Father And Friend chords

Alain Clark

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  			Bb    Cm7    Eb   Fsus4   F 
Bb    Cm7    Eb   Fsus4   F 

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O Papa sit down and hear my song 
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O and if you feel like it then please sing along 
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No nothing that I wanna say, I haven't said before 
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But to use your words, you can never be to sure 
                 Eb9                              F 
See, even though I don't always show 
                                      Bb         Cm7       Eb        F 
I'm glad that you're around 
                                      Bb         Cm7       Eb        F 
I say I'm glad that you around 

       Bb           Cm7         Eb            F 
O sonny, so strange, to hear and see 
          Bb             Cm7        Eb             F 
that someone so different is a soul like me 
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You may have gone right, where I would have gone left 
       Bb             Cm7             Eb                      F 
But son, that's alright, I will always have your back 
                  Eb9                             F 
See even though I don't always show 
                                           Bb        Cm7     Eb        F 
I'm proud that you’re my son 

       Em7        Am7/5-            Ab6       Ab           Gsus4   G 
Old days and all of the new wanting to be like you 

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Every time I look at you  
              F 
I see myself 
              C/G      G 
 I'm so proud of you 
        C                                     D 
For you help make me what I am 
                 F 
 A better man  
                    F 
 I'm just so proud of you 

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O dad, your views in life tell me how they came to be 
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Well see, I didn't know my father like the way that you know me 
          Bb                Cm7              Eb                F 
Son, life is just too short for us to never be in touch 
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O that's why I Wanna tell you that I love you very much 
            Eb9                            Ab 
Even though, I don't always show 
               Gsus4          G 
You know                 ooh     and I want you to know that 

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Every time I look at you 
          F 
I see myself 
                   C/G      G 
And I'm so proud of you 
        C                                     D 
For you help make me what I am 
                F 
A better man 
                    F 
I'm just so proud of you 

      Em7           Am7/5-       Ab6           Gsus4        Asus4      A 
I'm here and I'll be if I can a father and a friend 

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Oooh  
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---------------   Every time I look at you 

D                              E 
Every time I look at you 
             G 
I see myself 
                    D/A      A 
And I'm so proud of you 
        D                                    E 
For you help make me what I am  
                        G 
A son and a friend 
                   D/A       A 
 I'm just so proud of you 

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You know that one day too,  I'll be walking in your shoes 
 G                                               A 
And I'll know that you'll do fine, cause you're a son of mine 
          D                                                         E 
O, dear papa tell me what you've learned, so that I don't get my fingers burned 
          G                                      A 
Son you'll see that as you go, you'll make mistakes of your own 
           D                                E 
But that's ok man, see you live and you learn 
      G                                   G 
You live and you learn  

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