Misc Musicals – Kinky Boots - Not My Fathers Son (Ukulele)

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When I was just a kid Everything I did was to be like him

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Under my skin

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My father always thought if I was strong and fought

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Not like some albatross I'd begin To fit in

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Look at me powerless and holding my breath

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Trying hard to repress what scared him to death

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It was never easy to be his type of man

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To breathe freely was not in his plan

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And the best part of me Is what he wouldn't see

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I'm not my fathers son

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I'm not the image of what he dreamed of

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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

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And mirror what was not in me

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So I jumped in my dreams and found an escape

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Maybe I went to extremes of leather and lace

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But the world seems brighter six inches off the ground

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And the air seemed lighter I was profound and I felt so proud

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Just to live out loud

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I'm not my fathers son

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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

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And mirror what was not in me

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The endless story of expectations swirling inside my mind

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Wore me down

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I came to a realization and I finally turned around

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To see that I could just be me

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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

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We're the same Charlie Boy

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You and Me

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Lola Charlie from Northampton meet Simon from Clacton

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Charlie Lets make boots