Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
AbAb DbDb
AbAb
Verse:
C minorCm FF DbDb
When I was young, I heard my dad say
AbAb
"Son, I'm leaving now."
G minorGm FF DbDb
And he said "Other men do as other men please
AbAb G minorGm
And Aldous is the name with which I leave you."
Chorus:
F minorFm DbDb
And here I am
AbAb Eb MajorEb
While all around me things become hysterical
F minorFm
Here I stand
DbDb
Beneath the robes of Lady Liberty
AbAb Eb MajorEb F minorFm
Searching for a father in America
AbAb Eb MajorEb AbAb
Searching for a father in America
Verse:
G minorGm F minorFm
I was sixteen
DbDb
I took a trip
To Washington, D.C
AbAb G minorGm
Just my mom and me
F minorFm
Saw the reflecting pool
DbDb
And the Capitol
AbAb Eb MajorEb F minorFm
A augmentedA guy wanked off at the Vietnam Memorial
Chorus:
DbDb
Here I am
AbAb Eb MajorEb
Staring at a canyon quite deadly
F minorFm
Here I stand
DbDb
Baptised beneath the falls of Niagra
AbAb Eb MajorEb F minorFm
Searching for a father in America
AbAb Eb MajorEb AbAb
Searching for a father in America
Bridge:
C majorC
Number one: George Washington
G+G
Lost his dad when he was one
Bb majorBb
Jimmy Carter made himself a son of wood
A augmentedA
But like Pinocchio
He weren't very good
DmDm
Lincoln, shot by his son
G+G
In the theater, up his bum
C majorC
Nixon he had no son
B minorBm
Too late, his own son was Watergate
Bb majorBb
Ronald Reagan, he got shot
A augmentedA
For Jodie Foster, quite a lot
D MajorD
Nancy, stupid cow
G+G
He can't remember her no more, yeah
AbAb
America
F minorFm
When I am old
DbDb
I'll find my dad
AbAb
They'll recreate his body from my DNA
F minorFm DbDb
And I'll say "Other men do as other men please
AbAb G minorGm
And Aldous is the name with which I grieve."
Chorus:
F minorFm
And now
DbDb
Here I am
AbAb Eb MajorEb
Seeking my redemption in this heathen land
F minorFm
Here I stand
DbDb
Amidst the stars and stripes and scientists
AbAb Eb MajorEb F minorFm
Searching for a father in America
AbAb Eb MajorEb AbAb
Searching for a father in America
Outro:
AbAb
I am my own father
I gave birth to me, yeah