Michael Kiwanuka – Fathers Child (Guitar)

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Chords

The chords below are just the basic versions, but throughout the song are added harmonies and extensions. F# often has the added 9th and 11th, while the Dmaj7 messes around in lydian (raised 4th). Faug is Faug7 [Intro] F# D C [Verse 1]
 F#
Feels like I've been here before

 D                                         C
All things don't seem the same no more

 F#
Although I know I'm my mother's child

   D                                       C
I gotta break free into the wild
[Interlude]
F#       D   C
Ohhh
[Verse 2]
 F#
Some things just seem to take so long

 D                                         C
I've been thinking 'bout what's gone wrong

 F#
I've been searching for miles and miles

 D                                         C
Looking for someone to walk with me
[Chorus]
          F#
Walk with me (walk, walk)

         Dmaj7               C
Walk with me (walk, walk)

          F#
Walk with me (walk, walk)

         Dmaj7               C
Walk with me (walk, walk)
[Verse 3]
F#
All this doubt's been troublin' me

  D                                        C
There's so much more that I can be

F#
It feels like I'm on borrowed time

 D                                         C
You got yours, I gotta take what's mine
[Chorus]
          F#
Walk with me (walk, walk)

         Dmaj7              C
Walk with me (walk, walk)

          F#
Walk with me (walk, walk)

         Dmaj7              C
Walk with me (walk, walk)
F# D C F# D C [Outro] Bbm Gm7b5 F#maj7 Faug Bbm Gm7b5
       F#maj7  Faug         Bbm          Gm7b5
Walk with me,     I know who I wasn't supposed to be

       F#maj7  Faug               Bbm          Gm7b5
Walk with me,     show me the right direction

       F#maj7  Faug                  Bbm7         Gm7b5                    F#maj7
Walk with me,     although I've been searching all my life for where I'm supposed to be

Faug                 Bbm   Gm7b5
    I am my mother's child

       F#maj7  Faug           Bbm          Gm7b5
Walk with me,     show me pure affection

       F#maj7  Faug             Bbm           Gm7b5
Walk with me,     show me the right direction

                F#maj7            Faug       
I am my father's child, even though I walk

   Bbm7  Db/Ab     Gm7b5
No more,   no more

F#maj7  Faug         Bbm          Gm7b5
      I am more than things you won't forgive (Walk with me)

F#maj7  Faug         Bbm          Gm7b5
      I am more than things you won't forgive (Walk with me)

F#maj7           Faug    Bbm      Gm7b5   F#maj7   Faug
     So walk with me
Bbm Gm7b5 F#maj7 Faug (fade to end)