This is based on an acoustic performance given by Art Alexakis for Guitar Centre 
and is easily found on Youtube if you want to see the strumming pattern and the 
chord changes on the interlude.

the tuning is one full step down

great song, enjoy!

D (xx0232@1)                       
    Father of mine
                                                 GTell (320003@1)me where have you been?
                                                  EmYou (022000@1)know I just closed by eyes
                                                 DMy (xx0232@1)whole world disappeared
                         F#Father (244322@1)of mine
                                        GTake (320003@1)me back to the day
                                                               EmYeah, (022000@1)when I was still your golden boy
                                              DBack (xx0232@1)before you went away

interlude
D A G F#  G A(pull off) 
D A G F# (yeah yeah) G D

D (xx0232@1)                     F# (244322@1) 
    Father of mine
                                             GTell (320003@1)me where did you go?
                               EmYeah, (022000@1)you had the world inside your hand
                                              DBut (xx0232@1)you did not seem to know
D (xx0232@1)                      F# (244322@1)   Father of mine
                                           GTell (320003@1)me what do you see?
                               EmWhen (022000@1)you look back at your wasted life
                                DAnd (xx0232@1)you don't see me



(Palm mute)
D (xx0232@1)                         F#I (244322@1)was ten years old
                               GDoin' (320003@1)all that I could
                                               Em(Strum) (022000@1)It wasn't easy for me to be a scared white boy
       D (strum then mute)
In a black neighborhood
D (xx0232@1)                                                 F#Sometimes (244322@1)you would send me a birthday card
                                 GWith (320003@1)a five dollar bill
                         EmI (022000@1)never understood you then
                                    DAnd (xx0232@1)I guess I never will



DA GF#          GA(pull (320003@1)off)  D (xx0232@1)          Daddy Gave me aname (x02210@1)DA GF#          GA(pull (320003@1)off)  D (xx0232@1)          Daddy Gave me a name, then he walked away...
DA GF# GD

D (xx0232@1)         D (xx0232@1)           D (xx0232@1)  yeah,      yeah,      yeah



(palm mute)
D (xx0232@1)                       F# (244322@1)   Father of mine
                                                  GTell (320003@1)me where have you been?
                                             EmYeah, (022000@1)I just closed by eyes
                                            DAnd (xx0232@1)the world disappeared
                         F#Father (244322@1)of mine
                                            G (320003@1)        
Tell me how do you sleep?
                                             EmWith (022000@1)the children you abandoned
                                              DAnd (xx0232@1)the wife I saw you beat
                               F#I (244322@1)will never be safe
                               GI (320003@1)will never be sane
                                     EmI (022000@1)will always be weird inside
                               DI (xx0232@1)will always be lame
                                   F#Now (244322@1)I'm a grown man
                                  GWith (320003@1)a child of my own
                                      EmAnd (022000@1)I swear, I'll never let her know
 
                                          DAll (xx0232@1)the pain I have known

DA GF#          GA(pull (320003@1)off)  D (xx0232@1)          Daddy Gave me aname (x02210@1)DA GF#          GA(pull (320003@1)off)  D (xx0232@1)          Daddy Gave me a name, then he walked away...
DA GF# GD

D (xx0232@1)         D (xx0232@1)           D (xx0232@1)  yeah,      yeah,      yeah and he walked away... etc