Melanie Safka - My Father 


## NOTE: The last verse and Outro are all on the chord G ## 


CAPO: 1st Fret 


Intro: G  C  G  C  G 


My father always promised us 
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We would live in France 

We'd go sailing on the Seine 
    C                D      Em 
And I would learn to dance 


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We lived in Ohio then 
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And he worked in the mines 
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On his dreams, like boats, we knew  
C                Bb   G 
We would sail in time___ 



All my sisters soon were gone 
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To Denver and Cheyenne 

Marrying their grownup dreams 
    C              D    Em 
The lilacs and the man 


            A                D 
I stayed behind the youngest 
                       Dm 
And only danced alone 
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The colours of my father's dreams 
C               Bb      G 
Faded without a sound 



And now I live in Paris 
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And my children dance and dream 

Hearing the story of a miner's life 
   C                   D    Em 
In words they've never seen 


                A             
I sailed my memories of old 
     D                       Dm 
Like boats across the Seine 
                  G 
And I watched the Paris sun 
C                  Bb    G 
Set in my father's eyes again 



My father always promised us 

We would live in France 

We'd go sailing on the Seine 

And I would learn to dance 


OUTRO:   (## fade to end ##) 
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