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Green Day – Father to a Son on Piano & Ukulele

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 [Intro]
D D/C# G Gm D

[Verse 1]
         D
You're a lighthouse
 in a storm
         D/C#
From the day that
you were born
  G
A promise
Gm             D
Father to a son
     D
Your mother said it best
        D/C#
We will be put to a test
  G
A promise
Gm             D
Father to a son

[Chorus]
A
Is there anything
 G     D
 I can do
A
 A wisdom where your
          G       D
 heart is heading to
  G         A
A place you want more
 D          G
than I can give
Father to a son
D D/C# G Gm D

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 [Verse 2]
       D
Well I made a
 few mistakes
         D/C#
But I'll never
break your heart
  G
A promise
Gm          D
Father to a son
  D
I never knew a love
         D/C#
Could be scarier
than anger
  G
A promise
Gm          D
Father to a son

[Chorus]
A
Is there anything
 G     D
 I can do
A
 A wisdom where your
          G       D
 heart is heading to
  G         A
A place you want more
 D          G
than I can give
Gm          D
Father to a son

[Instrument]
C G Bb C
D C G Bb C
D C G Bb C

[Outro]
A
Is there anything
 G     D
I can do
A
 A wisdom where your
          G       D
 heart is heading to
  G         A
A place you want more
 D          G
 than I can give
Gm          D   C G
Father to a son
  Bb   C    D   C G
Father to a son
  Bb   C    D   C G
Father to a son
  Bb   C    D
Father to a son
C G F# E D

Watch: Green Day - Father to a Son (Acoustic) [Official Visualizer]

From Green Day on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play Father to a Son: key, chords and progression

These are Father to a Son chords by Green Day on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Father to a Son by Green Day is built around D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯), with 9 chords in all: D, D/C#, G, Gm, A, C, Bb, F# and E.

The progression the song keeps returning to is D – D/C# – G – Gm (I – I – IV – iv in D major). In solfa, that is doh – doh – fah – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: Gm, Bb and F# are the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele they are simpler.