Key: D major
Verse 1
D
A
G
A
D
A
F#m
My Father's
E
D
My father's pride was in his hands
C#
F#m
I watched in wonder as
E
C#m
he played show tunes,
D
C#sus4
C#
miles off from rock and roll.
D
C#m
What he loved he taught me,
C
B
now music's what I do.
D
E
And often when I'm writing,
D
C
in my hand, Dad's there too.
A
Dm
A
If I fly, you're why I'm good.
Asus4
A
Asus4
A
If my hands can find some ma gic
D
F#m
Ebdim
Baug
for the one who said they could
Dm
D
F#
B
When the child who's still inside me
E
F#
C#
C#m
finds a song in empty air
Edim
C#dim
D
A
Bm
D
When there is joy in making mu sic,
A
D
Ebdim
D
Bb
Dm
A
it is you who put it there.
D
C#sus4
C#
and now he cannot play.
D
C#sus4
C#
how it could end this way.
Bm
D
C#m
I couldn't find an answer.
C
B
I played this tune for him instead.
D
E
My father sat there smiling,
D
Asus4
D
C
for he knew what it said.
D
A
If I sing, you are the music.
D
Dm
A
If I love, you taught me how.
Asus4
A
D
Every day your heart is beating
A
Faug
Baug
In the man that I am now
Dm
E
F#m
F#
F#sus4
If my ears are tuned to wonder
F#
C#
If when I reach the chords are there
C#m
Eb
D
A
D
If there is joy in making music,
A
D
Ebdim
D
E
Bb
it's a joy that we both share.
Ebm
Bb
I never told you,
Ebm
Gm
Eb
it took time till I could see that if I sing,
Bb
Cm
Bb
You are the music,
Eb
Edim
Eb
and you'll always sing
B
Gm
Dm
in me.
Bb
Eb
Edim
Bb
B
Yes, you'll always live in me.
You
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