Key: A major
Verse 1
C
D
My father told me stories
Am
Dsus4
D
And in a time of glory
C
Dsus4
D
Made distant by the sailin'
C
G
I've come to stand in Father's place
Am
C
D
G
I heard the night winds wailin'
He was haunted by a melody
C
G
He heard so long ago
It came from in his mother's heart
Am
D
And touched his very soul
C
G
Although we've never met
C
G
I've come to see, for Father now
Am
Dsus4
G
Dsus4
To put his mind to rest
C
G
And when the night lies over you
C
Dsus4
And I lay gently dreamin'
D
C
G
Although the candle burns
no more
Am
Dsus4
D
G
The journey's now completed
The past is far behind us now
C
D
It was buried in the crossin'
G
Verse 2
Am
Dsus4
Of time so long forgotten
D
G
We were distant by a broken tides
C
Dsus4
D
Made distant by the ocean
C
G
I've come to stand in father's place
Am
Dsus4
D
G
I heard the night winds callin'
He was haunted by a melody
C
G
He heard so long ago
It came from in his mother's heart
Am
D
And touched his very soul
C
G
Although we've never met
C
G
I've come to see for father now
Am
Dsus4
D
G
Dsus4
To put his mind to rest
G
C
G
And when the night lies over you
C
Dsus4
And I lay gently dreamin'
D
G
C
Although the candle burns
Am
Dsus4
D
G
Dsus4
The journey's now completed
G
C
G
And when the night lies over you
C
D
And I lay gently dreamin'
G
C
G
Although the candle burns
no more
Am
D
G
The journey's now completed
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ChordsG C D Am Dsus4
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