Capo 1
INTRO: [guitar]
G5 D Cadd9 `
Mmm____
G5 D Cadd9 `
[Mmm]
VERSE: [guitar]
G5 D Cadd9 `
Tell me how the circle ends there's no beginning
G5 D Cadd9 `
Everything that came before will come 'round a-gain and I
Em D C ` D `
Look in the mirror my father's eyes look back at me mmm
VERSE: [tutti]
G5 D, Cadd9 `
He gave me a road to choose he gave me freedom
G5 D, Cadd9 `
And I pray I'm strong enough to walk in his shoes and I
Em D, C ` D `
I hope that I become half the man he'd want me to be 'cos I feel you
PRE-CHORUS:
Am7 ` C `
Guiding me__ showin' me the way when I'm misdirected I
C ` D `
Know you're not here but I feel connected__ 'cos everything
CHORUS:
Am7 ` C `
That I am comes from a better man__ and
G ` D `
All that I've said and I've done__ can't rewrite my
Am7 ` C `
History right there for all to see__
C ` Am `
I'm just my father's son
[breakdown]
Cadd9 (M7#11) C5 `
Taught me to walk now I run
RE-INTRO: [guitar]
G5 D Cadd9 `
Now I run
VERSE: [tutti]
G5 D, Cadd9 `
Sometimes when I lose my-self in my weakness
G5 D, Cadd9 `
I can feel the touch of his unmis-takable hands and they're
Em D, C ` D `
Pushing me forward back into the circle a-gain and I hope my sons
PRE-CHORUS-2:
Am7 ` C `
See in me__ the kind of man that
C ` D `
He was to me__ and everything
CHORUS-SHORT:
Am7 ` C `
That I am comes from a better man__ and
G ` D `
All that I've said and I've done__ can't rewrite my
Am7 ` C `
History right there for all to see__
C ` Am `
I'm just my father's son__
Cadd9 `
Taught me to walk now I
INTERLUDE: (part verse) [breakdown]
Em7 D, Cadd9 ` Em7 D, Cadd9 ` D `
Ruh-_____un I ruh-__uh-__un he's the best and the
PRE-CHORUS-3: [build]
Am7 ` C `
Worst in me__ some-times I don't know where my common sense is I
C ` D `
May be a sinner but my best defence is__ everything
CHORUS-LONG:
Am7 ` C `
That I am comes from a better man__ and
G ` D `
All that I've said and I've done__ can't rewrite my
Am7 ` C `
History right there for all to see__
G ` D `
I'm just my father's son__ yeah-__
Am7 ` C `
eah
C ` Am `
I'm just my father's son__
[breakdown]
[Cadd9]Taught me to[(M7#11)] walk [C5] now I run
INTRO: [guitar]
G5 D Cadd9 `
Mmm____
G5 D Cadd9 `
[Mmm]
VERSE: [guitar]
G5 D Cadd9 `
Tell me how the circle ends there's no beginning
G5 D Cadd9 `
Everything that came before will come 'round a-gain and I
Em D C ` D `
Look in the mirror my father's eyes look back at me mmm
VERSE: [tutti]
G5 D, Cadd9 `
He gave me a road to choose he gave me freedom
G5 D, Cadd9 `
And I pray I'm strong enough to walk in his shoes and I
Em D, C ` D `
I hope that I become half the man he'd want me to be 'cos I feel you
PRE-CHORUS:
Am7 ` C `
Guiding me__ showin' me the way when I'm misdirected I
C ` D `
Know you're not here but I feel connected__ 'cos everything
CHORUS:
Am7 ` C `
That I am comes from a better man__ and
G ` D `
All that I've said and I've done__ can't rewrite my
Am7 ` C `
History right there for all to see__
C ` Am `
I'm just my father's son
[breakdown]
Cadd9 (M7#11) C5 `
Taught me to walk now I run
RE-INTRO: [guitar]
G5 D Cadd9 `
Now I run
VERSE: [tutti]
G5 D, Cadd9 `
Sometimes when I lose my-self in my weakness
G5 D, Cadd9 `
I can feel the touch of his unmis-takable hands and they're
Em D, C ` D `
Pushing me forward back into the circle a-gain and I hope my sons
PRE-CHORUS-2:
Am7 ` C `
See in me__ the kind of man that
C ` D `
He was to me__ and everything
CHORUS-SHORT:
Am7 ` C `
That I am comes from a better man__ and
G ` D `
All that I've said and I've done__ can't rewrite my
Am7 ` C `
History right there for all to see__
C ` Am `
I'm just my father's son__
Cadd9 `
Taught me to walk now I
INTERLUDE: (part verse) [breakdown]
Em7 D, Cadd9 ` Em7 D, Cadd9 ` D `
Ruh-_____un I ruh-__uh-__un he's the best and the
PRE-CHORUS-3: [build]
Am7 ` C `
Worst in me__ some-times I don't know where my common sense is I
C ` D `
May be a sinner but my best defence is__ everything
CHORUS-LONG:
Am7 ` C `
That I am comes from a better man__ and
G ` D `
All that I've said and I've done__ can't rewrite my
Am7 ` C `
History right there for all to see__
G ` D `
I'm just my father's son__ yeah-__
Am7 ` C `
eah
C ` Am `
I'm just my father's son__
[breakdown]
[Cadd9]Taught me to[(M7#11)] walk [C5] now I run
