Father chords by HappyHappy

• Difficulty: Beginner

No capo

Verse 1:
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Well I turned 13 seven years ago
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That was the first time I felt I didn't have a home
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'Cause razor blades and pairs of scissors
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strung out on my desk
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And when I told you you put them in the closet
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Next to a notebook where I would pour my love
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You took it away from me but I didn't give it up
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And now I wish that I could read those love letters I wrote
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Her handwriting was atrocious but it made me comfortable

Chorus:
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And I spent three years just holding on for dear life
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I spent the next three after that just trying to make this life mine
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I started smoking cigarettes and I started doing drugs
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I would do anything to fill the hole that once housed your love

Verse 2:
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And then I went to college and things started getting worse
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I cut off contact and I started drinking more
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And I think it helped for a little while Christine would help me through the
pain
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But then I'd wake up so hungover and full of hate
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And my dad thinks I don't like him and I can't say that's not true
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'Cause after everything that's happened it's getting harder to forgive you
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And my sisters are moving far away, I think they're trying to keep their

distance
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They've been warned what I might say by my parents

Chorus:
Fm          C#           G#
And I spent three years just holding on for dear life
Fm          C#                G#
I spent the next three after that just trying to make this life mine
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I started smoking cigarettes and I started doing drugs
Fm         D#                    C#              Cm          Fm
I would do anything to fill the hole that once housed your love

Chorus 2:
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And I know you know all about Victoria
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And I know you know everything I was keeping secret
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Underneath the surface it's much more than what it seems
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Dad that's the saddest smile that I think I've ever seen

Bridge:
            C#
And now I'm disconnected with everyone I love
           G#
I started playing it off like I was cooler and tough
          D#
I started rolling with the wrong crowd doing drugs
          Fm
I started hating myself instead of picking you up

        C#
And now I am pushing away everyone that I love
          G#
I started telling myself that I was more than enough
          D#
I started rolling with the wrong crowd killing cops
          Fm
I started hating myself instead of falling in love

            C#
And now I'm disconnected with everyone I love
          G#
I started playing it off like I was cooler and tough
          D#
I started rolling with the wrong crowd doing drugs
          Fm
I started hating myself instead of picking you up

        C#
And now I am pushing away everyone that I love
          G#
I started telling myself that I was more than enough
          D#
I started rolling with the wrong crowd killing cops
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I started hating myself instead of falling in love

Chorus 2:
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And I know you know all about Victoria
Fm         C#        D#                G#
And I know you know everything I was keeping secret
C#              Fm                D#                 G#
Underneath the surface it's much more than what it seems
    Fm                 C#            Cm              D#
Dad that's the saddest smile that I think I've ever seen


Fm         C#        D#         G#
And I know you know all about Victoria
Fm         C#        D#                G#
And I know you know everything I was keeping secret
C#              Fm                D#                 G#
Underneath the surface it's much more than what it seems
    Fm                 C#            Cm              D#
Dad that's the saddest smile that I think I've ever seen