Frank Turner – Fatherless (Guitar)

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[Intro] Fmaj7 [Verse 1]
     Am7      A7sus     Am7     A7sus
Well here's a tale I've not yet told

        G      G6sus      G           G6sus
I was a victim when I was eight years old

      D           Dsus4 D      Dsus4
I was shipped off to a dormitory

        D        Dsus4   Em
Full of kids who made no sense to me

      Am7     A7sus   Am7        A7sus
And I cried myself to sleep each night

    G              G6sus           G        G6sus
For three straight weeks 'til I was dead inside

            D      Dsus4    D     Dsus4
But I'm not asking for your pity

               D     Dsus4       Em                 C/G
It's just that fairy tales about fathers make me angry
[Chorus]
C/G                       G
I was never taught how to deal with this

      E                  Am
But I soldier on with it nonetheless

                      Fmaj7                         C/G
I'm fatherless and it makes me feel like I'm an alien

               G
Oh Lord what I wouldn't give

      E                 Am
For a caregiver who had care to give

                      Fmaj7                       Am7
I'm alone and I don't know how I'll live to be a man
[Hook 1] A7sus Am7 A7sus
G G6sus G G6sus
         Look at me now
D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 [Verse 2]
A5 N.C.
Vacancy, job vacancy
N.C. I need somebody to be the making of me
A5 N.C.
Someone to take me fishing
N.C. You can't blame a grown up kid for wishing
A5 N.C.
Someone to teach me how to shave

E5 N.C.
To touch over the mistakes I've made

Asus2 N.C.
To offer some fatherly advice

Esus2 N.C.   E5 N.C.                   C/G
Some sort of acknowledgement would be nice
[Chorus 2]
C/G                       G
I was never taught how to deal with this

      E                  Am
But I soldier on with it nonetheless

                      Fmaj7                         C/G
I'm fatherless and it makes me feel like I'm an alien

               G
Oh Lord what I wouldn't give

      E                 Am
For a caregiver who had care to give

                      Fmaj7                         Am7
I'm alone and I don't know how I'll live to be a man
[Hook 2] A7sus Am7 A7sus
G G6sus G G6sus
         Look at me now
D Dsus4 D Dsus4
D       Em              Am7
        Do I make you proud?
A7sus Am7 A7sus
G G6sus G G6sus
         Oh look at me now
D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 Em [Bridge]
Em                 C/G
Have you heard the news

  Em            Am      Asus2 Am
I finally found Jesus

   Dm                      C
He locked himself into the bathroom at the party

  F                            G                      C/G
I had to talk him down, he was having a whitey and he said

Em              Am         Asus2 Am
Francis I don't need this

    Dm              C
The epectations and relentless pressure

     F                G                  C/G
Of a distant and judgemental father and I said

      Em       Am    Asus2 Am
I can see what mean, JC

       Dm                     C
But at least he's paying some kind of attention

       F            G                          C/G
To his miraculously spoilt conception but with some of us

   Em             Am     Asus2 Am
We struggle to be seen

      Dm              C
And I sold my soul to rock and roll

     F                  G                  Am7
In a desperate throw to even be noticed at all
[Outro] A7sus Am7 A7sus
G G6sus G G6sus
         Look at me now
D Dsus4 D Dsus4
D       Em               Am7
        Am I enough of a man?
A7sus Am7 A7sus
G G6sus G G6sus
         Oh look at me now
D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 End on: Em