A Fathers Way

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A FATHER’S WAY - Seal
Intro:
F#m/BC#m11/BB F#/B
– – –
Paadaadaadaah
F#m/B
Paadaapaapaah
C#m11/B
Paadaapaapaah
B F#/B
–
Paadaadaadaah
F#m/B C#m11/B
–
Paadaapaapaah
B F#/B F#m/B
I build a fence around you in a father’s way
C#m11/B B F#/B
I try to fe – el what it is your going through
F#m/B C#m11/B
Co’s I’ve played many ways
B F#/B
When you grow
F#m/B C#m11/B
How much will it take to slow you do - wn
B Bsus4B
–
Half the way
F#m/BC#m11/B
– –
B F#/B F#m/B
Do my best to please you and I do what’s right
C#m11/B B F#/B
I try to fi - nd each word that I’ll say to you
F#m/B C#m11/B
When you come home tonight
B
-
And if so
F#/B F#m/B C#m11/B
How hard will we cry before our sound
B Bsus4B
–
Fades a - way
Ei – Esus4 Ei
One day when the fence is not so high
B
The road you took
G#m
And how far will you go
C#7sus4 C#
And how high will you climb
E
And when all in life’s unfair
F#7/E C#7sus4
/
Are you strong enough to find another way
Ebm
Another way
A6sus2
Another way
F#m/B
A Father’s way /
(Paadaadaadaah
C#m11/B
Paadaapaapaah)
B F#/B
He – eeyy
F#m/B C#m11/B
-
Hee - eyy (Paadaadaadaah)
B F#/B F#m/B
I build a fence around you in a father’s way
C#m11/B B F#/B
Just like the one who used to preach to me
F#m/B C#m11/B
Now I’ve become that way
B F#/B
But you know
F#m/B C#m11/B
How soft now the hand that used to stri - ke
B Bsus4B
–
To the he - art
(I want you to
Ei Esus4 Ei
know) One day when the fence is not so high
B
The road you took
G#m
And how far will you go
C#7sus4 C#
And how high will you climb
E
And when all in life’s unfair
F#7/E C#7sus4
/
Are you strong enough to find another way
Ebm
Another way
A6sus2 B -
A Father’s way
F#/B C#7sus4
Find another way
Ebm
Find another way
A6sus2 B -
Oeh a father's way
F#/B C#7sus4
There’s no way
Ebm
You will stay
A6sus2
There’s no way
B
I know you
C#7sus4
There’s no way
Ebm
You will stay
A6sus2
There’s no way
B
I know you
C#7sus4
There’s no way
Ebm
That your gonna stay
A6sus2 b /
There’s no way
F#m/BC#m11/B
- –
B F#/B F#m/B
I build a fence around you in a father’s way
C#7+9/B – f# - e – g# //
F#m/B
x24222
C#m11/B
x22122
B
x24442
F#/B
x24322
Bsus4
x24452
Ei x79997
G#m
466444
C#7sus4
x46474
C#
x46664
E
022100
F#7/E
012322
042322
Ebm
x68876
A6sus2 x02202
b xxxxx7
C#7+9/B
x22121
f# xxxxx2
e xxxxx0
g# xxxx1x

A Fathers Way chords and lyrics

Free chords for A Fathers Way by Seal. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

A FATHER’S WAY  -       Seal
Intro:
F#m/B – C#m11/B – 
Ei – Esus4                   Ei                                      
            One day when the      fence is not so high
        A6sus2                                               
Another          way
(Paadaadaadaah
(I want you to  
Ei          Esus4                  Ei                               
     know)        One day when the      fence is not so high
            A6sus2        B -                                    
A Father’s           way 
                A6sus2       B -                                 
Oeh a father's          way 
            A6sus2                                            
There’s no           way
            A6sus2                                            
There’s no          way
A6sus2                  b /                                     
         There’s no way 
F#m/B - C#m11/B –
C#7+9/B – f# - e – g# //
F#m/B   x24222
C#m11/B x22122
B       x24442
F#/B    x24322
G#m     466444
C#7sus4 x46474
C#      x46664
E       022100
b       xxxxx7
e       xxxxx0
g#      xxxx1x

A Fathers Way Chords by Seal

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