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Color Him Father by Linda Martell
Color Him Father
Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro]
C Maj 7 C Major
E|------0-------0----|--------0--------0-----|
B|--------0----------|-----------0--------0--|
G|----------------0--|--------------0--------|
D|-------------------|--0H2------------------|
A|--3--------3-------|-----------------------|
E|-------------------|-----------------------|
D minor
E|------1--------1-----1--|--1--1-1----------|
B|---------3--------3-----|---------3-----3--|
G|------------2-----------|-----2-2----2-----|
D|--0---------------------|--0---------------|
A|------------------------|------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------|
C Maj 7 C Major
E|------0-------0----|--------0--------0-----|
B|--------0----------|-----------0--------0--|
G|----------------0--|--------------0--------|
D|-------------------|--0H2------------------|
A|--3--------3-------|-----------------------|
E|-------------------|-----------------------|
D minor
E|------1--------1-----1--|--1--1-1----1-----|
B|---------3--------3-----|---------3-----3--|
G|------------2-----------|-----2-2----2-----|
D|--0---------------------|--0---------------|
A|------------------------|------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------|
[Verse starts and guitar goes like this]
“There's a man in my house,
E|------0--------0----|--------0--------0-----|
B|--------0--------0--|-----------0--------0--|
G|-----------0--------|--------------0--------|
D|--------------------|--0H2------------------|
A|--3-----------------|-----------------------|
E|--------------------|-----------------------|
...he's so big and strong.”
E|------1--------1-----1--|------1--------1-----1--|
B|---------3--------3-----|---------3--------3-----|
G|------------2-----------|------------2-----------|
D|--0---------------------|--0---------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
(Repeat these chords 8x for the verse)
[Chorus]
(C – F – C - G)
“I think I'll color him father...”
E|------0--------0--------|------0--------0--------|
B|---------1--------1-----|---------1--------1-----|
G|------------0--------0--|------------0--------0--|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|--3---------------------|--3---------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------| = C Major
E|-----1--------1--------|-----1--------1--------|
B|--------1--------1-----|--------1--------1-----|
G|-----------2--------2--|-----------2--------2--|
D|--3--------------------|--3--------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------| = F Major
“I think I'll color him love...”
E|------0--------0--------|------0--------0--------|
B|---------1--------1-----|---------1--------1-----|
G|------------0--------0--|------------0--------0--|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|--3---------------------|--3---------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------| = C Major
G Major G7
E|------3--------3--------|------1--------1--------|
B|---------0--------0-----|---------0--------0-----|
G|------------0--------0--|------------0--------0--|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|
E|--3---------------------|--3---------------------|
*Chords for the second verse are E minor to D minor.
* Chords for the third verse are the same as the first verse.
There's a man at my house, he's so big and strong
He goes to work each day, and he stays all day long
He comes home each night looking tired and beat
He sits down at the dinner table and has a bite to eat
Never a frown always a smile
When he says to me how's my child
I said that I've been studying hard all day in school
Tryin' very hard to understand the golden rule
I think I'll color this man father
I think I'll color him love
Said I'm gonna color him father
I think I'll color the man love, yes I will
He says education is the thing if you want to compete
Because without it son, life ain't very sweet
I love this man and I don't know why
Except I'll need his strength until the day that I die
My mother loves him and I can tell
By the way she looks at him when he holds my little sister Nell
I heard her say just the other day
That if it hadn't of been for him she couldn't have found her way
I think I'll color him father
I'm gonna color him love
I've got to color him father
I think I'll color this man love
Our real old man he got killed in the war
And she knows she and seven kids couldn't of gotten very far
She said she thought that she could never love again
And then there he stood with that big wide grin
He married my mother and he took us in
And now we belong to the man with that big wide grin
I've got to color this man father
I'm gonna color him love
I've got to color him father
I believe I'll color this man love
He's just been so good to me
I know I've got to color him love
I'm gonna color him father
I've got to color this man love
He's just been so kind
I think I'll color him love
I'm gonna color him father
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version 2
The Em is played on the 7th fret as a barre chord
[Intro]
C Dm C Dm
[Verse]
C Dm
There's a man at my house, he's so big and strong
C Dm
He goes to work each day, and he stays all day long
C Dm
He comes home each night looking tired and beat
C Dm
He sits down at the dinner table and has a bite to eat
C Dm
Never a frown always a smile
C Dm
When he says to me how's my child
C Dm
I said that I've been studying hard all day in school
C Dm
Tryin' very hard to understand the golden rule
[Chorus]
C F
I think I'll color him father
C G
I think I'll color him love
C F
I'm gonna color him father
C G
I think I'll color him love
[Verse]
Em Dm
He says education is a thing to complete
Em Dm
Because without it, life just ain't very sweet
Em Dm
I love this man and I don't know why
Em Dm
Except I'll need his strength until the day that I die
[Chorus]
C F
I think I'll color him father
C G
I'm gonna color him love
C F
I got to color him father
C G
I think I'll color him love
[Verse]
C Dm
Our real old man he got killed in the war
C Dm
And momma and seven kids couldn't gotten very far
C Dm
She said she thought that she could never love again
C Dm
And then there he stood with that big wide grin
Em Dm
He married my mother, he took us in
Em Dm
And now we belong to the man with that big wide grin
[Chorus]
C F
I got to color him father
C G
I'm gonna color him love
C F
I got to color him father
C G
I think I'll color him love
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