For My Father chords by Melanie Safka

Chords with lyrics

Throughout the song, alternate hammering on and off E7E7 and A7A7 to make E MajorE and A.
Strum 7th chord, hammer on, strum, pull off, repeat.

Capo 2nd fret


[Intro]

E7E7 E MajorE E7E7 E MajorE E7E7 E MajorE E7E7 E MajorE


[Verse]

     E7E7
I'm gonna spend all my money
   E7E7
Gonna spend all my time
  E7E7
I'm gonna spend the music
E7E7
'Cause the music is mine
  E7E7
I'm gonna spend myself
    E7E7
For the sake of the rhyme
     A7A7            E7E7
But I'll save a little bit for my father
   A7A7            E7E7
Gonna save a little bit for my father

[Chorus]

  E7E7
I'm gonna pack my suitcase
   E7E7
Gonna run to the sea
  E7E7
I'm gonna run as far
   E7E7
As I can away from me
  E7E7
I'm gonna take comfort
    E7E7
In the town of the tree
    A7A7             E7E7
I would stop but then I wouldn't go farther
        A7A7
And that would really break the heart
   E7E7
Of my father

La la la da da da...

[Verse]

   E7E7
Gonna spend all my money
   E7E7
Gonna spend all my time
  A7A7
I'm gonna spend the music
      E7E7
'Cause the music is mine
  E7E7
I'm gonna spend myself
    E7E7
For the sake of the rhyme
     A7A7            E7E7
But I'll save a little bit for my father


[Chorus]

  E7E7
I'm gonna pack a suitcase
   E7E7
Gonna run to the sea
    E7E7
And I'm gonna run as far
   A7A7
As I can away from me
  E7E7
I'm gonna take comfort
    E7E7
In the town of the tree
    A7A7             E7E7
I would stop but then I wouldn't go farther
        A7A7              E7E7