My Fatherless Son chords by Four Tops
Intro 1
C
Em
C
F
Fm
C
D
Fm
G
Em
My Love
Verse 1
C
and I,
we'd both been through
Em
The worst of times and seen
them through
C
Bound together and loved as one
Am
F
But she came to me with
a stranger's son
Fm
Hoping the love for me that she had
C
Would help me make him a happy lad
D
And wipe away any foolish pride
Fm
That might keep him from my side
G
C
So he went and I was faced
with a child of three
Em
Knowing he did not belong to me
C
Bb
I could see in him his father's eyes
F
I hated him for just being alive
Fm
These images came from out
of the past
C
Causing bitter feelings
that seemed to last
F#dim
D
But she tried to make me understand
Gsus4
You can love the child
G
and hate the man
Eb
Bbsus4
Lord, my father, my son and I
Eb
Will we ever be together As one
Csus4
C
Me and my father, my son
As time passed I could tell he needed me
Em
It helped to fight off my jealousy
C
Bb
My love for Joe had surely grown
F
I'd learn to treat him like my own
Fm
He repaid me with a million smiles
C
There was love and trust in
the eyes of my child
F#dim
Many times we walked hand -in -hand
D
Fm
G
He was only five, but he was quite a man
Eb
Soon I learned I was out of swing
Gm
My wife grew heavier day by day
Eb
I remember pacing the hospital hall
Ab
Fm
My heart soared as my name was called
B
Till I heard what the doctor said
Eb
I'm sorry, your wife and baby are dead
F
Little Joe lied out with a tall scream
Bbsus4
Bb
I stood there numb
and shattered my dreams
F#
C#sus4
Lord, my fatherless son and I
F#
Now we're together,
C#sus4
bound forever
Eb
C
Em
As one, me and my fatherless son
C
F
Fm
C
F#dim
D
F#dim
Fm
G
Eb
My whole world came to
a sudden stop,
Gm
didn't know if I could go on or not
Eb
Dbdim
Db
Till I looked in Joe's little sad eyes,
Ab
Fm
I held him close, we both cried
B
I could never again love anyone,
Eb
so fate made Joe my only son
F
I thank God for the day we're joined,
Bbsus4
Bb
I found my love in the eyes of my son
F#
C#sus4
Mom, my fatherless son and I,
F#
now we're together,
C#sus4
born forever
D#
As one, me and my fatherless son
F#
C#sus4
Mom, my fatherless son and I,
F#
C#sus4
now we're together
F#
C#sus4
As one, me and my
D#
fatherless son,
together as one
F#
C#sus4
My, my fatherless son and I,
F#
C#sus4
now we're together, bound forever,
D#
as one, me and my fatherless son
F#
C#sus4
My, my fatherless son and I,
F#
now we're together,
C#sus4
Eb
bound forever, as one,
me and my fatherless son
My Fatherless Son
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