TITLE: The Fathers of the Founding Fathers ALBUM: This Machine Pwns N00bs MUSIC AND LYRICS: Hank Green ORIGINAL ARTISTS: Hank Green TRANSCRIPTION: Andrew Marsden I was surprised that there were no chords for this song yet! It's a very simple 3-chord song. I'm fairly certain this is right, I just came up with this sheet on the fly. ============== C-tuning (gCEA) C 0003 F 1020 G 0232 ============== INTRO F C (x1 in album version, x5 in YouTube version) VERSE

^CEvery fathers' day, I ^Ghear the same old story, But if ^Cfathers are so great, why don't ^Gthey get any glory? You ^Chear about their sons, and the ^Fgreat things they've ^Gdone, But the ^Cfathers of great men are ^Gquickly for^Cgotten:

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^CRockefeller cre^Fated gas stations; ^CWashington gave ^Fbirth to a nation; ^CBell revolution^Fised communication; ^CKing ended ^Fsegregation.

CHORUS

VERSE

^CI can only think of a ^Gcouple of men, Who were ^Cfamous but had dads who were ^Gawesomer than them. Just ^Cthink about it for a ^Fminute or ^Gtwo, And try to ^Cthink of more than Jesus and ^GHank Williams, Juni^Cor.

And ^CI'd be a fool if ^GI didn't mention, The ^Cdads who raised kids who happened ^Gnot to be men. The great ^Cwomen of this world were ^Fonce little ^Ggirls, And were ^Cpolished by their fathers into ^Gpowerful ^Cpearls.

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^CEarhart was the ^Fqueen of aviation; ^CNightingale saved hosp^Fitalisation; And ^CCurie discovered ^Fradiation; And ^CTubman fought for em^Fancipation.

CHORUS

Well I ^Cknow all of these women, and the ^Fplaces they've ^Cbeen, But I don't ^Ceven know the names of the ^Gmen who fathered ^Cthem. So, if ^Cfatherhood is the most im^Fportant job by ^Gfar, Then why don't ^CI know who the fathers of the ^Gfounding fathers ^Care?

VERSE

We ^Cspend a lot more time ^Gtalking about, The ^Cdads of the guys who turned ^Gout to be louts. We only ^Ctalk about the dad when the ^Fparenting is ^Gbad, And the ^Ckid ends up murdering ^Ghalf of Lenin^Cgrad.

So it's ^Cobvious good ^Gdads are underrated, So I ^Cguess they need a day to ^Gbe appreciated. Which is ^Cwhy we're here to day, I ^Fthink we all should ^Gsay, &^Cquot;Thanks" to the men who m^Gade great men ^Cand women great.

BRIDGE

^CJack Daniels perfected ^Fdistillation; And ^CDisney pioneered ^Fanimation; And ^CEdison brought e^Flectrification; And ^CGandhi fought for ^Fliberation.

CHORUS/OUTRO

Well I ^Cknow all of these men, and the ^Fgood things they've ^Cdone, But I don't ^Cknow any of the men who ^Gcalled these men &^Cquot;son". So, if ^Cfatherhood is the most im^Fportant job by ^Gfar, Then why don't ^CI know who the fathers of the ^Gfounding fathers ^Care? Why don't ^CI know who the fathers of the ^Gfounding fathers ^Care? Why don't ^CI know who the fathers of the ^Gfounding fathers ^Care?

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Hank Green - The fathers of the founding fathers