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Were Sons Of Our Fathers chords by Phil Collins

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
|Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramD MajorD |Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramD MajorD | 2x


Verse:
     Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD MajorD
When I grow up to be a man
         Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramD MajorD
Like my father was when I was young
   Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramD MajorD
I hope I can make him so proud of me
  Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramD MajorD
Proud enough to call me his son
Instrumental:
|Chord diagramC majorC |Chord diagramFF |
|Chord diagramG+G |Chord diagramG+G |Chord diagramAm7Am7 |Chord diagramAm7Am7 |Chord diagramDm7Dm7 |Chord diagramDm7Dm7 |Chord diagramC majorC |Chord diagramC majorC |
|Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramD MajorD |Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramD MajorD |Chord diagramG+G |Chord diagramC majorC | 2x


Verse:
Chord diagramG+G                       Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramC majorC
 What makes these people so different now
Chord diagramG+G                             Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramD MajorD
 What makes these times so strange?
Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramC majorC
 Seems most people got most everything they need
Chord diagramG+G                       Chord diagramC majorC
 How come we see this change


Chorus:
Chord diagramD MajorD                               Chord diagramE minorEm    Chord diagramA minorAm
 Our sons and daughters seem to be beyond our control
Chord diagramD MajorD                      Chord diagramE minorEm            Chord diagramA minorAm
 Their smile is fading fast, they're losing their soul
Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC majorC
 When will we ever learn, yet I'm a believer


Verse:
Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramC majorC
 When I was a boy, did we have more respect?
      Chord diagramG+G                     Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramC majorC
This world seemed a nicer place to be
     Chord diagramG+G                    Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramC majorC
But time slowly passes and one day you look around
     Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramC majorC
You hardly recognize what you see
Chorus:
Chord diagramD MajorD                               Chord diagramE minorEm    Chord diagramA minorAm
 Our sons and daughters seem to be beyond our control
Chord diagramD MajorD                      Chord diagramE minorEm            Chord diagramA minorAm
 Their smile is fading fast, they're losing their soul
Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC majorC
 Now when will we ever learn, yet I'm a believer

|Chord diagramG+G |Chord diagramG+G |Chord diagramAm7Am7 |Chord diagramAm7Am7 |
                        Chord diagramDm7Dm7   Chord diagramC majorC
They're beyond our control


Bridge:
Chord diagramB minorBm                      Chord diagramE MajorE
 We're all sons of our fathers
Chord diagramB minorBm                    Chord diagramE MajorE
 Sometimes I feel like mine
Chord diagramF# minorF#m                          Chord diagramC# minorC#m
 And I can hear him say, the things I say
            Chord diagramE MajorE                    Chord diagramD MajorD
Seems all things come around in time


Instrumental:
|Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramD MajorD |Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramD MajorD |Chord diagramG+G |Chord diagramC majorC | 2x


Verse:
Chord diagramG+G                               Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramD MajorD
 Why these things happen we'll never know
        Chord diagramG+G                        Chord diagramC majorC
Guess that was then and this is now
Chord diagramG+G                      Chord diagramC majorC
 We always knew that change was gonna come
       Chord diagramG+G                       Chord diagramC majorC
But I want to go back, please tell me how


Chorus:
Chord diagramD MajorD                               Chord diagramE minorEm    Chord diagramA minorAm
 Our sons and daughters seem to be beyond our control
Chord diagramD MajorD                      Chord diagramE minorEm            Chord diagramA minorAm
 Their smile is fading fast, they're losing their soul
Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC majorC
 When will we ever learn, yet I'm a believer


Outro:
|Chord diagramG+G |Chord diagramG+G |Chord diagramAm7Am7 |Chord diagramAm7Am7 |
                        Chord diagramDm7Dm7   Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramG+G
They're beyond our control
       Chord diagramAm7Am7              Chord diagramDm7Dm7   Chord diagramC majorC
Oh, beyond our control


Ending:
|Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramD MajorD |Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramD MajorD |Chord diagramG+G |Chord diagramC majorC | 4x

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