My Father chords

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My father always promised us
[C]We would live in [G]France

We'd go sailing on the Seine
And [C]I would learn to [D]dance [Em]

We lived in O[A]hio then
And [D]he worked in the mines [Dm]
On his dreams, like [G]boats, we knew
[C]We would sail in [Bb]time_[G]__

All my sisters soon were gone
To [C]Denver and Chey[G]enne

Marrying their grownup dreams
The [C]lilacs and the [D]man [Em]

I stayed beh[A]ind the youngest [D]
And only danced alone [Dm]
The colours of my [G]father's dreams
[C]Faded without a [Bb]sound [G]

And now I live in Paris
And my [C]children dance and [G]dream

Hearing the story of a miner's life
In [C]words they've never [D]seen [Em]

I sailed my memo[A]ries of old
Like [D]boats across the Seine [Dm]
And I watched the [G]Paris sun
[C]Set in my father's [Bb]eyes a[G]gain

My father always promised us

We would live in France

We'd go sailing on the Seine

And I would learn to dance

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