Dear Father tab by Colin Hay

Tabs

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               DEAR FATHER - Colin Hay
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Tabbed by: Matthew Farleigh
E-mail: [email protected]

Tuning: Standard

These are the chords and finger picking parts for Colin Hay's "Dear Father". Listen to the song for rhythm.

Verse - melody repeats for all verse and outro.

  G+G    D/F#D/F#   A minorAm     E minorEm    C majorC      G5G5    D/F#D/F#    G+G
     'Dear father'  'Ive got'       'thank god'   'hip hip hooray'
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------0-----3-----------1-0-1-0---------------1-0-1-0------------------3--|
G+G|-0---0---2---2---2-----2---------0-----------0---------0-------2----2---0--|
D MajorD|---0-----0-------0---2-------------2---0---2-------------0---0-0--0--------|
A augmentedA|-------------------0---------------------3---------------------------------|
E MajorE|-3-------2-2---2---------------0-----0---------------3-----3---2-2----2-3--|
     'Dear Father'             'Where did you go'
e|------------------------          -------------------------------|
BB|-------0----------------          -----------3-------3-----------|
G+G|-----0------------------ Verse into bridge -2-----2---0-----0-------0-----|
D MajorD|---0--------------------  transition -  -0---0---------0-------0-------|
A augmentedA|------------------------          -------------------------------|
E MajorE|-3----------------------          -2-2-----2-3-3-------3---------|

Bridge - This is the melody for the bridge.
  A minorAm    E minorEm  D/F#D/F#
    'In my'  'Mind'
     /
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------0-1-0-------------3-------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-2---2-------0---2-----2-------2-------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---0-----------2-0---0-------0---------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-0-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------0-----2-2-------2-----------------------------------------------|

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