WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Nina Simone - My Father Chords | Ver. 1
[Verse 1]
F Dm
My father always promised me
Gm C
That we would live in France
F Dm
We'd go boating on the Seine
Gm7 C
And I would learn to dance
[Verse 2]
Dm G7
We lived in Ohio then
C Cm
He worked in the mines
F7
On his dreams like boats we knew
Bb
He would sail in time
F
In time
[Verse 3]
F Dm
My sisters all grew up and went away
Gm C2
To Denver and Cheyenne
F Dm
Marrying their grownup dreams
Gm C
The lilacs and the man
[Verse 4]
Dm G
I stayed behind the youngest still
C Cm
And I danced alone
F7
Hoping that my father's dreams
Bb
Would someday take me home
F
Take me home
[Verse 5]
F Dm
And I live in Paris now
Gm C F Dm
My children dance and sing
Gm
Word’s of a miner's tongue
C7
A language they've never seen
[Verse 6]
Dm G7
I sail my memories of home
C Cm
Like boats across the Seine
F7
And watch my father‘s eyes
Bb
Watch the setting sun
F F
Set in my father's eyes — again