Forefathers chords by Liam St. John

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

🎸 Intro:

C minorCm Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb G7G7


🎸 Verse 1:
C majorC    C minorCm
Well my momma worked the graveyard
Bb majorBb
And my daddy was gone
Eb MajorEb
So I spent my nights with Ray Charles
G7G7
I cried to Louis Armstrong

🎸 Verse 2:
C minorCm
Well my momma she was always there
Bb majorBb
Diggin' us out of the hole
Eb MajorEb
But my father he never cared
G7G7
Now he don't even pick up the phone

🎸 Bridge:
G+G
So I call

🎸 Chorus:
C minorCm
Jim Beam when I'm in need
                  Bb majorBb
Evan Williams if I'm, out of money

Johnnie Walker picks up day and night
Eb MajorEb       G7G7       G+G
Jack Daniels he always gives me great advice


🎸 Instrumental:
C minorCm Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb G7G7

🎸 Verse 3:
C minorCm
As a child playing make-believe
Bb majorBb
Pretending that you're coming home
Eb MajorEb
I would climb in the maple tree
G7G7
Guessing which car was yours

🎸 Verse 4:
C minorCm
It took a while but you finally showed
Bb majorBb
15 summers down the road
Eb MajorEb
I know you tried to give it a go
G7G7
But you don't answer my calls no more

🎸 Bridge:
G+G
So I call

🎸 Chorus:
C minorCm
Jim Beam when I'm in need
                  Bb majorBb
Evan Williams if I'm, out of money

Johnnie Walker picks up day and night
Eb MajorEb       G7G7       G+G
Jack Daniels he always gives me great advice

🎸 Outro:
C minorCm Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb G7G7