Father

Intro: Johnnie Frierson
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Give us love,    another day 
Em             Bm 
  And hear our prayers 
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Please, Lord, when, whenever we pray 
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  Father,  You've been, You've been good 
N.C 
I just wanna say thank you, Lord 
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D      F         Em              D F Em   D F Em 
I just wanna say thank you, Lord 
D      F    Em            D F Em   D F Em 
You've been better to us 
D    F     Em                D F Em   D F Em 
Than we've been to ourselves 
G     E   A   Am 
Father 

 
Em                             D 
Know you wonder where the F he been (Where he been) 
F      Em                        D 
But I'm back to life like an Epi-Pen 
F   Em                       D 
And she still in the leopard skin 
F     Em                          D 
And I check me out, then check me in 
F        Em 
See this coat, nigga? 
 

 
              D   F   Em 
Bye-bye to my old self (Old self) 
               D   F Em 
Wake up to the new me (It's a new me) 
                D    F   Em 
I used to be on Worldstar (Worldstar) 
               D   F   Em 
Now I'm making Newsweek (Newsweek) 
               D  F    Em 
I used to hang on the 9 (On the 9) 
             D   F      Em 
Now I bought two streets (Two streets) 
                 D    F    Em 
Cottage Grove to King Drive (King Drive) 
                   D   F  Em 
Yeah, this life is a movie (Movie) 
              D   F   Em 
Bye-bye to my old self (Old self) 
               D   F Em 
Wake up to the new me (It's a new me) 
                D    F   Em 
I used to be on Worldstar (Worldstar) 
               D   F   Em 
Now I'm making Newsweek (Newsweek) 
               D  F    Em 
I used to hang on the 9 (On the 9) 
             D   F      Em 
Now I bought two streets (Two streets) 
                 D    F    Em 
Cottage Grove to King Drive (King Drive) 
                   D   F  Em 
Yeah, this life is a movie (Movie) 
 

 
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Father 
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'Cause I look good, I smell good, I feel good (Yes) 
    Am 
And you sing good, and make love good 
 

 
Em                                     D 
Know you wonderin' where the F I been (F I been) 
F      Em                               D 
I been goin' hard like a crack syringe (Crack syringe) 
F      Em                               D 
I been breakin' bad, now I'm back again (Back again) 
F      Em                               D 
Gettin' mil' tickets, no rafflin' (Rafflin') 
              Em 
You see these kicks, nigga? 
                    D     F     Em 
Made checks off the right steps (Right steps) 
                      D   F   Em 
More vision than some Oakleys (Oakleys) 
                 D    F    Em 
She used to be a lone star (Lone star) 
             D Em 
Wakin' up to lucies (Lucies) 
Em 
Bend it back (Back it) 
                  D    F  Em 
Back it, back it, bend it back for me (Back it) 
Back, back, back it 
 

 
                D  F    Em 
Used to live up in the 7 (In the 7) 
             D   F      Em 
Now I bought two streets (Two streets) 
                   D    F    Em 
Always team Luther King Drive (King Drive) 
             D  F    Em 
Now it's Malibu Beach ('Bu Beach) 
           D F  Em 
Used to be VLIVE (VLIVE) 
                   D   F    Em 
Now I'm trapped at the Booby (Booby) 
 

Outro: 
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Father (Yeah) 
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   Help us now (Turn me up) 
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Father 
(Damn, I been wantin' to stay near you, but, damn, you can't rob me) 
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