My Father's Eyes

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
Key:[E]

Tempo:92 bpm

MFE = My Father's Eyes

[LIMFE] = backup singers singing, "Look into my father's eyes..."

[E]         [C#m]       [A]         [B]         [E]         [C#m]       [A]
[B]

{section: Intro}
slide lead]

[E][slide lea[C#m]d]        [A]          [B]          [E]          [C#m]          [D][2 bar
{section: Bridge}
[D]for k[C#m]ey ch[B]ange][F#]     [B]Sailing down       b[F#]ehind the [B]sun,     w[C#m]aiting for
my

[B]    [F#]   [B]         [B]                   [F#]        [B]         [C#m]
[D]Prince to come.     Praying for the     healing rain       to restore
my

[C#m]       [B]         [E]         [C#m]       [A]         [B]         [E]
[C#m]soul again.         Just a poor [?]     on the run.    How did I get
here?

[A]         [B]         [E]         [C#m]       [A]         [B]         [E]
[C#m]What Have I done?    When will all my   hopes arise,     & how will I
know

[A]         [B]         [E]         [C#m]       [C#m]       [B]         [E]
[C#m]when, when I look in MFE? [LIMFE]                 My father's eyes...

[A]         [B]         [E]         [C#m]       [C#m]       [B]         [E]
[C#m] ..when I look in MFE [LIMFE]                   My father's eyes.

[D]                   [D]    [C#m]  [B]    [F#]   [B]                   [F#]
[B][2 bar bridge for key change]           Then the light begins to
shine,

[C#m]                 [B]    [F#]   [B]         [B]                   [F#]
[B]I hear those ancient lullabies.           And as I watch the seedling
grow,

[C#m]       [D]         [C#m]       [B]         [E]         [C#m]       [A]
[B]feel my heart start to overflow.         Where do I find the words to
say?

[E]         [C#m]       [A]         [B]         [E]         [C#m]       [A]
[B]How do I teach him? What do we play?          Bit by bit, I've
realized,

[E]         [C#m]       [A]         [B]         [E]         [C#m]       [C#m]
[B]that's when I need them, that's when I need MFE [LIMFE]       My
father's

[E]         [C#m]       [A]         [B]         [E]         [C#m]       [C#m]
[B]eyes.          That's when I need MFE      [LIMFE]          My
father's

[E]eyes.     [C#m]   [yeahhh[A]h ah ah ah[B]]         [E][distortio[A]n guitar w[A]ith slide

[A]guitar lea[E]d overlay][E]                    [E]                              [A]                                        [A]

[A]         [E]         [E]              [B]    [E]         [C#m]       [A]
[B][]              [distortion ends....]   [slide guitar lead]

[E]         [C#m]       [A]         [B]         [E]         [C#m]       [A]
[B][lead continues]

[E]         [C#m]       [A]         [B]    [F#]   [B]                   [F#]
[B]                                          When the jagged edge appears

[C#m]       [G#m]       [B]    [F#]   [B]         [B]                   [F#]
[B]thru the distance, clouds of tears.     I'm like a bridge that was
washed

[C#m]       [D]         [C#m]       [B]         [E]         [C#m]       [A]
[B]away, my foundations were made of clay.   As my soul slides down to
die,

[E]         [C#m]       [A]         [B]         [E]         [C#m]       [A]
[B]how could I lose him, what did I try?        Bit by bit, I've
realized,

[E]         [C#m]       [A]         [B]         [E]         [C#m]       [C#m]
[B]that he will be with me, I'll look into MFE   [LIMFE]       My
father's

[E]         [C#m]       [A]         [B]         [E]         [C#m]       [C#m]
[B]eyes.                I'll look into MFE [LIMFE]             My
father's

[E]         [C#m]       [A]         [B]         [E]         [C#m]       [C#m]
[B]eyes    [slide lead]               MFE    [LIMFE]           My
father's

[E]         [C#m]       [A]         [B]         [E]         [C#m]       [C#m]
[B]eyes      [slide]          I look into MFE [LIMFE]          My
father's

[E]         [C#m]       [A]         [B]         [E]         [C#m]       [C#m]
[B]eyes     [slide]                        [LIMFE]

[E]         [C#m]       [A]         [B]         [E]         [C#m]       [C#m]
[B]         [slide]                        [LIMFE]

[E]         [C#m]       [A]         [B]         [E]         [C#m]       [C#m]
[B]                                        [LIMFE]

[E]         [C#m]       [A]         [B]         [E]
                                        [end]

Fo' a' that 'n' a' that
It's comin' yet, fo' a' that
That man to man, the world o'er
Will brothers be, fo' a' that.

Robbie Burns