I Brought My Father With Me

Intro 

C    C/B Am 
F/C  Am  G  D7 G 
C     C/B Am 
F/C   Am  G  D7 G  C/E 


[Verso 1]


  F                 Gsus4    G   Dm/F 
I brought my father with me.      i 
  G                   C     F(add2)  G  C/E 
I hope that you don't mind. 
  F                Gsus4   G  Dm/F 
I couldn't find it in me, 
   G                C     C/B 
To make him stay be-hind. 
   Am(add2)           Dm(add2)   G 
To-night the snow has fallen. 
              G/F       Em    Asus2 
The trees are white and old. 
                     Dm/F 
Their heavy branches bending. 
       G                C    F(add2)  G  C/E 
Can we come in from the cold? 


[Verso 2]

 
  F                 Gsus4  G  Dm/F 
I brought my father with me,      though 
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It's been many years, 
               F/C    G(add2)  G    Dm/F 
Since he'd go down to dolan's 
      G                    C       C/B  Am(add2) 
For a shot and a couple of beers. 
                                        Dm(add2)       G 
When he'd take me with him and he would buy me a coke,   it 
G/F            Em    Asus2 
Surely made my day. 
                     Dm/F     G 
Now i take my father with me,   turnabouts fair 

C  C/B Am  F/C Am  G  D7 G  C 
Play. 


[Verso 3]


F(add2)              G      Dm/F 
Car trips to pennsyl-vania, 
     G               C     F/C 
When all of us would sing.    and he 
C    F/C          Gsus4 G       Dm/F 
Sang bells of st. ma-   ry's, 
       G                 C     Em7/B   Am(add2) 
And he sounded just like bing. 
                        Dm(add2)   G 
Summer days down at the shore,      re- 
G/F           Em 
Membering how he would 
Asus2           Dm/F         G 
Bless himself with foam before 
                   C     F(add2)  G  C/E 
He'd dive into the sea. 


[Verso 4]


          F             Gsus4          G  Dm/F 
There are some ways i'm just like him. 
G                          C   F/C   C 
Some ways he was just like me. 
    F/C                Gsus4         G  Dm/F 
And sometimes when the mirror's dim, 
    G                C     C/B 
His face is clear to see.     to- 
Am(add2)           Dm(add2) 
Night the winds of heaven 
         G       G/F       Em   Asus2 
Blow the stars a-cross the sky. 
                    Dm/F     G 
I brought my father with me. 
               C        C/B 
I couldn't say goodbye. to- 
Asus2              Dm(add2) 
Night the winds of heaven 
         G       G/F       Em   Asus2 
Blow the stars a-cross the sky. 
                    Dm/F     G 
I brought my father with me. 
               C        C/B  Am   F/C Gsus4 G  C 
I couldn't say goodbye.