Pearl Jam – My Fathers Son (Guitar)

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[Intro] C C C C [Verse 1]
Dm
I come from a genius, I am my father's son

Dm
Yeah, too bad he was a psychopath and now I'm the next in line

Dm
Lonelyness dear mother, yes, surely she's a work of art

Dm
I never got top dollar, but she gave us all a star
[Chorus]
A G               G#
Can I get a reprieve?

G                       G#
This gene pool don't hurt me

A#                B
Can I beg a release

A#                       G#
From the volunteer amputee?

G                    G#
From the moment I fell

G              G#
I called on DNA

A#              B
Why such betrayal

A#           A# A G# G
Got me tooth and nail
[Verse 2]
Dm
Yeah, how's about one conversation with nothing else left to be had

Dm
Oh, is this your long lost son, and he's never had dear old dad

Dm
I forget the insemination and for that I'm supposed to be glad

Dm
What a pity you left us so soon to climb your mountain of regret
[Chorus]
A G               G#
Can I get a reprieve?

G                         G#
This gene pool dark and deep

A#                B
Can I beg a release?

A#                    G#
Can I volunteer amputee?

G                    G#
From the moment I fell

G              G#
I called on DNA

A#              B
Why such betrayal?

A#           A# A G# G
Oh I gotta set sail
[Instrumental] B A# B C# A# A G# G B A# B C# [Interlude]
D                                      C
Oh real bright light shining as you're trying to breathe in thin air

D                                     Bm          C
Cannot forget you're hiding collected wounds left unhealed

D                                            C
When every thought you're thinking sinks you darker than the new moon sky

D                                Bm        C
The faraway lights rising in the whites of your eyes
[Instrumental] C C C C [Verse 3]
Dm
Now father you're dead and gone and I'm finally free to be me

Dm
Thanks for all your fucked up gifts for which I've got no sympathy

Dm
I'm living in a walled-up place in the bounds of fifth symphony

Dm
Thanks for this and thanks for that, I gotta let go, learn to see
[Chorus]
A G               G#
Can I get a reprieve?

G                         G#
This gene pool don't hurt me

A#                B
Can I beg a release?

A#                    G#
Can I volunteer amputee?

G                    G#
From the moment I fell

G              G#
I called on DNA

A#              B
Why such betrayal

A#           A# A G# G
Oh I gotta set sail
[Outro] B A# B C# A# A G# G
B A# B C#
Yeah Yeah!