Like My Father

Tom: Am

 C                F                C
I can’€™t help but be like my father
                         F                      C
But I’ve never been in a place like this before
              F
To watch his eyes fill with water
   C             F                        C
To years to the day since he last saw my mother
                          F      C
And now that he lives here alone
             F
Is the love they had all but gone
 C                          F
It’s better to have it and leave it
C                          F             C
Then never to have it and need it at all


[Bridge]
   Am       C             F
Is life, my love, such a bitter thing?
        Am         C              F
Well I can’t comprehend what I’m seeing
           Am         C           F
That this man that I hold over everything
        E
Even he’s weak


[Chorus]
     F               C                           G
So tell me what you want to be, and anything you want to see
                      Am                         F
Anywhere you want to go and I’ll go with you now
           C                              G
I’ve seen mortality bring a stronger man to his knees
             Am                    F
And I’m not inclined to just wait around
               C                   G                      Am
When we were young we could be anything that we wanted to be
                       F
With the world at our feet
C                      G
But I just want to be me


[Instrumental]
F  C  G  Am
F  C  G
C  E  F  C
E  F  C


[Verse 2]
                  F                C
I can’t help but be like my father
                F                    C
But I’ve never been in a place like this before
            F                  C
To have my eyes fill with water
                  F                      C
To years to the day since I last saw my love
                  F              C
And now that I’m left here alone
                F               C
Is the love we shared all but gone
            F                       C
If someone loves you and leaves you
                F                        C
Well how do you know if their love lives on?


[Bridge]
     Am       C            F
Is life, my love, such a bitter thing?
        Am         C               F
Well I can’t comprehend what I’m seeing
          Am          C          F
That this man that I hold over everything
           E
Even he’s weak


[Chorus]
     F               C                           G
So tell me what you want to be, and anything you want to see
                      Am                         F
Anywhere you want to go and I’ll go with you now
           C                              G
I’ve seen mortality bring a stronger man to his knees
             Am                    F
And I’m not inclined to just wait around
               C                   G                      Am
When we were young we could be anything that we wanted to be
                       F
With the world at our feet
C                      G
But I just want to be me


[Outro]
C   Em    F    C
C   Em    F
C   Em    F
C   Em    F