Tell My Father chords by Frank Wildhorn

Chords with lyrics

Intro: G+G DsusDsus D MajorD

Verse
G+G            DsusDsus  D MajorD
Tell my father that his son
     G+G  G7G7
Didn't run, or surrender
G+G             D MajorD
That I bore his name with pride
    G+G  G7G7  CsusCsus C majorC   G+G
As I tried to remember
              D MajorD
You are judged by what you do
G+G        C majorC   G+G  D MajorD
While passing through
G+G              DsusDsus  D MajorD
As I rest 'neath fields of green
     D MajorD   G7G7
Let him lean on my shoulder
G+G             D MajorD
Tell him how I spent my youth
     G+G  G7G7     CsusCsus C majorC  G+G
So the truth could grow older
              D MajorD
Tell my father when you can
G+G     C majorC   D MajorD D/F#D/F#
I was a man

E minorEm          D/F#D/F# G+G  G7G7
Tell him we will meet again
     C majorC        D MajorD
Where the angels learn to fly
E minorEm          D/F#D/F# G+G G7G7
Tell him we will meet as men
     C majorC     DsusDsus  D MajorD  G+G
For with honor did I die
             DsusDsus  D MajorD
Tell him how I wore the Blue
     G+G   G7G7    CsusCsus C majorC  G+G
Proud and true through the fire
             D MajorD
Tell my father so he'll know
      C/GC/G  G+G  D/F#D/F#  G+G  D/F#D/F#
I love him so

(repeat above twice, second time no words, if two guitars play melody on second)

Verse
G+G            DsusDsus  D MajorD
Tell him how we wore the blue
     G+G   G7G7     CsusCsus C majorC  G+G
Proud and true like he taught me
            DsusDsus D MajorD
Tell my father not to cry
       C/GC/G    G+G
Then say goodbye