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Young Fathers by Typhoon
Young Fathers
B4 C/G A/C# Em
e|---X--| e|---X--| e|---X--| e|---X--|
B|---X--| B|---1--| B|---2--| B|---0--|
G|---X--| G|---0--| G|---2--| G|---0--|
D|---X--| D|---2--| D|---2--| D|---2--|
A|---7--| A|---3--| A|---4--| A|---2--|
E|---7--| E|---3--| E|---X--| E|---0--|
Intro: G C B4 G C Em C X2
G C/G
I was born in September
B4 G
And like everything else, I can't remember
C Em C C
I replaced it with scenes from a film that I will never know
G C/G
And I blinked, it was over
B4 G
I was thinking my life would get slower
C/G Em
That I would sort this shit out when I'm sober
C C G
It gets better now that you're older
C/G
I read the scares on the front page
B4 G
It says we're waiting around for an ice age
C Em
It says our comforts, they come with a price tag
C C G
They cured the cancer but discovered a new plague
They say just think of the children
And imagine the world that we've willed them
Is populated with weirdos to kill them
And break their hearts
G
And everybody knows
C/G
That this the end
B4 G
It's now fashionable
C/G B4
Dinner party conversation
D
Now I'm as old as you were when you had me
C G
Should I be afraid? Should I start a family?
D
Raise them in the wild 'cause up against the city
C
My love is such a small thing
G C Em
G C/G B4 G C B4 C C
G C/G
When you're young, you're hot
B4 G
You have your whole life before you. Everyone will adore
C/G Em
You'll grow up, you'll be an astronaut
C C
Or anything you want
G C/G
What goes up, goes up in flames
B4 G
And now your choices surround you, Indecision confounds you
C Em
And you're pacing around the place
C C
Shows you everything you're not
G C/G
And then the brief little romance
B4 G
You committed a soul without its consent
C/G Em
To live a life as a form without its content
G C/G
Because young people get bored everyday
G C/G B4
Yeah young people, young people get bored
D
Never went to church, thought a song was going to save me
C G
So I wrote a hymn on the guitar that you gave me
D
Signal wood to smoke I built a fire look for smoke
C
Know that hope is just a small thing
G
I just called to tell you
C
I just called to say
Em G
Learn all your mistakes
C/G A/C#
You were my inspiration
G
And it wasn't all we hoped for
C
But we shake it off and we say
Em G
Here's your yellow ribbon
C A/C# G
I am your consolation
C
I was born in September And if I died today
Em G
Just know I don't regret you
C/G A/C#
Some things I can't explain
Em
It's a slow descent
C/G A
It's a loveless place
C/G G
Every goddamn day
C
And Now you know
Em
No matter where you go
C A
Know that I will follow
G
That I will follow
C
You not only home
A
It's not much but it's all that i know
Em C G
Here's how it goes
Outro:
I just called to tell you
I just called to say
Learn all your mistakes
Passed down through generations
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version 2
Notice: It's not that simple to make this song sound good on a single guitar, so if you play alone
you may have to try around and vary some parts. They don't always play it the same way, so I listened
to various live versions and took the parts as I liked them the most for me, especially
in the "Now I'm as old..." parts and the end. There he plays some chords that are hard to name,
so I name them like D* and D** etc. But the rest of the song is mainly based on G C and em.
Note that C is always played with G in bass
and Em is played in 7th fret until this part "I just called..." , from there on it's played "normally"
G C Em D* D** C9* C* G9* F#m7
e|--3---0---0----x----x---x----x---x---x---
b|--3---1---0----x----x---x----x---0--(2)--
g|--0---0---0----7---11---5---(9)--0---2---
d|--0---2---5----0----0---0---10---7---2---
A|--2---3---7----9----9---7----7---x---4---
E|--3---3---7---10---10---8----8---7---x---
Verses are played in this special rhythm:
|123+4|123+4|1|123+4|1|123+4|
|G G |C C |e|G G |C|e C |
G C
I was born in September
Em G
and like everything else, I can't remember
C Em C
I replace it with scenes from a film that I will never make
G C
When I blinked it was over
Em G
I was thinking my life will get slower
C Em
That I will sort this shit out when I'm sober
C
It's even better now that you're older
G C
I read the scares on the front page
Em G
It says we're waiting around for an ice age
C Em
It says our comforts they come with a price tag
C G
They killed the cancer but discovered a new plague
* no guitar (if you play alone, sounds better with guitar or any ideas?)
G C
*They said just think of the children
Em G
*and imagine the world that we've willed them
C Em
*It's populated with weirdos to kill them
*and break their hearts
C G
And everybody knows
C
This is the end
Em G
It's now a fashionable, oh oh
C Em C
dinner party conversation
There are several ways to play this part, here is one:
|D* |C9* G |D* |C9*|
G|-------7-----7---|-----5-------0---|-------7-----7---|-5-
D|-0---0---0-----0-|---------------0-|-0---0---0-----0-|-0-
A|---9-------9-----|---7---7---2-----|---9-------9-----|-7-
E|10---------------|-8-------3-------|10---------------|-8-
Now I'm as old as you were when you had me
Should I be afraid? Should I start a family?
I'd raise them in the wild 'cuz up against the city
My love is such a small thing
Interlude (picked):
| G | C | e -
e|-----------------0---------------|-----0-----3---------------------|-----0-----3-----|
b|-----3-----0-----------0---------|-----------------0---------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------------------2-0-|-----------------------2-----0---|-----------------|
D|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2---|
A|---------------------------------|-3-------3-------3-------3-------|-----------------|
E|-3-------3-------3-------3-------|---------------------------------|-0-------0-------|
(strummed)
|1234|1234|1|1234|1|123+4|
|G G |C C |e|G G |C|e C |
G C
When you're young you're hot
Em
You have your whole life before you
G
Everyone will adore
C Em
You'll grow up, you'll be an astronaut
C G
or anything you want.
G C
What goes up goes up in flames
Em
and now your choices surround you
G
and decision confounds you
C Em
and you're pacing around in place
C
Shows you everything you're not
* no guitar (if you play alone, sounds better with guitar)
*And in a brief, little romance
*you've committed a soul without its consent
*Delivered life as a form without its content
G C
because young people get bo-o-o-ored everyday
Em G C Em C
yeah young people, young people get bo-o-o-ored
There are several ways to play this part, here is one:
|D |C9* G9 |D** |C9*|
G|-----------------|-----5-----0---0-|-------11--------|---
D|-----0-----------|-------------7---|-----0-----------|-9-
A|---9---9---------|---7---7---------|---9-------------|-7-
E|10---------------|-8-------7-------|10---------------|-8-
Never went to church
thought a song was gonna save me
so I wrote a hymn on the guitar that you gave me
Singing what you spoke I built a fire with the smoke
You know that hope is just a small thing
(picked) (In original there's same melody as before continuing on other chords,
but I just play alternating bass-string and rest-strings like he plays in some live versions)
| G | C/G | Em G | C/G F#m7 |
G
I just called to tell you
C
I just called to say
Em G
Learned all your mistakes
C F#m7
You were my inspiration
G
And it wasn't all we hoped for
C
But we shake it off and we say
Em G
Here's your yellow ribbon
C F#m7
I am your consolation
(strummed)
| G | C/G | Em G | C/G F#m7 |
| Em | C/G | F#m7 C/G |
G
I was born in September
C
and if I die today
Em G
just know I don't regret you
C F#m7
some things I can explain (like)
Em
It's a slow descent
C
It's a lifeless place
F#m7 C
Every god damned day
G
and I know you know
C Em G
no matter where you go
C F#m7
that I will follow, that I will follow
Em
You are my only hope
C F#m7 C
It's not much, but it's all that I know
Here's how it goes
(strum on muted strings, beside first beat of every chord)
G
* I just called to tell you
C
* I just called to say
Em G
* Learned all your mistakes
C F#m7
* Passed down through generations
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