Story Of My Father

Story Of My Father easy guitar chords by Abbey Lincoln

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E A D G B E

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Capo
  • G

  • D

  • Em

  • Bb

  • Am

  • C

  • C#dim

    4
  • Ebdim

  • A

  • E

  • Eb

    6
  • F#

    2
  • F#dim

    4
  • Abdim

    6
  • G

  • D

  • Em

  • Bb

  • Am

  • C

  • C#dim

    4
  • Ebdim

  • A

  • E

  • Eb

    6
  • F#

    2
  • F#dim

    4
  • Abdim

    6
  • Verse 1
    G
    D
    Em
    Bb
    D
    G
    D
    G

    Do we kill
    D
    G

    ourselves on purpose?
    D

    Is destruction all our own?
    Am
    C
    D

    Are we dying for a reason?
    G
    D
    G

    Is our misery all our own?
    C#dim
    C
    C#dim

    Are the people suicidal?
    G
    Em
    Ebdim
    Em

    Did we come this far to die?
    A
    Em
    Am
    Em

    Of ourselves are we to perish?
    Am
    D
    G

    For this useless, worthless lie?
    Verse 2
    G

    My father had a kingdom
    D
    G
    D

    My father wore a crown
    G
    Em

    They said he was an awful man
    A
    Am
    D
    G

    He tried to live it down

    My father built us houses
    D
    Am
    D

    And he kept his folks inside
    G
    D
    C
    Em

    His im ages were stolen
    A
    D
    G
    D

    And his beauty was denied.
    Verse 3
    G
    D
    G

    My brothers are unhappy
    D
    G
    D
    C#dim

    And my sisters they are too
    Em
    C
    Em

    And my mother cries for glory
    Am
    D
    G

    And my father stands accused.
    E
    D
    My
    Verse 4
    G
    D
    G

    father, yes my father
    Eb
    G
    D
    A

    Was a brave and skillful man
    G
    E

    And he led and served his people
    Em
    Am
    D
    G
    D

    With the magic of his hand.
    Verse 5
    G
    Em
    D

    My father, yes my father
    Am
    A
    Em
    D
    G

    His soul was sorely tried
    D
    G

    'Cause his images were stolen
    Am
    D
    G

    And his beauty was denied.
    Verse 6
    D
    G

    Sometimes the river's

    calling

    And sometimes the shadows fall
    E
    G

    That's when he's like a moun tain
    Am
    D
    G

    That is in mas ter over all.
    Am
    G
    This story
    Verse 7
    D

    of my father
    G
    Em
    D

    Is the one I tell and give
    G
    D
    G

    It's the power and the glory
    D
    G
    D
    G

    Of the life I make and live
    Verse 8
    G
    D
    G
    D

    My father has a kingdom
    G

    My father wears a crown
    Am
    E

    And he lives within the people
    Am
    D
    G

    And the lives he handed down
    D
    G
    C

    My father has a kingdom
    D
    G
    D
    G

    My father wears a crown
    D
    G
    D
    Em

    And through the spirit of my mother,
    G
    Em

    Lord
    D
    G
    C
    G
    Em
    D
    A
    Am
    G
    C
    D
    Em
    G
    C#dim
    D
    E
    D
    Am

    The crown was handed down.
    D
    G
    D
    G
    Em
    C

    Am
    F#
    D
    G
    C
    D
    C
    F#dim
    Am
    C
    D
    G
    D
    G
    C

    Em
    G
    D
    G
    F#
    G
    A
    Am
    D


    (musical interlude)
    Verse 9
    D
    G
    D
    G

    Well sometimes the
    D
    Eb

    rivers callin'
    A
    G
    A
    G
    C
    D
    Eb

    And sometimes the shadows fall
    G

    That's when he's like
    Abdim
    G

    a moun tain
    C
    D

    That's a master over all.
    G
    My father
    Verse 10
    Em

    has a kingdom
    G

    My father wears a crown
    E
    D
    E

    And he lives within the people
    D
    A
    Am
    D

    And the lives he handed down
    G
    D

    My father has a kingdom
    G
    D
    G

    My father wears a crown
    D
    G
    E
    D
    G

    Through the spirit of my mother,

    Lord
    D
    G
    D

    The crown was handed down
    G
    E

    Through the spirit of my mother
    Bb
    E
    Am
    D
    G

    The crown was handed down
    D
    G
    E

    Through the spirit of my mother, Lord
    Am
    D

    The crown was handed down!
    G
    G

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