{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1689183,"song":"My Father","artist":"Melanie","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11354317-my-father-chords-by-melanie/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1689183?type=chord","rating":4.75847,"votes":4,"content":"Melanie Safka - My Father\r\n\r\n\r\n## NOTE: The last verse and Outro are all on the chord G ##\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 1st Fret\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nMy father always promised us\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe would live in France[/tab]\r\n\r\nWe'd go sailing on the Seine\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I would learn to dance[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe lived in Ohio then[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd he worked in the mines[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn his dreams, like boats, we knew [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe would sail in time___[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAll my sisters soon were gone\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo Denver and Cheyenne[/tab]\r\n\r\nMarrying their grownup dreams\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe lilacs and the man[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI stayed behind the youngest[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd only danced alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe colours of my father's dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFaded without a sound[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAnd now I live in Paris\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd my children dance and dream[/tab]\r\n\r\nHearing the story of a miner's life\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn words they've never seen[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]A[/ch]            \r\nI sailed my memories of old[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLike boats across the Seine[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I watched the Paris sun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSet in my father's eyes again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMy father always promised us\r\n\r\nWe would live in France\r\n\r\nWe'd go sailing on the Seine\r\n\r\nAnd I would learn to dance\r\n\r\n\r\nOUTRO:   (## fade to end ##)\r\nLa la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la \r\n\r\nLa la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la","plain_text":"Melanie Safka - My Father\n\n\n## NOTE: The last verse and Outro are all on the chord G ##\n\n\nCAPO: 1st Fret\n\n\nINTRO: G  C  G  C  G\n\n\nMy father always promised us\n\n\nWe'd go sailing on the Seine\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll my sisters soon were gone\n\n\nMarrying their grownup dreams\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd now I live in Paris\n\n\nHearing the story of a miner's life\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMy father always promised us\n\nWe would live in France\n\nWe'd go sailing on the Seine\n\nAnd I would learn to dance\n\n\nOUTRO:   (## fade to end ##)\nLa la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la \n\nLa la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la","chords":["G","C","D","Em","A","Dm","Bb"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}