Fathers Søn Chords

by Stephen Wilson Jr.
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 1st fret
Author DON CZARSKI [a] 112,748.
1 contributor total, last edit on Dec 8, 2024
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Chords

C
F
Dm
Am
G
Fmaj7

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NOTE: This was a request for this song to be done in standard tuning. I did the tab
      that way to honor the request. I believe it to be in a different tuning. If
      you wish to play it that way then simply transpose the chords and tune your
      guitar appropriately.
 
 
SONG:   FATHER'S SON
ARTIST: STEPHEN WILSON JR.
VIDEO:  https://youtube.com/watch?v=uFVJeUhtFUg
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL:  GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM
 
 
                              FATHER'S SON
                           STEPHEN WILSON JR.
 
CAPO: 1st FRET
 
[Intro]
   C            F   C            F   C            F                     C
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------------|
B ---5-3-5--3-1---|---5-3-5--3-1---|---5-3-5--3-1---|---------------------|
G ----------------|----------------|----------------|-2-4-5-5-4-2-0-------|
D --------------3-|--------------3-|--------------3-|---------------2-0---|
A -3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|-------------------3-|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------------|
              F
E --------------|---------|
B -5-3-5--3-1---|---------|
G --------------|-2-4-5-5-|
D ------------3-|---------|
A --------------|---------|
E --------------|---------|
 
 
[Verse]
        C                                         F
He was named by my grandma she got it from the bible
        C                                   F
And he passsed it to me like grandaddy's rifle
          C
Raised me up like sweet corn
                F
Created a disciple
        C
Yeah I fought it like hell
                    F
Hell he bacame a rival
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
        Dm
Yeah I tried to be different
 Am                  F
Tried to go against the grain
 
        Dm
Didn't make no difference
Am               F
I just ended up the same
 
 
[Chorus]
C                          F
 I've never known betteeeeeeeer then
C                          F
 'Cause every bone's tetheeeeered
 
           C
You wanna change my name
                G
Gotta drain my blood
F
God damn, I am my father's
 
   C            F
E ----------------|---------------------|
B ---5-3-5--3-1---|---------------------|
G ----------------|-2-4-5-5-4-2-0-------|
D --------------3-|---------------2-0---|
A -3--------------|-------------------3-|
E ----------------|---------------------|
  Son    yeah
 
 
[Verse]
     C                                      F
Yeah I left town just to get out of his shadow
          C                                        G  F
And he'd send me a twenty just to get back on the saddle
      C                                        F
I put up a good fight but I didn't win the battle
             C                    G              F
I guess the tree don't grow very far from the apple
 
 
[Chorus]
C            G           Fmaj7
 I've never known betteeeeeeeer then
C                          F
 'Cause every bone's tetheeeeered
 
           C
You wanna change my name
       G
Gotta drain my blood
Fmaj7                        C     F
 God damn, I am my father's son
                       C   G   F
Yeah I am my father's son
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
             Dm                      Am               F
I wear his blue jean jacket and his name like a badge of honor
   Dm                        Am
I used to hate being called Junior
    F
But I don't mind any longer
 
 
[Chorus]
C                         Fmaj7
 I've never known betteeeeeeeer yeah
C              G            Fmaj7
 'Cause every bone's tetheeeeerrrr-errd
 
           C
You wanna change my name
       G             Fmaj7
Gotta drain my bloo-oooooood
              C                G
'Cause everything I am's everything he was
 
F                           C    Fmaj7
God damn, I am my father's son
                  C     Fmaj7
I am my father's son
                  C
I am my father's son
 
 
[Outro]
   C                                  C
E ----------------|-------------------0--|
B ---5-3-5--3-1---|-------------------1--|
G ----------------|-2-4-5-5-4-2-0-----0--|
D ----------------|---------------2-0-2--|
A -3--------------|-------------------3--|
E ----------------|-------------------x--|
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