D5
Father of mine
G5
Tell me where have you been?
E5
You know I just closed by eyes
D5
My whole world disappeared
F#5
Father of mine
G5
Take me back to the day
E5
Yeah, when I was still your golden boy
D5
Back before you went away
interlude
D5 A5 G5 F#5 G5 A(pull off)
D5 A5 G5 F#5 (yeah yeah) G5 D5
D5 F#5
Father of mine
G5
Tell me where did you go?
E5
Yeah, you had the world inside your hand
D5
But you did not seem to know
D5 F#5
Father of mine
G5
Tell me what do you see?
E5
When you look back at your wasted life
D5
And you don't see me
(Palm mute)
D5 F#5
I was ten years old
G5
Doin' all that I could
E5 (Strum )
It wasn't easy for me to be a scared white boy
D (strum then mute)
In a black neighborhood
D5 F#5
Sometimes you would send me a birthday card
G5
With a five dollar bill
E5
I never understood you then
D5
And I guess I never will
D5 A5 G5 F#5 G5 A(pull off) D5
Daddy Gave me a name
D5 A5 G5 F#5 G5 A(pull off) D5
Daddy Gave me a name, then he walked away...
D5 A5 G5 F#5 G5 D5
D5 D5 D5
yeah, yeah, yeah
(palm mute)
D5 F#5
Father of mine
G5
Tell me where have you been?
E5
Yeah, I just closed by eyes
D5
And the world disappeared
F#5
Father of mine
G5
Tell me how do you sleep?
E5
With the children you abandoned
D5
And the wife I saw you beat
F#5
I will never be safe
G5
I will never be sane
E5
I will always be weird inside
D5
I will always be lame
F#5
Now I'm a grown man
G5
With a child of my own
E5
And I swear, I'll never let her know
D5
All the pain I have known
D5 A5 G5 F#5 G5 A(pull off) D5
Daddy Gave me a name
D5 A5 G5 F#5 G5 A(pull off) D5
Daddy Gave me a name, then he walked away...
D5 A5 G5 F#5 G5 D5
D5 D5 D5
yeah, yeah, yeah and he walked away... etc
