FATHER'S SAD SONG

by Gord Downie and Don Kerr

Transcribed by Tim Allard

Capo 5

Am C#m Dm G

The concert was today. I heard the wild crowd moan.

C F Bm E

It's not that life's distasteful to me. It's just that I am all alone.

Am C#m Dm G

If I should hear a bird, or when I'm making toast.

C F Bm E

It's in the smallest moments. When I expect the least, I think of you the

most.

F#5 G#5..

Am Em D5 C

It's not that it's a mystery, this newly-found malaise.

Am Em G E

The trouble is, the mystery has taken your place.

Am Cm Dm G

I turn my head away. Now everything is gone.

C F Bm E

It's taken this catastrophe to see what you mean to me.

Am Cm Dm G

If I could have my way, I'd turn and start again.

C F Bm E

We'd sing and dance and laugh and be exactly the same as we were then.

F#5 G#5...