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Fathers Child

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The chords below are just the basic versions, but throughout the song are added harmonies and extensions.
F# often has the added 9th and 11th, while the Dmaj7 messes around in lydian (raised 4th).
Faug is Faug7
[Intro]
F# D C
[Verse 1]
FF#eels like I've been here before
ADll things don't seem the same no moreC  
AF#lthough I know I'm my mother's child
I gDotta break free into the wildC  
[Interlude]
F#OhhhD  C  
[Verse 2]
SF#ome things just seem to take so long
ID've been thinking 'bout what's gone wrongC  
IF#'ve been searching for miles and miles
LDooking for someone to walk with meC  
[Chorus]
Walk with F#me (walk, walk)
Walk with Dmaj7me (walk, walk)C  
Walk with F#me (walk, walk)
Walk with Dmaj7me (walk, walk)C  
[Verse 3]
F#All this doubt's been troublin' me
ThDere's so much more that I can beC  
F#It feels like I'm on borrowed time
YDou got yours, I gotta take what's mineC  
[Chorus]
Walk with F#me (walk, walk)
Walk with Dmaj7me (walk, walk)C  
Walk with F#me (walk, walk)
Walk with Dmaj7me (walk, walk)C  
F# D C
F# D C
[Outro]
Bbm Gm7b5 F#maj7 Faug Bbm Gm7b5
Walk wiF#maj7th me, FaugI know who BbmI wasn't supGm7b5posed to be
Walk wiF#maj7th me, Faugshow me the righBbmt directionGm7b5  
Walk wiF#maj7th me, Faugalthough I've been Bbm7searching all Gm7b5my life for where I'm suF#maj7pposed to be
FaugI am my mother's BbmchildGm7b5  
Walk wiF#maj7th me, Faugshow me pure BbmaffectionGm7b5  
Walk wiF#maj7th me, Faugshow me the riBbmght directionGm7b5  
I am my father's F#maj7child, even thougFaugh I walk
No Bbm7more, Db/Abno moreGm7b5  
F#maj7I Faugam more than Bbmthings you woGm7b5n't forgive (Walk with me)
F#maj7I Faugam more than Bbmthings you woGm7b5n't forgive (Walk with me)
F#maj7So walk with FaugmeBbm  Gm7b5  F#maj7  Faug  
Bbm   Gm7b5   F#maj7   Faug(fade to end)
All chords in this song (10)

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About Fathers Child Chords by Michael Kiwanuka

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