{"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":2132053,"song":"My Fathers Son","artist":"Ricky Skaggs","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11462689-my-fathers-son-chords-by-ricky-skaggs/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2132053?type=chord","rating":4.62798,"votes":16,"content":"Capo 4\r\n\r\n[Intro] (x4)\r\n([ch]G[/ch])  \r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy history is no secret, it's written in the stones[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the hill beside this river, rest my mother gentle bones[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd daddy there beside her home a- mong his next of kin[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd their legacy passed down to me, the sons of mountain men[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRaised to be a miner by a miners callused hands[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPassed my youth between these mountains where I grew to under- stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat family was the word of God and faith was its de- mand[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd life and death, the same came from the coal beneath this land[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, a rich man writes the book of laws a poor man must de- fend[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut the highest laws are written on the hearts of honest men[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf that cup is passed to me to do what must be done[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen they lay me down remind them I was just my father's son[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n([ch]G[/ch])  | ([ch]G[/ch])  | ([ch]C[/ch])  | ([ch]D[/ch])  | ([ch]G[/ch])  | ([ch]G[/ch])  | ([ch]C[/ch])  | ([ch]G[/ch])\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI've walked among these people, heard the stories that they tell[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI've crawled beside them in the mines and touched the walls of hell[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI've shared their sacred secrets, known their triumph and their pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                          [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd right or wrong I'll stand with them on the final judgment day[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey say God gives his comfort when the time of trouble comes[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey say we'll own no share of peace till we lay down our guns[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut will my boy have the chance to do the things I've never done[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr will he, like me, be told that he must be his father's son?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, a rich man writes the book of laws a poor man must de- fend[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut the highest laws are written on the hearts of honest men[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen that cup is passed to me to do what must be done[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn a chunk of coal just carve these words, ''I was just my father's son...''[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo 4\n\n[Intro] (x4)\n(G)  \n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n(G)  | (G)  | (C)  | (D)  | (G)  | (G)  | (C)  | (G)\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","C","D","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"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]}}}