Nina Simone - My father

^FMy father always promised ^Dmme ^GmThat we would live in ^CFrance ^FWe'd go boating on the ^DmSeine ^Gm7And I would learn to ^Cdance

^DmWe lived in Oh^G7io then ^CHe worked in the mines ^Cm On his dreams like ^F7boats we knew He would sail in ^Bbtime In ^Ftime

^FMy sisters all grew up and ^Dmwent away ^Gm To Denver and ^C2Cheyenne ^FMarrying their ^Dmgrownup dreams ^GmThe lilacs and the ^Cman

^DmI stayed behind the ^Gyoungest still ^CAnd I danced alone ^Cm Hoping that my f^F7ather's dreams Would someday^Bb take me home Take me ^Fhome

^FAnd I live in Paris ^Dmnow ^Gm My children dance and ^Csing ^{F Dm} Word’s of a miner's^Gm tongue A language they've never^C7 seen

^Dm I sail my memories of ^G7home ^C Like boats across the Seine ^Cm And watch my fat^F7her‘s eyes Watch the setting su^Bbn Set in my father's eyes — agai^Fn ^F