Misc Musicals – Footloose - I Confess (Guitar)
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[Verse 1]
Em Am Em Oh yes! He has all the answers! D7sus D7 Cmaj7 Bsus B He's gonna set me straight Am7 Gsus2/B How can he presume to know what I've been through? C D/C C He hasn't got a clue! Bm7 But how could anyone Am7 C7/G G/F F A/E D F#/C# Unless they've had a son Bsus2 As perfect as a child could be A6/9 The best of all the best in me E/G# Asus2 My brush with immortality Bsus2 My kid
[Verse 2]
F#m7 B2 For sixteen winters and fifteen springs A6/9 I had a son, and still it stings E/G# A6 When I remember all the things F#m7 F#m11 We did B E A/E E7 A/E Me and my kid E A/E E7 A/E Simple things like fishing at the lake E E/G# Asus2 A Tip-toeing out before dawn F#m7 B Bobby would worry F#m7 B If we didn't hurry Cmaj7 Bsus B E A/E All of the fish would be gone E A/E Emaj7 A/E We would sit and huddle in the boat E E/G# Asus2 A Waiting for something to bite F#m7 B And I'd watch the sunrise G#m7 C#m G#m7 C#m In my own son's eyes Dsus2 A/C# Bsus B And the world would fill up with light
[Refrain]
E9 And Bobby would ask a million questions: A/E E9 "Daddy? How many is the biggest number?" or "Daddy, why do I have a thumb?"
[Chorus]
A And I confess Bm7 I didn't always have the answers A/C# Dsus2 D/E I didn't always know which way was true E F#m Nevertheless A/C# C#/E# F#m I always tried to lead with love Bm7 D/E A E/G# F#m7 B7 That's all that any father can do
[Verse 3]
E A/E Esus7 As the years went by we had our diff'rences A/E (But then, who doesn't?) E E/G# A B Even if the friendship wasn't all it was before F#m7 B We shared a lot F#m7 And who'd have thought that so much joy Esus4 D D/C# Could vanish in a blink? Bsus4 B Who ever stops to think? B/A Asus2 B/A Asus2 And in that final moment B/G# E/G# B/G# E/G# Who knows what went wrong? F#m7 The questions come too late D/E E7 And linger far too long and
[Chorus]
F#m I confess Bm7 I didn't always have the answers A/C# Dsus2 Esus4 I didn't always know which way was true E A Nevertheless C#/E# F#m I always tried to lead with love Bm D/E D D/E That's all that any father can do
[Bridge]
D E/D C D/C G/B And then look! Look! What do I do?! C D/C This boy comes to me G/B C This fatherless child D/C G/B I scoff at his pain and I send him away! Eb F/Eb My daughter speaks up Bb/D Eb And I shout her down F/Eb Bb/D I won't hear a word of what she has to say! F#/C# G#/C# My wife reaches out C# F#/C# And I turn my back G#/C# C#/E# I send her to bed without even a kiss! Bb/F Can my God forgive Eb7 The things I have done Gm/D Cm Cm/Bb While I've tried forgetting how much I'm still Dm Gm Dm7 Eb/F Missing my son?
[Verse 4]
Gm7 Bb/C Cm I'm tired of feeling nothing but numb Gm7 Eb7 Maybe the time has come Bb2/D Cm7 G/B To finally let the world in C F/C C G/C C F/C C C/F G But how do I begin? Fsus2 G Am F2 Give me strength and maybe then G Em I can reach my fellow men F C/E G/D C G E/G# Am Dm7 F/G C#m7 F#7 So we all may rise a gain
[Refrain]
B I confess C#m7 I don't always have the answers B/D# E2 E/F# I don't always know which way is true F# G#m Nevertheless B/D# D#/G G#m C#m B/D# I've always tried to lead with love B Please, join me in asking our Lord to guide B And protect our children