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Artist: The Protomen
Album: Act II: The Father of Death
Song: Father of Death

Chords Used (low to high):
Dm: x00231
A: x02220
F: 133211
E: 022100
C: 332010
Am: x02210
G: 3x0033


Intro (music box): Dm A F E C E F E Am
Intro (full band): C Am C Am C F C Am
		   C Am C Am C F C Am C

Am	    C	  Am
What have I done?

			  C
Though I did not pull the trigger

 F
I built the gun

	C		 Am   G
That he holds in his hand

Am	     C	     Am
Last night I dreamed

			  C	      F
I climbed to the top of a mountain of metal

			        C	        Am
And for miles I could see the destruction of man


Dm Am F E				     Am	     C
           I will not be the Father of Death


Am	    C  Am
Darling Emily

		       C	  F
Everything that I have done I have done for you

	 C		     Am	   G
But it's turned out all wrong

Am	      C	    Am
Can I take it back?

		      C	      F
Can I turn off this machine before it destroys

     C			Am
Everything I've loved?


Dm  Am	      F		 E		 Dm	Am
       I will find a way to make this right

       F	   E
I will find a way, Emily

Dm Am F		 E
          I will not be the Father of Death


(Here we have a nice little instrumental interlude in the key of A minor, so just vamp on that)


Am
What are you doing here?

C	     Am
(Let me take you away)


I'm not going anywhere

C	    F
(He will be nothing when this runs its course)\
                                               >overlapping
                        He will be everything /


That a man is supposed to be


C                                       E
      If the shadow blocks out the sun

	      C
There will be light

                                 E
If it stays till the sun is set

	      C
There will be light

			       E
If the sun never shows its face again

	      C
There will be light

				   E
No matter how dark this city gets

There will be...


Trumpet Solo (chords during): Am E Am E Am E Am E
Music Box Redux: Dm A F E C E
Outro: Am G F E Am G F
 E Am G F E Am G F E (hold out an E for a long time, then...) F E (hold it a little longer, 
then...) G F E Am (and let that last chord ring out)



Tabbed by mcolor, copyright 2010. Song "Father of Death" by The Protomen, 
copyright 2009. All rights reserved. Do not steal.
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