Chords for My Father's Son - Ricky Skaggs
Tempo:
94.9 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
F#m
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A]
My history is no secret, [D] it's written [E] in the stones, [A] in the hill beside this river rest [D] my [G] mother's [A] gentle bones.
And daddy there beside her, [D] home among his next [E] of kin, [A] and their legacy passed down to me, [Bm] the sons of [A] mountain men.
Raised to be a miner, [D] by a miner's [E] calloused hands, [A] passed my youth between these mountains where [D] I grew [G] to [A] understand.
That family was the word of God, [D] and faith was its [E] demand, [A] and life and death the same came [D] from the cold [A] beneath this land.
[E] Well a rich man [A] writes the book of [E] laws, the poor man [A] must defend, [D] but the highest laws [A] are written on the hearts of [F#m] honest men.
[E] [A] When that cub is passed to me [D] to do what [E] must be done, [A] when they lay me down remind them [D] I was [F#m] just my [A] father's son.
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[D] [A] [C#m]
[F#m] [E] [A]
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I've walked among these people, [D] heard the stories that [E] they tell, [A] I've crawled beside them in the [D] mines and touched the [A] walls of hell.
I've shared their sacred secrets, [D] known the triumph and [E] their pain, [A] and right or wrong I'll stand with [D] them on the final [A] judgment day.
They say God gives us comfort [D] when the time of [A] trouble comes, they say well no, no share of [D] peace till we lay [A] down our guns.
But will my boy have the chance to [D] do the things I've [E] never done, [A] or will he like me be told that [D] he must be his [A] father's son.
[E] Well a [A] rich man writes the book of [E] laws, the poor man [A] must defend, [D] but the highest [A] laws are written on the hearts of [F#m] honest men.
[E] [A] When that cub is passed to [D] me to [Bm] do what [E] must be done, [A] hold a chunk of coal, just carve these words, [C]
[G] I was just my [D] [E] father's son.
[A]
My history is no secret, [D] it's written [E] in the stones, [A] in the hill beside this river rest [D] my [G] mother's [A] gentle bones.
And daddy there beside her, [D] home among his next [E] of kin, [A] and their legacy passed down to me, [Bm] the sons of [A] mountain men.
Raised to be a miner, [D] by a miner's [E] calloused hands, [A] passed my youth between these mountains where [D] I grew [G] to [A] understand.
That family was the word of God, [D] and faith was its [E] demand, [A] and life and death the same came [D] from the cold [A] beneath this land.
[E] Well a rich man [A] writes the book of [E] laws, the poor man [A] must defend, [D] but the highest laws [A] are written on the hearts of [F#m] honest men.
[E] [A] When that cub is passed to me [D] to do what [E] must be done, [A] when they lay me down remind them [D] I was [F#m] just my [A] father's son.
[D] [E] [A]
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[E] [A]
[D] [A] [E]
[A] [E] [A]
[D] [A] [C#m]
[F#m] [E] [A]
[D] [E]
[A] [D] [A]
I've walked among these people, [D] heard the stories that [E] they tell, [A] I've crawled beside them in the [D] mines and touched the [A] walls of hell.
I've shared their sacred secrets, [D] known the triumph and [E] their pain, [A] and right or wrong I'll stand with [D] them on the final [A] judgment day.
They say God gives us comfort [D] when the time of [A] trouble comes, they say well no, no share of [D] peace till we lay [A] down our guns.
But will my boy have the chance to [D] do the things I've [E] never done, [A] or will he like me be told that [D] he must be his [A] father's son.
[E] Well a [A] rich man writes the book of [E] laws, the poor man [A] must defend, [D] but the highest [A] laws are written on the hearts of [F#m] honest men.
[E] [A] When that cub is passed to [D] me to [Bm] do what [E] must be done, [A] hold a chunk of coal, just carve these words, [C]
[G] I was just my [D] [E] father's son.
[A]
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ My history is no secret, [D] it's written [E] in the stones, [A] in the hill beside this river rest [D] my [G] mother's [A] gentle bones.
And daddy there beside her, [D] home among his next [E] of kin, [A] and their legacy passed down to me, [Bm] the sons of [A] mountain men.
_ _ Raised to be a miner, [D] by a miner's [E] calloused hands, [A] passed my youth between these mountains where [D] I grew [G] to [A] understand.
_ That family was the word of God, [D] and faith was its [E] demand, [A] and life and death the same came [D] from the cold [A] beneath this land.
_ [E] Well a rich man [A] writes the book of [E] laws, the poor man [A] must defend, [D] but the highest laws [A] are written on the hearts of [F#m] honest men.
_ [E] _ [A] When that cub is passed to me [D] to do what [E] must be done, [A] when they lay me down remind them [D] I was [F#m] just my [A] father's son.
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[F#m] _ _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _
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[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _
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_ I've walked among these people, [D] heard the stories that [E] they tell, [A] I've crawled beside them in the [D] mines and touched the [A] walls of hell.
_ I've shared their sacred secrets, [D] known the triumph and [E] their pain, [A] and right or wrong I'll stand with [D] them on the final [A] judgment day.
_ They say God gives us comfort [D] when the time of [A] trouble comes, they say well no, no share of [D] peace till we lay [A] down our guns.
But will my boy have the chance to [D] do the things I've [E] never done, [A] or will he like me be told that [D] he must be his [A] father's son.
_ [E] Well a [A] rich man writes the book of [E] laws, the poor man [A] must defend, [D] but the highest [A] laws are written on the hearts of [F#m] honest men.
_ [E] _ [A] When that cub is passed to [D] me to [Bm] do what [E] must be done, [A] hold a chunk of coal, just carve these words, _ [C]
[G] I was just my [D] [E] father's son.
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_ My history is no secret, [D] it's written [E] in the stones, [A] in the hill beside this river rest [D] my [G] mother's [A] gentle bones.
And daddy there beside her, [D] home among his next [E] of kin, [A] and their legacy passed down to me, [Bm] the sons of [A] mountain men.
_ _ Raised to be a miner, [D] by a miner's [E] calloused hands, [A] passed my youth between these mountains where [D] I grew [G] to [A] understand.
_ That family was the word of God, [D] and faith was its [E] demand, [A] and life and death the same came [D] from the cold [A] beneath this land.
_ [E] Well a rich man [A] writes the book of [E] laws, the poor man [A] must defend, [D] but the highest laws [A] are written on the hearts of [F#m] honest men.
_ [E] _ [A] When that cub is passed to me [D] to do what [E] must be done, [A] when they lay me down remind them [D] I was [F#m] just my [A] father's son.
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_ I've walked among these people, [D] heard the stories that [E] they tell, [A] I've crawled beside them in the [D] mines and touched the [A] walls of hell.
_ I've shared their sacred secrets, [D] known the triumph and [E] their pain, [A] and right or wrong I'll stand with [D] them on the final [A] judgment day.
_ They say God gives us comfort [D] when the time of [A] trouble comes, they say well no, no share of [D] peace till we lay [A] down our guns.
But will my boy have the chance to [D] do the things I've [E] never done, [A] or will he like me be told that [D] he must be his [A] father's son.
_ [E] Well a [A] rich man writes the book of [E] laws, the poor man [A] must defend, [D] but the highest [A] laws are written on the hearts of [F#m] honest men.
_ [E] _ [A] When that cub is passed to [D] me to [Bm] do what [E] must be done, [A] hold a chunk of coal, just carve these words, _ [C]
[G] I was just my [D] [E] father's son.
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