Chicory Tip, Son Of My Father (1972)
Key: :[C] (w: Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte)
VERSE 1:
[C] Mama said to me we
[F] gotta have your life run
[C] right
Off you got to school where
[F] you can learn the
[G7] rules there
[C] right
Be just like your dabling
[F] father when it seems trad-
[C]-ition
Never go astray and
[F] stay an honest
[G7] lovin'
[C] son
[G7 open]
CHORUS 1:
[C] Son of my father
[F] Molded, I was
[G7] folded, I was
[C] preform-packed
[C] Son of my father
[F] Commanded, I was
[G7] branded in a
[C] plastic vac'
[F] Surrounded and con-
[G7]-founded by
[C] statistic facts
INSTRUMENTAL:
VERSE 2:
[C] Tried to let me in but I
[F] jumped out of my skin in
[C] time
I saw through the lies and
[F] read the ali-
[G7]-bi
[C] signs
So I left my home, I'm
[F] really on my own at
[C] last
Left the trodden path and
[F] separated
[G7] from the
[C] past
[G7 open]
CHORUS 2:
[C] Son of my father
[F] Changing, rear-
[G7]-ranging into
[C] someone new
[C] Son of my father
[F] Collecting and
[G7] selecting inde-
[C]-pendent views
[F] Knowing and I'm
[G7] showing that a
[C] change is due
[G7 open]
REPEAT CHORUS 1: 