Father of Mine

[Verse]
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   Father of mine    tell me where have you been
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   You know I just closed by eyes my whole world disappeared
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   Father of mine    take me back to the day
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   Yeah when I was still your golden boy back before you went away
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   I remember blue skies walking the block
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   I loved it when you held me high I loved to hear you talk
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   You would take me to the movie you would take me to the beach
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   You would take me to a place inside that's so hard to reach
 
 [Instrumental]
 G    D  C  B    C  D (x2)
 
 [Verse]
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   Father of mine    tell me where did you go
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   Yeah you had the world inside your hand but you did not seem to know
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   Father of mine    tell me what do you see
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   When you look back at your wasted life and you don't see me
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   I was ten years old doin' all that I could
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   It wasn't easy for me to be a scared white boy in a black neighborhood
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   Sometimes you would send me a birthday card with a five dollar bill
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   I never understood you then and I guess I never will
 
 [Chorus]
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               Gaddy gave me a name
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          My daddy gave me a name
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   Then he walked away       Gaddy gave me a name
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   Then he walked away   My daddy gave me a name
 
 [Instrumental]
 G    B    C    B  Bb  A
 
 [Chorus]
 G    D  C  B         C     D
               Gaddy gave me a name
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          My daddy gave me a name
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   Then he walked away       Gaddy gave me a name
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   Then he walked away   My daddy gave me a name
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   Yeah. Yeah. Oh, Yeah.
 
 [Verse]
 G                B
   Father of mine    tell me where have you been
 C                              A
   You know I just closed by eyes my whole world disappeared
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   Father of mine    tell me how do you sleep
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   With the children you abandoned and the wife I saw you beat
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   I will never be safe    I will never be sane
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   I will always be weird inside I will always be lame
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   Now I'm a grown man    with a child of my own
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   And I swear I'll never let her know all the pain I have known
 
 [Instrumental]
 G    D  C  B    C  D (x2)
 
 [Chorus]
 G                 D   C  B         C     D
   Then he walked away       Gaddy gave me a name
 G                 D   C  B        C     D
   Then he walked away   My daddy gave me a name
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   Then he walked away   My daddy gave me a name
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   Then he walked away   My daddy gave me a name
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   Then he walked away yeah
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   Then he walked away yeah
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   Then he walked away