My Father Chords
by Melanie
My Father by Melanie is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords G, C, D, Em, A, Dm and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Melanie - My Father
## NOTE: The last verse and Outro are all on the chord G ##
st Fret
Intro: G C G C G
My father always promised us
C G
We would live in France
We'd go sailing on the Seine
C D Em
And I would learn to dance
A
We lived in Ohio then
D Dm
And he worked in the mines
G
On his dreams, like boats, we knew
C Bb G
We would sail in time___
All my sisters soon were gone
C G
To Denver and Cheyenne
Marrying their grownup dreams
C D Em
The lilacs and the man
A D
I stayed behind the youngest
Dm
And only danced alone
G
The colours of my father's dreams
C Bb G
Faded without a sound
And now I live in Paris
C G
And my children dance and dream
Hearing the story of a miner's life
C D Em
In words they've never seen
A
I sailed my memories of old
D Dm
Like boats across the Seine
G
And I watched the Paris sun
C Bb G
Set in my father's eyes again
My father always promised us
We would live in France
We'd go sailing on the Seine
And I would learn to dance
OUTRO: (## fade to end ##)
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