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Song title:       Dear Father
Original Album:   Gathering Mercury

Words and Music by Colin Hay
Copyright © 2011 Compass Records
Published by ???

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
The chords are straightforward, but CH finger-picks throughout.
I've indicated the melody-line in Guitar Figure 1. This is just
repeated but you could gently strum chords and it would still
sound OK. See what you make of it. Hope you like!


INTRO:

[play: Guitar Figure 1]

Guitar Figure 1

  G               D7     D/F# D7   Am              Em 
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------0-------------3------|---------1-0-1---0--------------|
|---------0---0---2-------2---2--|-----2---------------0----------|
|-------0---------0-----------0--|-------------------------2------|
|--------------------------------|-0------------------------------|
|-3---------------2-------2---2--|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|


  C               G                D/F#            G5
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------1-0-1---0--------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------0----------|-2-----------2---0--------------|
|-----2-------------------0------|-0-------0---0---0--------------|
|-3------------------------------|---------0----------------------|
|--------------------------------|-2-------2---2---3--------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|



VERSE:
Chords:
G5   3x003x    Am   x02210
D7   2002xx    Em   022000
D/F# 2x023x    C    x32010

G      D7   D/F# D7 Am               Em
  Dear fa - ther,      I’ve got your photographs
C               G            D/F#        G5
  Thank God for photographs. Hip  hip hooray


Dear father, I know you loved to laugh, though
In most of your photographs, it didn’t seem that way

Dear father, I can’t let you go just yet
And I still can’t forget you walking around

Dear father, you’re starring in my dreams
And you’re stealing all the scenes, where did you go?


BRIDGE:
Am    Em        D/F#
   My wandering mind
Am   Em              D/F#
   I stumble through time
Am   Em               D/F#
   I sing through the air
Am   Em           D/F#
   I look for you there


VERSE:
Dear father, I never got to say goodbye
I was singing on the River Clyde and I didn’t know

Dear father, I see you dancing still
And I think I always will 'til the day I die

Dear father, I feel your healing hands
As I fall asleep I can, plain as the day

Dear father, you’re in my reflection now
As I reach out and touch you now, where did you go?

Dear father, I am still curious why
You still make me furious, it was so long ago

Dear father, I’ve got your photographs
Thank God for photographs, hip hip hooray!


[play: Guitar Figure 2]

Guitar Figure 2

  G5             D/F#              Am              Em 
|--------------------------------|-----------------0--------------|
|-------------0---3---------3----|---------0---1---0---------0----|
|-0-------2-------2-----------2--|-2---------------------------0--|
|-0-------0----------------------|-2---------------2-------2------|
|-------------------------0------|-0------------------------------|
|-3-------2-------2--------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|


  C               G                D/F#            G5
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-1-------0-------0--------------|-3-------0----------------------|
|-0-------0---2---0-------2---0--|-2-----------2---0--------------|
|-------------0------------------|-------------0---0--------------|
|-3------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------3--------------|-2-----------2---3--------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|



CODA:
G          D/F#  Am            Em
Yippee eye-ay,      yippee eye-oh
C        G      D/F#       G
Oh oh oh oh oh, oh   oh oh oh