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Kinky Boots - Not My Fathers Son

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A5When I was just a kid everything I did, was to be like A/Dhim
Under A5my skin
A5My father always thought if I was strong and fought
Not like some albatAsusross, I'Ad begin to fit Din
Look at Ame powF#m7erless and C#7holding my Dbreath
Trying Ahard to F#m7repress what C#7scared him to Ddeath
It was Bmnever A/C#easy     EtAo be hiC#m7s type oDf man
To breathe GfreelEy was C#7not in his F#mplan
And the Bm7best A/C#part of Dme   Is what he Bm7wouldAn't Esee
I'm Dnot my Afathers Dson
I'm Dnot the Aimage of Bm7what he A/C#dreamed Dof
With the Bm7strength of A/C#Sparta and  the  ApatiBm7ence  A/C#of  JDob
Still couldn't E/F#be   F#m7the   Bm7one   To echo E/F#what  F#m7he'd  Bm7done
And mirror Ewhat    Esuswas    not    Ain     EmeD  
So I Ajumped in my F#mdreams and C#7found an Descape
Maybe I Awent to eF#mxtremes of lC#7eather and Dlace
But the Bm7world seems bA/C#righter  Esix Ainches C#m7off the gDround
And the Gair seemed Elighter   C#7I was profF#mound and I Bm7felt   A/C#so     Dproud
Just to Bm7live Aout Eloud
DI'm not Amy fathDers son
I'm Dnot the Aimage of Bm7what hA/C#e dreamDed of
With the Bm7strength of A/C#sparta and  the  ApatiBm7ence  A/C#of  jDob
Still couldn't E/F#be   F#m7the   Bm7one   To echo E/F#what  F#m7he'd  Bm7done
And mirror Ewhat    Esuswas    not    Ain     EmeD  
Bm7The endless story of exD/Epectations C#m7swirling inside my F#mmind
G#m7Wore  F#7/A#me     dowBm7n
Bm7I came to a D/ErealizatEion and I C#7finally turned F#maround
ETo   Dsee       That BmI could A/C#just be DmeE  
DI'm not Amy fathDers son
I'm Dnot the Aimage of Bm7what hA/C#e dreamDed of
With the Bm7strength of A/C#sparta and  the  ApatiBm7ence  A/C#of  jDob
Still couldn't E/F#be   F#m7the   Bm7one   To echo E/F#what  F#m7he'd  Bm7done
And mirror Ewhat    Esuswas    not    Ain     EmeD  
We're  the  Asame  ECharlie  Boy
D9You and Me
(Spoken)                 A                       E  D9  
Lola: Charlie from Northampton, meet Simon from Clacton
Charlie: Lets make boots.A9  

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Kinky Boots - Not My Fathers Son

by Misc Musicals

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A/D

Asus

F#m7

C#7

A/C#

C#m7

F#m

Bm7

E/F#

Esus

D/E

G#m7

F#7/A#

A5 A/D

When I was just a kid everything I did, was to be like him

Under my skin

My father always thought if I was strong and fought

Asus A D

Not like some albatross, I'd begin to fit in

A F#m7 C#7 D

Look at me powerless and holding my breath

A F#m7 C#7 D

Trying hard to repress what scared him to death

Bm A/C# E A C#m7 D

It was never easy to be his type of man

G E C#7 F#m

To breathe freely was not in his plan

Bm7 A/C# D Bm7 A E

And the best part of me Is what he wouldn't see

D A D

I'm not my fathers son

D A Bm7 A/C# D

I'm not the image of what he dreamed of

Bm7 A/C# A Bm7 A/C# D

With the strength of Sparta and the patience of Job

E/F# F#m7 Bm7 E/F# F#m7 Bm7

Still couldn't be the one To echo what he'd done

E Esus A E D

And mirror what was not in me

A F#m C#7 D

So I jumped in my dreams and found an escape

A F#m C#7 D

Maybe I went to extremes of leather and lace

Bm7 A/C# E A C#m7 D

But the world seems brighter six inches off the ground

G E C#7 F#m Bm7 A/C# D

And the air seemed lighter I was profound and I felt so proud

Bm7 A E

Just to live out loud

D A D

I'm not my fathers son

D A Bm7 A/C# D

I'm not the image of what he dreamed of

Bm7 A/C# A Bm7 A/C# D

With the strength of sparta and the patience of job

E/F# F#m7 Bm7 E/F# F#m7 Bm7

Still couldn't be the one To echo what he'd done

E Esus A E D

And mirror what was not in me

Bm7 D/E C#m7 F#m

The endless story of expectations swirling inside my mind

G#m7 F#7/A# Bm7

Wore me down

Bm7 D/E E C#7 F#m

I came to a realization and I finally turned around

E D Bm A/C# D E

To see That I could just be me

D A D

I'm not my fathers son

D A Bm7 A/C# D

I'm not the image of what he dreamed of

Bm7 A/C# A Bm7 A/C# D

With the strength of sparta and the patience of job

E/F# F#m7 Bm7 E/F# F#m7 Bm7

Still couldn't be the one To echo what he'd done

E Esus A E D

And mirror what was not in me

A E

We're the same Charlie Boy

You and Me

A E D9

(Spoken)

Lola: Charlie from Northampton, meet Simon from Clacton

Charlie: Lets make boots.

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