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Melanie Safka - My Father
## NOTE: The last verse and Outro are all on the chord G ##
CAPO: 1st Fret
INTRO:   G    C    G    C  G  
My father always promised us
CWe would live in GFrance
We'd go sailing on the Seine
And CI would learn to DdanceEm  
We lived in OAhio then
And Dhe worked in the minesDm  
On his dreams, like Gboats, we knew 
CWe would sail in Bbtime_G__
All my sisters soon were gone
To CDenver and CheyGenne
Marrying their grownup dreams
The Clilacs and the DmanEm  
I stayed behAind the youngestD  
And only danced aloneDm  
The colours of my Gfather's dreams
CFaded without a BbsoundG  
And now I live in Paris
And my Cchildren dance and Gdream
Hearing the story of a miner's life
In Cwords they've never DseenEm  
I sailed my memoAries of old
Like Dboats across the SeineDm  
And I watched the GParis sun
CSet in my father's Bbeyes aGgain
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 ##)
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la 
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My Father

by Melanie

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

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Melanie Safka - My Father

## NOTE: The last verse and Outro are all on the chord G ##

CAPO: 1st Fret

G C G C G

INTRO:

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

We lived in Ohio then

D Dm

And he worked in the mines

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

And only danced alone

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

I sailed my memories of old

D Dm

Like boats across the Seine

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 ##)

La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la

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