Chris de Burgh - The Son and the father
From the album: This Way Up (1994)
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       F                               Bb               F
I was walking down that road, to the place that was my home,
         Dm            F            C
And the memories of a life go on forever,
            F                                       Bb              F
Here's the village, here's the sea and here's the place where it began,
        Gm7     Am7        Bb       F         C
When I found myself in the arms of Lady Madonna,
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And then I listen for those footsteps, coming down the hall,
   C                                Dm
A father to his young boy, who was hurting from a fall,
     Bb                             Dm         C       Bb
You must have heard me crying, you must have dried my tears,
          F                   Dm                   C
But you know, I just can't remember, just can't remember,
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The son and the father, the son and the father,

         F                                Bb               C
Now I'm walking with my boy through the place that is our home,
         Dm              F                  C
And the memories of his life are growing forever,
Bb       F                                   Bb             F
And I'm looking through his eyes at all the wonders of the world,
      Gm7     Am7          Bb        F         C
Then hand in hand we will make this journey together,
             Dm              Bb           F             Bb
And we will talk of men and pirates, and heroes in the dark,
        C                               Dm
I will tell him of the hungers and the mysteries of the heart,
           Bb                             Dm       C       Bb
And I will always hear you crying, I will always dry your tears,
        F         C         Dm               C      
And I pray you'll always remember, always forever
     Bb          F     Bb     C           F     Bb 
The son and the father,  the son and the father,  
     C           F    Bb  Am  Bb      C           F 
The son and the father,          the son and the father...