Dear Father Tab

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                             DEAR FATHER - Colin Hay
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Tabbed by: Matthew Farleigh
E-mail: matthewfarleigh@hotmail.com
 
Tuning: Standard
 
These are the chords and finger picking parts for Colin Hay's "Dear Father". Listen to the song for rhythm.
 
Verse - melody repeats for all verse and outro.
 
   G       D/F#      Am          Em        C           G5        D/F#        G
         'Dear father'    'Ive got'             'thank god'     'hip hip hooray'
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------0-----3-----------1-0-1-0---------------1-0-1-0------------------3--|
G|-0---0---2---2---2-----2---------0-----------0---------0-------2----2---0--|
D|---0-----0-------0---2-------------2---0---2-------------0---0-0--0--------|
A|-------------------0---------------------3---------------------------------|
E|-3-------2-2---2---------------0-----0---------------3-----3---2-2----2-3--|
         'Dear Father'                         'Where did you go'
e|------------------------                    -------------------------------|
B|-------0----------------                    -----------3-------3-----------|
G|-----0------------------ Verse into bridge  -2-----2---0-----0-------0-----|
D|---0--------------------    transition -    -0---0---------0-------0-------|
A|------------------------                    -------------------------------|
E|-3----------------------                    -2-2-----2-3-3-------3---------|
 
Bridge - This is the melody for the bridge.
   Am        Em    D/F#
        'In my'   'Mind'
          /
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------0-1-0-------------3-------------------------------------------------|
G|-2---2-------0---2-----2-------2-------------------------------------------|
D|---0-----------2-0---0-------0---------------------------------------------|
A|-0-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------0-----2-2-------2-----------------------------------------------|
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