Mary J Blige - Father In You Chords

[Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Oh, oh, _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ oh, oh, oh, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ oh. _ _ _ _
Can I talk to you, _ [Cm] baby? _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] When I was a little girl _ _ _ I didn't have a [Eb] father.
_ [Ab] _ And that's why I'm leaning on _ you. _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] When I was a baby, _ I didn't get a hug from [Gm] daddy.
_ _ [Ab] That's why I [Eb] need a hug from you. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ Oh, it's not easy.
And I thank you for putting up with me. _ _
[Fm] When you don't have _ [Bbm] any [C] love _ [B] _ [Cm] to say that you _ love me.
To [C] say that I'm your little [B] girl.
[Cm] Are you [Eb] still okay?
_ _ _ Oh, why didn't you [C] love me [B] then?
[Eb] And give you the love _ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ [B] that [Cm] you really deserve.
_ [Fm] And I believe _ [Cm] that's why.
_ [Ab] That's why I need you.
_ The father in you.
I need the [Eb] father in you, [Ab] baby.
That's why I need you.
Please don't hurt me, please.
The father in you.
_ _ That's why I need you.
That's why.
The father in you.
We'll need you.
That's why I need you.
Please be true.
The father in you.
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
Oh, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] oh, [Eb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ oh. _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ To the point where mommy couldn't hold us down.
And that's when _ it hurt me so much [Eb] to see.
To see the cry.
Oh, [Cm] don't cry, mama.
[Ab] Don't cry, [Cm] mama.
Each [Eb] and every _ night.
_ [Fm] _ _ _
[C] That's what I used [B] to say, [Cm] yes.
I said that someday.
_ [Gm] That I would try to [Cm] take his [C] place.
[B] Oh, _ [Cm] it was too hard.
It was so hard trying [F] to be a man. _
That's why [Ab] I need the father in you.
That's why [Cm] I need you.
Oh, I need it.
The [Ab] father in you.
I'm putting [Eb] my trust in you, [Ab] babe.
That's why I need you.
Please don't let me down.
The father in you.
Oh, oh, oh.
That's why I need you.
Oh, oh, oh.
The father in you.
I need [Eb] the father [Ab] in you.
That's why I need you.
Oh, my head.
Oh, yeah.
The father in you.
[Eb] _ Because we never [Gm] had _ that [D] hope.
No, no, _ [Cm] no, no, [Ab] _ [B] no.
[Cm] As a little girl.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
[Ab] _ _ [B] _ [Eb] So I _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [G] [Gm] was just so obvious.
Nobody taught [F] him how to be a father. _
[Ab] _ _ [Gm] Oh, and I'm not [Cm] saying this _ to reminisce on the [Ab] past.
_ [B] I'm [Cm] just saying [Gm] this to make you understand that I [Bb] needed a father.
[C] _ _ [B] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ This [Cm] is why I couldn't [D] keep no one.
[Ab] _ [B] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Cm] I was so [Bb] scared. _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Cm] Every woman needs a man.
_ _ And I don't think she understands [E] _ _ [Gm] that she [Cm] really needs a father.
_ _ The [Eb] father in you, my brother.
[B] _ _ _ [Eb] Oh. _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Eb] She really needed a father. _
_ [Cm] _ The [Eb] father in you.
_ _ _ _ When your wife is [C] speaking, _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] pay attention.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ Don't ignore her.
[C] _ [B] Oh, no, [Cm] no. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ You. _ _
[Bm] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
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[C] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _