Father Of Mine
Words & Music:
Art Alexakis &
Everclear
This is fully transcribed
in the July 1999 issue of Guitar World. All guitars are tuned down one-half step.
D5
F#5
G5
Father of mine, tell me where
have you been?
G5
E5
D5 [etc]
You know, I just closed my
eyes, my whole world disappeared.
Father of mine, take me back
to the day.
When I was still your golden
boy, back before you went away.
I remember the blue skies,
walking the block.
I loved it when you held me
high, I loved to hear you talk.
You would take me to the
movie, you would take me to the beach.
G5 F#5 F5 E5
Eb5 D5
Take me to-- a-- place inside
that is so hard to reach.
D A G | F# G A | D/A A
G | F# G A
Father of mine , tell me where
did you go?
You had the world inside your
hand but you did not seem to know.
Father of mine, tell me what
do you see
When you look back at your
wasted life and you don't see me?
I was ten years old, doing all
that I could.
It wasn't easy for me to be a
scared white boy in a black neighborhood.
Sometimes you would send me a
birthday card with a five-dollar bill.
G5 G F# F
E
Eb D5 D/A A
G
I never understood you then,
and I guess I never will.
CHORUS:
F# G
A D/A A
G F#
G[etc.]
My dad, he gave me a
name--------, my dad, he gave me a name.
(Then he walked away) My dad,
he gave me a name.
(Then he walked away) My dad, he
gave me a name.
INSTRUMENTAL OVER:
A D | F# | G5 G F3 F | E Eb | (D/A)
Father of mine, tell me where
have you been?
I just closed my eyes and the
world disappeared
Father of mine, tell me how do
you sleep?
With the children you
abandoned and the wife I saw you beat?
D F#/C# G/D
E5
I will never be safe, I will
never be sane.
E5
D
F#/C#
I will always be weird inside,
I will always be lame
F#/C#
G/D
E/B
Now, I am a grown man with a
child of my own.
E/B
D
F#/C#
And I swear I'm not going to
let her know all the pain I have known.
CHORUS: [repeat & out on D]