Artist: The Protomen
Album: Act II: The Father of Death
Song: Father of Death
Chords Used (low to high):
Dm: x00231
A: x02220
F: 133211
E: 022100
C: 332010
Am: x02210
G: 3x0033
Intro (music box): Dm A F E C E F E Am
Intro (full band): C Am C Am C F C Am
C Am C Am C F C Am C
Am C Am
What have I done?
C
Though I did not pull the trigger
F
I built the gun
C Am G
That he holds in his hand
Am C Am
Last night I dreamed
C F
I climbed to the top of a mountain of metal
C Am
And for miles I could see the destruction of man
Dm Am F E Am C
I will not be the Father of Death
Am C Am
Darling Emily
C F
Everything that I have done I have done for you
C Am G
But it's turned out all wrong
Am C Am
Can I take it back?
C F
Can I turn off this machine before it destroys
C Am
Everything I've loved?
Dm Am F E Dm Am
I will find a way to make this right
F E
I will find a way, Emily
Dm Am F E
I will not be the Father of Death
(Here we have a nice little instrumental interlude in the key of A minor, so just vamp on that)
Am
What are you doing here?
C Am
(Let me take you away)
I'm not going anywhere
C F
(He will be nothing when this runs its course)
>overlapping
He will be everything /
That a man is supposed to be
C E
If the shadow blocks out the sun
C
There will be light
E
If it stays till the sun is set
C
There will be light
E
If the sun never shows its face again
C
There will be light
E
No matter how dark this city gets
There will be...
Trumpet Solo (chords during): Am E Am E Am E Am E
Music Box Redux: Dm A F E C E
Outro: Am G F E Am G F
E Am G F E Am G F E (hold out an E for a long time, then...) F E (hold it a little longer,
then...) G F E Am (and let that last chord ring out)
Tabbed by mcolor, copyright 2010. Song "Father of Death" by The Protomen,
copyright 2009. All rights reserved. Do not steal.