My Fathers Only Son tab by Carrie Newcomer

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                                   My Father's Only Son - Carrie Newcomer
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Tabbed by: adhenry8
E-mail: adhenry8@yahoo.com
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                                                       Bm                        G
e|-----------2---------------|-----------2---------------|-----------2---------------|---------3------------|
B|-------3----------3--------|-------3----------3--------|-------3----------3--------|-----3---3--3----3-3--|
G|-----2---2---2h4----4-2----|-----2---2---2h4----4-2----|-----2---2---2h4----4-2----|--0----0------0--0-0--|
D|--0---------------------4--|--0---------------------4--|------------------------4--|--0--------------0-2--|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------|--2------------------------|--2-------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|--3-------------------|

Verse Tab:

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

             D                                              Bm     Bm/A     G
e|-----------2---------------|-----------2---------------|-------------------------3------------|
B|-------3----------3--------|-------3----------3--------|------3-------3------3---3--3----3-3--|
G|-----2---2---2h4----4-2----|-----2---2---2h4----4-2----|----2---2---2-----0----0------0--0-0--|
D|--0---------------------4--|--0---------------------4--|------------------0--------------0-2--|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------|--2-------0-------2-------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|----------------2-3-------------------|
     My father had three daughters                          So I became his only son


Following above pattern:

Verse 1

D
Summertime in Allen County
         Bm                  G
You can slice the air like bread

D
Pack up our old Rambler
Bm        Bm/A               G
With cane poles and little said


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


Piano Fill (Intro chords)


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


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


Piano Fill (Intro chords)


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


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


Piano Fill (Intro chords)


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



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