My Father - Judy Collins Chord Chart Page 3

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MY FATHER-
Judy Collins
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Intro:
G
GMA7
G6
GMA7
(X2)
G
GMA7
G6
G C
Am
G
My father always promised us
that we would live in France
G
GMA7 G6
G
C
Am
D7
We'd go boating on the Seine,
and I would learn to dance
Em
Em7
A
A7
D
DMA7
D6
D
We lived
in O-hio then,
he worked
in the mines
Dm
G7
C Bb
G GMA7 G6 GMA7 (x2)
On his dreams like boats we knew we would sail
in time
G
GMA7 G6
G
C
Am
G
All my sisters soon were gone
to Denver and Chey-enne
G
GMA7
G6
G
C
Am
D7
Marry-ing their grownup dreams, the lilacs and the man
Em
Em7
A
A7 D
DMA7
D6
D
I stayed be-hind the youngest still,
only
danced a-lone
Dm
G7
C
Bb
G GMA7 G6 GMA7 (x2)
The colors of my father's dreams faded
without a sound
G
GMA7
G6
G
C
Am
G
And I live in Paris now,
my children dance and dream
G
GMA7
G6
G
C
Am
D7
Hearing the ways of a miner's life
in words they've never seen
Em
Em7
A
A7
D
DMA7
D6
D
I sail
my memor-ies of home,
like boats across the Seine
Dm
G7 C
Bb
G GMA7 G6 GMA7 (x2)
And watch the Paris sun, set in my father's eyes a-gain
G
GMA7
G6
G C
Am
G
My father always promised us
that we would live in France
G
GMA7 G6
G
C
Am
D7
We'd go boating on the Seine,
and I would learn to dance
Em
Em7
A
A7
D
DMA7
D6
D
I sail
my memor-ies of home
like boats across the Seine
Dm
G7 C
Bb
G GMA7 G6 GMA7 (x2) G
And watch the Paris sun, set in my father's eyes a-gain

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