Father Of Mine Acoustic Chords

One

D Father of mine

 Tell me where have you been? G

 You know I just closed by eyes Em

 My whole world disappeared D

 Father of mine F♯

 Take me back to the day G

 Yeah, when I was still your golden boy Em

 Back before you went away D

Interlude

D A G F♯ G A

D A G F♯ G D

D Father of mine F♯

 Tell me where did you go? G

 Yeah, you had the world inside Emyour hand

 But you did not seem to know D

D Father of mine F♯

 Tell me what do you see? G

 When you look back at your wastEmed life

 And you don't see me D

(Palm mute)

DI was ten years old F♯

 Doin' all that I could G

 It wasn't easy for me to be a scared white boy Em

 In a blDack neighborhood

DSometimes you would send me a birthday card F♯

 With a five dollar bill G

 I never understood you thEmen

 And I guess I never will D

D A G F♯ Daddy GGavAe me a name D

D A G F♯ Daddy GGavAe me a name, Dthen he walked away...

D A G F♯ G D

D yeah, D yeah, yDeah

(palm mute)

D Father of mine F♯

 Tell me where have you been? G

 Yeah, I just closed by eyes Em

 And the world disappeared D

 Father of mine F♯

 Tell me how do you sleep? G

 With the children you abandoned Em

 And the wife I saw you beat D

 I will never be safe F♯

 I will never be sane G

 I will always be weird inside Em

 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 never let her know Em

 All the pain I have known D

D A G F♯ Daddy GGavAe me a name D

D A G F♯ Daddy GGavAe me a name, Dthen he walked away...

D A G F♯ G D

D yeah, D yeah, yDeah and he walked away... etc