Father To The Man

B E My dad worked in a factory A B I tried it too but I couldn’t do E With the tedium of the everyday A B I flunked out I’m not ashamed to say E While he was steady I was a flake A B I lived my life from scrape to scrape A5 Now I’m older I’m a lot like him E B History coming back again A I’ve got this name and it doesn’t fit E B I don’t know what I can do about it A F#5 They say the child is the father to the man D B I’ll just do what I can E A B B E E5 B B E Started out on the factory floor A B Worked his way through the boardroom door E Voted for the right wing all his life A B Though I tried hard he couldn’t see the light B A I loved my dad but I don’t want to be him E B A history coming back again B A I’ve got this name and it doesn’t fit E B I don’t know what I can do about it A F#5 F# They say the child is the father to the man D B I’ll just do what I can