Father Of Mine

Author/Artist: Everclear
Title: Father of Mine
Album: So Much for the Afterglow
Transcribed by: Peter Pakhomkin

Lyircs:

Father of mine 
Tell me where have you been 
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 
ack 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 
Take me to a place inside that is so hard to reach 

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 I never understood you then and I guess I never will 

Daddy gave me a name 
My dad he gave me a name 
Then he walked away Daddy gave me a name 
Then he walked away
 My dad gave me a name 

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 

I will never be safe
 I will never be sane 
I will always be weird inside 
I will always be lame 

Now I am a grown man 
With a child of my own 
And I swear I’m not going to let her know 
All the pain I have known

Then he walked away 
Daddy gave me a name 
Then he walked away 
My dad gave me a name 
Then he walked away 

Intro/Verse: (Guitar w/chorus effect)

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 Bridge:                                                                      

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