Текст песни с аккордами
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[Intro]
Ab Db
Ab
[Verse]
Cm F Db
When I was young, I heard my dad say
Ab
"Son, I'm leaving now."
Gm F Db
And he said "Other men do as other men please
Ab Gm
And Aldous is the name with which I leave you."
[Chorus]
Fm Db
And here I am
Ab Eb
While all around me things become hysterical
Fm
Here I stand
Db
Beneath the robes of Lady Liberty
Ab Eb Fm
Searching for a father in America
Ab Eb Ab
Searching for a father in America
[Verse]
Gm Fm
I was sixteen
Db
I took a trip
To Washington, D.C
Ab Gm
Just my mom and me
Fm
Saw the reflecting pool
Db
And the Capitol
Ab Eb Fm
A guy wanked off at the Vietnam Memorial
[Chorus]
Db
Here I am
Ab Eb
Staring at a canyon quite deadly
Fm
Here I stand
Db
Baptised beneath the falls of Niagra
Ab Eb Fm
Searching for a father in America
Ab Eb Ab
Searching for a father in America
[Bridge]
C
Number one: George Washington
G
Lost his dad when he was one
Bb
Jimmy Carter made himself a son of wood
A
But like Pinocchio
He weren't very good
Dm
Lincoln, shot by his son
G
In the theater, up his bum
C
Nixon he had no son
Bm
Too late, his own son was Watergate
Bb
Ronald Reagan, he got shot
A
For Jodie Foster, quite a lot
D
Nancy, stupid cow
G
He can't remember her no more, yeah
Ab
America
Fm
When I am old
Db
I'll find my dad
Ab
They'll recreate his body from my DNA
Fm Db
And I'll say "Other men do as other men please
Ab Gm
And Aldous is the name with which I grieve."
[Chorus]
Fm
And now
Db
Here I am
Ab Eb
Seeking my redemption in this heathen land
Fm
Here I stand
Db
Amidst the stars and stripes and scientists
Ab Eb Fm
Searching for a father in America
Ab Eb Ab
Searching for a father in America
[Outro]
Ab
I am my own father
I gave birth to me, yeah
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