Dad Says Chords
by Emily Kinney
Dad Says by Emily Kinney is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords C, G, Am and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse 1:
C G Am G
I am giving up one of my dreams today
C G Am G
I found out I can't always get my way
C G Am G
And sometimes a dream isn't worth what you pay
C G Am G
So I'm giving up one of my dreams today
C G Am G
When we are children we look to the sky
C G Am G
We want everything, I'm afraid to ask why
Verse 2:
C G Am G
And I saw the sparkling fish in the sea
C G Am G
I dreamed I would find one who'd swim next to me
C G Am G
And this called love and it's worth every reason
C G Am G
Love is the cool and the warmth in each season
C G Am G
But how does one love and what does one do
C G Am G
When the dream that you have doesn't want to pick you
C G Am G
But oh oh don't cry for me
C G D
It's just one dream less on my shoulder
C G Am G
And oh oh dad says giving up dreams
C G D
Is just a sign I'm getting older
Verse 3:
C G Am G
He was a stoner and I'm like a light
C G Am G
And when he would blaze I'd sing songs by his side
C G Am G
But my dream takes two strong hearts that will fight
C G Am G
And he doesn't dream, he just sleeps at night
C G Am G
But oh oh don't cry for me
C G D
It's just one dream less on my shoulder
C G Am G
And oh oh dad says giving up dreams
C G D
Is just a sign I'm getting older
Verse 4
C G Am G
Oh they say to much smoking will change your taste
C G Am G
Maybe that's why he's kissing some other girls face
C G Am G
But I never dreamed of second place
C G Am G
So I'd rather just quit than continue to race
C G Am G
But oh oh don't cry for me
C G D
It's just one dream less on my shoulder
C G Am G
And oh oh dad says giving up dreams
C G D
Is just a sign I'm getting older
C G Am G
And oh oh I am singing on stage
C G D
But it doesn't mean I know much better
G Am G
Oh oh oh oh, your probably like me
C G Am G
Some days dreaming and some days a quitter
Verse 5
C G Am G
I am giving up one of my dreams today
C G Am G
After I held him and begged him to stay
C G Am G
And after my dream will drown out to a whisper
C G Am G
After I've burnt all the photo booth pictures
Verse 6
C G Am G
And after I erased our names from the sky
C G Am G
Stopped wondering how and asking why
C G Am G
Oh I wish I had words to encourage inspire
C G Am G
But the truth is I'm ripped and I'm sad and I'm tired
C G Am G
I'm a loser in love and an abandoner of dreams
C G Am G
And today I have up the one for him, and me