Father Of Mine — Everclear
Chords and lyrics for Father Of Mine by Everclear (key of D).
Verse 1
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Verse
[D] Father of mine [F#] tell me where have you been
[G] You know I just closed by [E]eyes my whole world disappeared
[D] Father of mine [F#] take me back to the day
[G] Yeah when I was still your [E]golden boy back before you went away
[D] I remember [F#]blue skies walking the block
[G] I loved it when you [E]held me high I loved to hear you talk
[D] You would take me to the [F#]movie you would take me to the beach
[G] You would take me [F#]to a[F] [E]place inside that's so hard to [D]reach
Instrumental
[D] [A] [G] [F#] [G] [A]
Verse
[D] Father of mine [F#] tell me where did you go
[G] Yeah you had the world [E]inside your hand but you did not seem to know
[D] Father of mine [F#] tell me what do you see
[G] When you look back at your [E]wasted life and you don't see me
[D] I was ten years [F#]old doin' all that I could
[G] It wasn't easy for me to be a [E]scared white boy in a black neighborhood
[D] Sometimes you would send me a [F#]birthday card with a five dollar bill
[G] I never [F#]understood[F] [E]you then and I guess I never will
Chorus
[D] [A] [G] [F#] Daddy [G]gave me [A]a name
[D] [A] [G] My[F#] daddy [G]gave me [A]a name
[D] Then he walked [A]away [G] [F#] Daddy [G]gave me [A]a name
[D] Then he walked [A]away [G] [F#]My daddy [G]gave me [A]a name
Instrumental
[D] [F#] [G] [F#] [F] [E]
Chorus
[D] [A] [G] [F#] Daddy [G]gave me [A]a name
[D] [A] [G] My[F#] daddy [G]gave me [A]a name
[D] Then he walked [A]away [G] [F#] Daddy [G]gave me [A]a name
[D] Then he walked [A]away [G] [F#]My daddy [G]gave me [A]a name
[D] Yeah. Yeah. Oh, Yeah.
Verse
[D] Father of mine [F#] tell me where have you been
[G] You know I just closed by [E]eyes my whole world disappeared
[D] Father of mine [F#] tell me how do you sleep
[G] With the children you [E]abandoned and the wife I saw you beat
[D] I will never be safe [F#] I will never be sane
[G] I will always be [E]weird inside I will always be lame
[D] Now I'm a grown man [F#] with a child of my own
[G] And I swear I'll[F#] [F]never [E]let her know all the pain I have [D]known
Instrumental
[D] [A] [G] [F#] [G] [A]
Chorus
[D] Then he walked [A]away [G] [F#] Daddy [G]gave me [A]a name
[D] Then he walked [A]away [G] [F#]My daddy [G]gave me [A]a name
[D] Then he walked [A]away [G] [F#]My daddy [G]gave me [A]a name
[D] Then he walked [A]away [G] [F#]My daddy [G]gave me [A]a name
[D] Then he walked away yeah
[D] Then he walked away yeah
[D] Then he walked away
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