Nina Simone – My Father (Guitar)
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[Verse 1]
F Dm My father always promised me Gm C That we would live in France F Dm We'd go boating on the Seine Gm7 C And I would learn to dance
[Verse 2]
Dm G7 We lived in Ohio then C Cm He worked in the mines F7 On his dreams like boats we knew Bb He would sail in time F In time
[Verse 3]
F Dm My sisters all grew up and went away Gm C2 To Denver and Cheyenne F Dm Marrying their grownup dreams Gm C The lilacs and the man
[Verse 4]
Dm G I stayed behind the youngest still C Cm And I danced alone F7 Hoping that my father's dreams Bb Would someday take me home F Take me home
[Verse 5]
F Dm And I live in Paris now Gm C F Dm My children dance and sing Gm Word’s of a miner's tongue C7 A language they've never seen
[Verse 6]
Dm G7 I sail my memories of home C Cm Like boats across the Seine F7 And watch my father‘s eyes Bb Watch the setting sun F F Set in my father's eyes — again