Misc Musicals – Kinky Boots - Not My Fathers Son (Guitar)
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A5 A/D When I was just a kid everything I did, was to be like him A5 Under my skin A5 My father always thought if I was strong and fought Asus A D Not like some albatross, I'd begin to fit in A F#m7 C#7 D Look at me powerless and holding my breath A F#m7 C#7 D Trying hard to repress what scared him to death Bm A/C# E A C#m7 D It was never easy to be his type of man G E C#7 F#m To breathe freely was not in his plan Bm7 A/C# D Bm7 A E And the best part of me Is what he wouldn't see D A D I'm not my fathers son D A Bm7 A/C# D I'm not the image of what he dreamed of Bm7 A/C# A Bm7 A/C# D With the strength of Sparta and the patience of Job E/F# F#m7 Bm7 E/F# F#m7 Bm7 Still couldn't be the one To echo what he'd done E Esus A E D And mirror what was not in me A F#m C#7 D So I jumped in my dreams and found an escape A F#m C#7 D Maybe I went to extremes of leather and lace Bm7 A/C# E A C#m7 D But the world seems brighter six inches off the ground G E C#7 F#m Bm7 A/C# D And the air seemed lighter I was profound and I felt so proud Bm7 A E Just to live out loud D A D I'm not my fathers son D A Bm7 A/C# D I'm not the image of what he dreamed of Bm7 A/C# A Bm7 A/C# D With the strength of sparta and the patience of job E/F# F#m7 Bm7 E/F# F#m7 Bm7 Still couldn't be the one To echo what he'd done E Esus A E D And mirror what was not in me Bm7 D/E C#m7 F#m The endless story of expectations swirling inside my mind G#m7 F#7/A# Bm7 Wore me down Bm7 D/E E C#7 F#m I came to a realization and I finally turned around E D Bm A/C# D E To see That I could just be me D A D I'm not my fathers son D A Bm7 A/C# D I'm not the image of what he dreamed of Bm7 A/C# A Bm7 A/C# D With the strength of sparta and the patience of job E/F# F#m7 Bm7 E/F# F#m7 Bm7 Still couldn't be the one To echo what he'd done E Esus A E D And mirror what was not in me A E We're the same Charlie Boy D9 You and Me (Spoken) A E D9 Lola: Charlie from Northampton, meet Simon from Clacton A9 Charlie: Lets make boots.