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                             Song For My Father by Sarah McLachlan
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Tabbed by: St. Alphonzo

Capo 2nd Fret for Live Performance 

Capo 3rd Fret for Album Recording

Only use “P” and “i” on picking hand


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         “I wish that I could tell you...”
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        “It's to you....I....run”
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“You were the place that I could always rest my head”

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             “And my world      -  would
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  Come  un -  done_________”
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“Cause I been wrestling with my demons”

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“Telling me I have no choice”

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“How I wish that I could lean upon you now”

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            “Amidst the chaos 

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  and – the   - noise___”
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CHORUS

“Your    -   light...”

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