{"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":1841159,"song":"For My Father","artist":"Melanie","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11407541-for-my-father-chords-by-melanie/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1841159?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Throughout the song, alternate hammering on and off E7 and A7 to make E and A.\r\nStrum 7th chord, hammer on, strum, pull off, repeat.\r\n\r\nCapo 2nd fret\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]E7[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna spend all my money[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nGonna spend all my time[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna spend the music[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\n'Cause the music is mine[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna spend myself[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nFor the sake of the rhyme[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A7[/ch]                       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nBut I'll save a little bit for my father[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A7[/ch]                       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nGonna save a little bit for my father[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna pack my suitcase[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nGonna run to the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna run as far[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAs I can away from me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna take comfort[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nIn the town of the tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A7[/ch]                          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI would stop but then I wouldn't go farther[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd that would really break the heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nOf my father[/tab]\r\n\r\nLa la la da da da...\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nGonna spend all my money[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nGonna spend all my time[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna spend the music[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n'Cause the music is mine[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna spend myself[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nFor the sake of the rhyme[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A7[/ch]                       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nBut I'll save a little bit for my father[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna pack a suitcase[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nGonna run to the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm gonna run as far[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAs I can away from me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna take comfort[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nIn the town of the tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A7[/ch]                          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI would stop but then I wouldn't go farther[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]A7[/ch]                           [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd that would really break the heart of my father[/tab]","plain_text":"Throughout the song, alternate hammering on and off E7 and A7 to make E and A.\nStrum 7th chord, hammer on, strum, pull off, repeat.\n\nCapo 2nd fret\n\n\n[Intro]\n\nE7  E  E7  E  E7  E  E7  E\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLa la la da da da...\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["E7","A7","E","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]}}}