My Father
Judy Collins
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G Bm/F# Em G/DC G/B Dsus4 D [Verse 1]G Bm/F# Em My father always promisedG/D C Am G G us that we would live in France,G Bm/F# Em G/D we'd go boating on the SeineC Am D D and I would learn to dance.Em G/D A/C# A D We lived in Ohio then,F#m/C# Bm D/A he worked in the mines,Dm G on his dreams like boats weC Bb G knew we sail in time. [Interlude]C G/B Am GD D [Verse 2]G Bm/F# Em G/D All my sisters soon wereC Am G G gone to Denver and Cheyenne,G Bm/F# Em G/D marrying their grownup dreams,C Am Dsus4 D the lilacs and the man.Continues after the adEm G/D A/C# I stayed behind, theA D F#m/C# Bm D/A youngest still, only danced alone,Dm G the colors of my father's dreamsC Bb G faded without a sound. [Interlude]C G/B Am GD D [Verse 3]G Bm/F# Em G/D C And I live in Paris now,Am G G my children dance and dream,G Bm/F# Em hearing the ways of a miner'sG/D C Am D life in words they've neverD seen.Em G/D A/C# A I sail my memories of homeD F#m/C# Bm D/A like boats across the SeineDm G and watch the Paris sun as itC Bb G sets in my father's eyes again. [Interlude]G Bm/F# Em G/DC Am G GG Bm/F# Em G/DC Am D DEm G/D A/C# AD F#m/C# Bm D/ADm G G G C/G GC Bb Am/G G Dus4 D [Verse 4]G Bm/F# Em My father always promisedG/D C Am us that we would live inG G France,G Bm/F# Em G/D we'd go boating on the SeineC C Dsus4 and I would learn to dance.DEm G/D A/C# A I sail my memories of homeD F#m/C# Bm D/A like boats across the SeineDm G and watch the Paris sun as itC Bb G sets in my father's eyes again. [Other]C G/B Am GDsus4 D