Capo 1st fret
Standard (EADGBE)
Intro
[guitar]
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Mmm____
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Mmm
Verse
[guitar]
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Tell me how the circle ends there's no beginning
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Everything that came before will come 'round a-gain and I
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Look in the mirror my father's eyes look back at me mmm
Verse
[tutti]
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He gave me a road to choose he gave me freedom
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And I pray I'm strong enough to walk in his shoes and I
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I hope that I become half the man he'd want me to be 'cos I feel you
Pre-chorus
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Guiding me__ showin' me the way when I'm misdirected I
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Know you're not here but I feel connected__ 'cos everything
Chorus
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That I am comes from a better man__ and
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All that I've said and I've done__ can't rewrite my
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History right there for all to see__
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I'm just my father's son
Breakdown
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Taught me to walk now I run
RE-INTRO: [guitar]
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Now I run
Verse
[tutti]
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Sometimes when I lose my-self in my weakness
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I can feel the touch of his unmis-takable hands and they're
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Pushing me forward back into the circle a-gain and I hope my sons
Pre-chorus
2:
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See in me__ the kind of man that
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He was to me__ and everything
Chorus
SHORT:
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That I am comes from a better man__ and
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All that I've said and I've done__ can't rewrite my
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History right there for all to see__
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I'm just my father's son__
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Taught me to walk now I
Interlude
(part verse) [breakdown]
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Ruh-_____un I ruh-__uh-__un he's the best and the
Pre-chorus
3: [build]
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Worst in me__ some-times I don't know where my common sense is I
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May be a sinner but my best defence is__ everything
Chorus
LONG:
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That I am comes from a better man__ and
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All that I've said and I've done__ can't rewrite my
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History right there for all to see__
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I'm just my father's son__ yeah-__
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eah
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I'm just my father's son__
Breakdown
Taught me to walk now I run