My Fathers Only Son tab by Carrie Newcomer

Tabs

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                  My Father's Only Son - Carrie Newcomer
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Tabbed by: adhenry8
E-mail: [email protected]
Re-submitted to new site: Bon Bon (cause i like the tab, duh!)

Tuning: Standard
Capo 3 (chords/tab relative to capo)

Intro Tab:
       D MajorD                            B minorBm            G+G
e|-----------2---------------|-----------2---------------|-----------2---------------|---------3------------|
BB|-------3----------3--------|-------3----------3--------|-------3----------3--------|-----3---3--3----3-3--|
G+G|-----2---2---2h4----4-2----|-----2---2---2h4----4-2----|-----2---2---2h4----4-2----|--0----0------0--0-0--|
D MajorD|--0---------------------4--|--0---------------------4--|------------------------4--|--0--------------0-2--|
A augmentedA|---------------------------|---------------------------|--2------------------------|--2-------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|--3-------------------|

Verse Tab:

       D MajorD                            B minorBm            G+G
e|-----------2---------------|-----------2---------------|-----------2---------------|---------3------------|
BB|-------3----------3--------|-------3----------3--------|-------3----------3--------|-----3---3--3----3-3--|
G+G|-----2---2---2h4----4-2----|-----2---2---2h4----4-2----|-----2---2---2h4----4-2----|--0----0------0--0-0--|
D MajorD|--0---------------------4--|--0---------------------4--|------------------------4--|--0--------------0-2--|
A augmentedA|---------------------------|---------------------------|--2------------------------|--2-------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|--3-------------------|
   It's a good excuse to watch the sun go down      A augmentedA gravel pit outside of town

       D MajorD                       B minorBm   Bm/ABm/A   G+G
e|-----------2---------------|-----------2---------------|-------------------------3------------|
BB|-------3----------3--------|-------3----------3--------|------3-------3------3---3--3----3-3--|
G+G|-----2---2---2h4----4-2----|-----2---2---2h4----4-2----|----2---2---2-----0----0------0--0-0--|
D MajorD|--0---------------------4--|--0---------------------4--|------------------0--------------0-2--|
A augmentedA|---------------------------|---------------------------|--2-------0-------2-------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------|---------------------------|----------------2-3-------------------|
   My father had three daughters             So I became his only son


Following above pattern:

Verse 1

D MajorD
Summertime in Allen County
     B minorBm         G+G
You can slice the air like bread

D MajorD
Pack up our old Rambler
B minorBm    Bm/ABm/A        G+G
With cane poles and little said

Chorus:
G+G             A augmentedA
You never talk much in a fishin? boat
      D MajorD  D/C#      G+G
?Cause it just scares the fish away
     A augmentedA         G+G
You just give it time and watch your line


Piano Fill (Intro chords)


Verse 2
D MajorD
When I'd ask what we were fishing for
B minorBm                G+G
He?d just say, ?Just an hour or two.?
D MajorD
Some folks are always like that
B minorBm     Bm/ABm/A     G+G
They never really answer you


Chorus:
G+G             A augmentedA
You never talk much in a fishin? boat
      D MajorD  D/C#      G+G
?Cause it just scares the fish away
     A augmentedA         G+G
You just give it time and watch your line


Piano Fill (Intro chords)


Verse 3
D MajorD
The sun goes down and why no one knows
B minorBm          G+G
I grew up out of my fishin? clothes
D MajorD
I told him once and he slowly smiled
B minorBm      Bm/ABm/A  G+G
That his only son was expecting a child


Chorus:
G+G             A augmentedA
You never talk much in a fishin? boat
      D MajorD  D/C#      G+G
?Cause it just scares the fish away
     A augmentedA         G+G
You just give it time and watch your line


Piano Fill (Intro chords)


Verse 4
D MajorD
I?ll remember all my life
B minorBm            G+G
My father?s face in the deep twilight
D MajorD
In a boat under the evening sun
B minorBm    Bm/ABm/A    G+G
Throwin? back the little ones


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| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
| b  Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend