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Dear Dad

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These are the acoustic chords Tyler used in his Live Acoustic video on 
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My dCad was a mGan of wAmar
He said sCome day son yGou will go foFrth
And you'll fCly out and oGver the sAmea
Yeah sCome day you'll Gbe just like FmeFm  
And I said Cno daGd I don't belAmieve I can bFe what you want
CBut I'm afraGid that some dAmay you will fFind yourself loCst
On this mGisguided Ampath you're so deFsperate to lCead
He said you're Gno son of mAmine unless yFou follow meFm  
FmPlease lay down your Amgun
We'll aGll fight for Flove
And the Fmwhole human Amrace and the Gones who got lFost
And wFme'll all find our pAmeace
When we Gfind it in ouFrselves
FmYeah I think Amthat
My dCad was a mGan for sAmure
But he lCeft on this gGod awful coFurse
He said sCome day son youG'll fight for pAmeace
But it wCon't be what you wGant it to FbeFm  
And I said Cno daGd I don't belAmieve I can bFe what you want
CBut I'm afraGid that some dAmay you will fFind yourself loCst
On this mGisguided Ampath you're so deFsperate to lCead
He said you're Gno son of mAmine unless yFou follow meFm  
FmPlease lay down your Amgun
We'll aGll fight for Flove
And the Fmwhole human Amrace and the Gones who got lFost
And wFme'll all find our pAmeace
When we Gfind it in ouFrselves
       Am*                   C*
Yet I think that you should go home
                G*           F*
Cause you're sounding kinda drunk
             Am*
And I don't know
               G*          F*
But you are scaring me and mom
               Fm*
Dad please just go
Lay down your Amgun
We'll aGll fight for Flove
And the Fmwhole human Amrace and the Gones who got lFost
And wFme'll all find our pAmeace
When we Gfind it in ouFrselves
FmPlease lay down your Amgun
We'll aGll fight for Flove
And the Fmwhole human Amrace and the Gones who got lFost
And wFme'll all find our pAmeace
When we Gfind it in ouFrselves
And we fFmind it in oursCelves
CDad 
Thanks, I hope you liked it! x

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Dear Dad

by Sounds Like Harmony

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Chords in this song · guitar

These are the acoustic chords Tyler used in his Live Acoustic video on

his YouTube channel. The chords with * by them are single strummed. Thanks!

C G Am

My dad was a man of war

C G F

He said some day son you will go forth

C G Am

And you'll fly out and over the sea

C G F Fm

Yeah some day you'll be just like me

C G Am F

And I said no dad I don't believe I can be what you want

C G Am F C

But I'm afraid that some day you will find yourself lost

G Am F C

On this misguided path you're so desperate to lead

G Am F Fm

He said you're no son of mine unless you follow me

Fm Am

Please lay down your gun

G F

We'll all fight for love

Fm Am G F

And the whole human race and the ones who got lost

Fm Am

And we'll all find our peace

G F

When we find it in ourselves

Fm Am

Yeah I think that

C G Am

My dad was a man for sure

C G F

But he left on this god awful course

C G Am

He said some day son you'll fight for peace

C G F Fm

But it won't be what you want it to be

C G Am F

And I said no dad I don't believe I can be what you want

C G Am F C

But I'm afraid that some day you will find yourself lost

G Am F C

On this misguided path you're so desperate to lead

G Am F Fm

He said you're no son of mine unless you follow me

Fm Am

Please lay down your gun

G F

We'll all fight for love

Fm Am G F

And the whole human race and the ones who got lost

Fm Am

And we'll all find our peace

G F

When we find it in ourselves

Am* C*

Yet I think that you should go home

G* F*

Cause you're sounding kinda drunk

Am*

And I don't know

G* F*

But you are scaring me and mom

Fm*

Dad please just go

Lay down your gun

G F

We'll all fight for love

Fm Am G F

And the whole human race and the ones who got lost

Fm Am

And we'll all find our peace

G F

When we find it in ourselves

Fm Am

Please lay down your gun

G F

We'll all fight for love

Fm Am G F

And the whole human race and the ones who got lost

Fm Am

And we'll all find our peace

G F

When we find it in ourselves

Fm C

And we find it in ourselves

Dad

Thanks, I hope you liked it! x

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