Father of Mine Lyrics

As recorded by Everclear on "So Much for the Afterglow"
Key:
pm = palm mute
\ = slide up towards the headstock
/ = slide down towards the body
fb = feedback
h = hammer
b = bend string
r = release string
rr = ring (let string ring)
v = strum down
^ = strum up
~ = Hold Note
X = Pick Scrape
Intro (Guitar 1, slightly distorted)
v v v v ^ v v v v v ^ v (Same strumming Pattern
Intro/Verse)
Father of mine__ Tell me where have you been ?
You know, I just closed my eyes__ my whole world disapeared__
Father of mine, take me back to the day__
yeah, when I was still your golden boy,__ back before you went away__
Main Verse (Guitars 1 and 2 slightly distorted)
I remember 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
Chorus Guitars 1 & 2 (Distorted)
Chorus Accordian riff (in the FoM single remixed versions)
Guitar 1 (Lead Fill #1)(Fully Distorted or Fuzz)
Guitar 2
Main Verse (Guitars 1 and 2 slightly distorted)
Father of mine__ tell me where did you go?___
Yeah, 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 wast__ed life___ and you don't see me ?
Guitar 1 (Lead Fill #2)(Fully Distorted of Fuzz)
I was ten__ years old___ doing all that I___ could
Was-n't easy for me_ to be a scared white boy in a black neigh_bor_hood___
Some_times you would send me a birth_day card with a five dollar bill__
Yeah I never un_der_stood you then, and I guess I nev_er will__
Chorus Guitars 1 & 2 (Distorted)
Dad_dy gave me a name
My dad, he gave me a name
Then he walked away Dad_dy gave me a name_
Then he walked away My dad he gave me a name_
Chorus Accordian riff (in the FoM single remixed versions)
bars for guitar 1 and only one for guiatar 2, so that means in the time it
takes to play guitar 2's part you must play both bars of guitar 1. Get it ?
Guitar 1 (Solo)(Distorted)
Yeah
Guitar 1 Continued
Oh Yeah
Guitar 2
Guitar 1
Ohh !!
Guitar 2
Chorus Guitars 1 & 2 (Fully Distorted)
Dad-dy gave me a name
Dad-dy gave me a name
Then he walked away Dad-dy gave me a name
Then he walked away my dad he gave me a name
Chorus Accordian riff (in the FoM single remixed versions)
Bridge (Guitars 1 & 2) (Distorted)
Yeah__ Yeah__
Oh Yeah__
Main Verse (Guitars 1 & 2)
Father of mine__ tell me where have you been ?
Yeah, I just closed my eyes_ and the world disa_ppear_ed
Father of mine tell me how do you sleep
With the chil_dren you aband_oned and the wife I saw you beat ?
I will never be safe, I will never be sane
I will always be wierd inside, I will always be lame
Now I am a grown man with a child of my own__
And I swear that I'm not gonna let her know all the pain I have
known_____
Chorus Guitars 1 & 2 (Fully Distorted)
___________________________________________
____________________ Oh yeah !____________
then he walked away Dad-dy 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
then he walked away My Dad he gave me a name
Chorus Accordian riff (in the FoM single remixed versions)
Outro (Guitars 1 & 2) (Distorted)
Yeah__ Yeah__
Oh Yeah__
Suggestion by GELB JOSH (jgelb@home.com)
hey, the father of mine tabs are wrong for the distorted part,
i'll just copy and paste because im lazy,
i have the so much for the afterglow book. here is whats on (your) page:
The only difference is:
changes are made in the number of chords and the
formation, just adding a few notes to each, play it
distorted, it makes a big difference,
not as much on acoustic though.
Second Suggestion from GELB JOSH (jgeb@home.com)
hey jason, some dude e-mailed me asking about the father of mine solo,
so i typed it from the (SMFTA offical tabulature) book. its:
Josh
JASON'S EVERCLEAR TABS - http://members.tripod.com/~panec/