Story Of My Father
Story Of My Father

Story Of My Father easy guitar chords by Abbey Lincoln

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    • Verse 1
    Do 
    we 
    kill 

    ourselves 
    on 
    purpose? 

    Is 
    destruction 
    all 
    our 
    own? 

    Are 
    we dy
    ing 
    for 
    a reas
    on? 

    Is 
    our 
    misery 
    all 
    our 
    own? 

    Are 
    the people 
    suicid
    al? 

    Did 
    we come 
    this 
    far 
    to 
    die? 

    Of 
    ourselves 
    are we 
    to 
    per
    ish? 

    For 
    this 
    useless, 
    worthless 
    lie? 

    Verse 2
    My 
    father 
    had 
    a kingdom 

    My 
    father 
    wore 
    a crown 

    They 
    said 
    he was 
    an 
    awful 
    man 

    He 
    tried 
    to 
    live 
    it 
    down 

    My father 
    built 
    us 
    houses 

    And 
    he kept 
    his 
    folks 
    inside 

    His 
    im
    ages 
    were 
    stolen 

    And his 
    beau
    ty 
    was 
    denied. 

    Verse 3
    My 
    brother
    s 
    are 
    unhappy 

    And my 
    sisters 
    they 
    are 
    too 

    And 
    my 
    mother 
    cries 
    for 
    glory 

    And my 
    father 
    stands 
    accused. 

    My 
    Verse 4
    father, 
    yes 
    my father 

    Was 
    a 
    brave 
    and 
    skillful 
    man 

    And he 
    led 
    and 
    served 
    his people 

    With 
    the 
    ma
    gic 
    of 
    his 
    hand. 

    Verse 5
    My 
    father, 
    yes 
    my 
    father 

    His 
    soul 
    was 
    sorely 
    tried 

    'Cause 
    his 
    images 
    were 
    stolen 

    And 
    his 
    beau
    ty 
    was 
    denied. 

    Verse 6
    Some
    times 
    the 
    river's 

    calling 

    And sometimes 
    the shadows 
    fall 

    That's 
    when 
    he's 
    like 
    a 
    moun
    tain 

    That 
    is 
    in 
    mas
    ter 
    over 
    all. 

    This 
    story 
    Verse 7
    of 
    my 
    father 

    Is the 
    one 
    I 
    tell 
    and 
    give 

    It's 
    the power 
    and 
    the glory 

    Of 
    the life 
    I 
    make 
    an
    d 
    live 

    Verse 8
    My 
    father 
    has 
    a 
    kingdom 

    My 
    father 
    wears 
    a 
    crown 

    And 
    he 
    lives 
    within 
    the 
    people 

    And 
    the 
    lives 
    he 
    handed 
    down 

    My 
    father 
    has 
    a 
    king
    dom 

    My 
    father 
    wears 
    a 
    crown 

    And through 
    the 
    spirit 
    of my 
    mother, 

    Lord 

    The crown 
    was 
    handed 
    down. 




    (musical interlude) 

    Verse 9
    Well 
    some
    times 
    the 

    rivers 
    callin' 

    And 
    some
    times 
    the shad
    ows 
    fall 

    That's 
    when 
    he's 
    like 

    a 
    moun
    tain 

    That's 
    a 
    master 
    over all. 

    My 
    father 
    Verse 10
    has 
    a 
    kingdom 

    My 
    father 
    wears 
    a 
    crown 

    And 
    he lives 
    within 
    the 
    people 

    And 
    the 
    lives 
    he 
    handed 
    down 

    My 
    father 
    has 
    a kingdom 

    My 
    father 
    wears 
    a 
    crown 

    Through 
    the spirit 
    of 
    my 
    mother
    , 

    Lord 

    The crown 
    was 
    handed 
    down 

    Through 
    the 
    spirit 
    of 
    my 
    mother 

    The 
    crown 
    was 
    handed 
    down 

    Through 
    the 
    spir
    it 
    of 
    my 
    mother, 
    Lord 

    The 
    crown 
    was 
    handed 
    down! 


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