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Father's Grave
Len Chandler
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Chord Guide |
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3 4 G: 3x0003 |
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213 D7/F#: 2x0212 |
3 2 1 C/G: 3x2010 |
12 Em: 022000 |
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231 Am: x02210 |
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Capo 5
Intro: / G - - - / D7/F# - - - / - - - - / C/G - -
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/ G - - - / - - - - / - - - - /
G D7/F#
With my swing blade in my hand
C G
As I looked across the land
G Em Am D7/F#
And thought of all the places that I'd been,
G Em
Of that old house that I called home
G Em
Where I'd always been alone
G Em
Am D7/F#
And of that weedy grave that held
C/G G
My dearest kin.
Chorus:
C D7/F# G Em
And as I cut the weeds from o'er my father's grave, father's grave,
C D7/F#
C/G G
I swore no child I bore would be a slave
G D7/F#
The old house was just a shell
C G
There were weeds around the well
G Em Am D7/F#
And I touched that rusty hinge that held no door
G Em
Oh, the roof was caving in
G Em
It was always sort of thin
G Em Am D7/F#
And I found that place that the ash pan
C/G G
Burned the floor
Chorus
G D7/F#
I thought of all the glad
C G
And the good times that I had
G Em Am D7/F#
With my pockets full of purple plums each fall
G Em
When the yard was wide and clean
G Em
And the grass was short and green
G Em Am D7/F#
Now the underbrush has laid its claim
C/G G
to all
Chorus
G D7/F#
I learned of violence done
C G
By my mother's brother's son
G Em Am D7/F#
Was it hate or hurt that held the hand to knife
G Em
Oh, it was trouble in the mind
G Em
Guess that's the only kind
G Em Am D7/F#
Could make my cousin try to take his father's
C/G G
Life.
Chorus
G D7/F#
It made me feel so bad
C G
Lost the best friend that I had
G Em Am D7/F#
And I didn't get to hear the preacher pray
G Em
Yes, and I was only eight
G Em
No, I can't recall the date
G Em
Nor the reason I was late
G Em
But a funeral just can't wait
G Em Am D7/F#
When I got to church they were rolling
C/G G
Him away.
Chorus x2
This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
