Tom: B
B E
My dad worked in a factory
A B
I tried it too but I couldn’t do
E
With the tedium of the everyday
A B
I flunked out I’m not ashamed to say
E
While he was steady I was a flake
A B
I lived my life from scrape to scrape
A5
Now I’m older I’m a lot like him
E B
History coming back again
[Chorus]
A
I’ve got this name and it doesn’t fit
E B
I don’t know what I can do about it
A F#5
They say the child is the father to the man
D B
I’ll just do what I can
[Instrumental]
E A B B E E5 B
[Verse 2]
B E
Started out on the factory floor
A B
Worked his way through the boardroom door
E
Voted for the right wing all his life
A B
Though I tried hard he couldn’t see the light
B A
I loved my dad but I don’t want to be him
E B
A history coming back again
[Chorus]
B A
I’ve got this name and it doesn’t fit
E B
I don’t know what I can do about it
A F#5 F#
They say the child is the father to the man
D B
I’ll just do what I can
