My Father

Melanie Safka - My Father ## NOTE: The last verse and Outro are all on the chord ## st Fret Intro: My father always promised us We would live in France We'd go sailing on the Seine And I would learn to dance We lived in Ohio then And he worked in the mines On his dreams, like boats, we knew We would sail in time___ All my sisters soon were gone To Denver and Cheyenne Marrying their grownup dreams The lilacs and the man I stayed behind the youngest And only danced alone The colours of my father's dreams Faded without a sound And now I live in Paris And my children dance and dream Hearing the story of a miner's life In words they've never seen I sailed my memories of old Like boats across the Seine And I watched the Paris sun Set in my father's eyes again My father always promised us We would live in France We'd go sailing on the Seine And I would learn to dance OUTRO: (## fade to end ##) La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la