Biography:
Everclear is a rock band formed in Portland, Oregon, USA, in 1992. For most of its existence, Everclear consisted of Art Alexakis (b. 12 April 1962, Los Angeles, California, USA; vocals, guitar), Craig Montoya (b. 14 September 1970; bass, vocals) and Greg Eklund (b. 18 April 1970; drums). Eklund replaced original drummer Scott Cuthbert in 1994. Montoya and Eklund departed the band in 2003, but Alexakis has continued performing as Everclear with a new lineup.
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- Loser Makes Good
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- The Honeymoon Song
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- Beautiful Dream
- Brown Eyed Girl
- Chemical Smile
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- Everything Is Wonderful
- Everything To Everyone
- Falling In A Good Way
- Father Of Mine
- Glorious
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- One Hit Wonder
- Promenade
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- Rocky Mountain High
- Santa Monica
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- Sunflowers
- Sunshine That Acid Summer
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- The Swing
- Tv Show
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This is based on an acoustic performance given by Art Alexakis for Guitar Centre
and is easily found on Youtube if you want to see the strumming pattern and the
chord changes on the interlude.
the tuning is one full step down
great song, enjoy!
[Verse]
D
Father of mine
G
Tell me where have you been?
Em
You know I just closed by eyes
D
My whole world disappeared
F#
Father of mine
G
Take me back to the day
Em
Yeah, when I was still your golden boy
D
Back before you went away
[Interlude]
D A G F# G A(pull off)
D A G F# (yeah yeah) G D
D F#
Father of mine
G
Tell me where did you go?
Em
Yeah, you had the world inside your hand
D
But you did not seem to know
D F#
Father of mine
G
Tell me what do you see?
Em
When you look back at your wasted life
D
And you don't see me
(Palm mute)
D F#
I was ten years old
G
Doin' all that I could
Em (Strum)
It wasn't easy for me to be a scared white boy
D (strum then mute)
In a black neighborhood
D F#
Sometimes you would send me a birthday card
G
With a five dollar bill
Em
I never understood you then
D
And I guess I never will
D A G F# G A(pull off) D
Daddy Gave me a name
D A G F# G A(pull off) D
Daddy Gave me a name, then he walked away...
D A G F# G D
D D D
yeah, yeah, yeah
(palm mute)
D F#
Father of mine
G
Tell me where have you been?
Em
Yeah, I just closed by eyes
D
And the world disappeared
F#
Father of mine
G
Tell me how do you sleep?
Em
With the children you abandoned
D
And the wife I saw you beat
F#
I will never be safe
G
I will never be sane
Em
I will always be weird inside
D
I will always be lame
F#
Now I'm a grown man
G
With a child of my own
Em
And I swear, I'll never let her know
D
All the pain I have known
D A G F# G A(pull off) D
Daddy Gave me a name
D A G F# G A(pull off) D
Daddy Gave me a name, then he walked away...
D A G F# G D
D D D
yeah, yeah, yeah and he walked away... etc
and is easily found on Youtube if you want to see the strumming pattern and the
chord changes on the interlude.
the tuning is one full step down
great song, enjoy!
[Verse]
D
Father of mine
G
Tell me where have you been?
Em
You know I just closed by eyes
D
My whole world disappeared
F#
Father of mine
G
Take me back to the day
Em
Yeah, when I was still your golden boy
D
Back before you went away
[Interlude]
D A G F# G A(pull off)
D A G F# (yeah yeah) G D
D F#
Father of mine
G
Tell me where did you go?
Em
Yeah, you had the world inside your hand
D
But you did not seem to know
D F#
Father of mine
G
Tell me what do you see?
Em
When you look back at your wasted life
D
And you don't see me
(Palm mute)
D F#
I was ten years old
G
Doin' all that I could
Em (Strum)
It wasn't easy for me to be a scared white boy
D (strum then mute)
In a black neighborhood
D F#
Sometimes you would send me a birthday card
G
With a five dollar bill
Em
I never understood you then
D
And I guess I never will
D A G F# G A(pull off) D
Daddy Gave me a name
D A G F# G A(pull off) D
Daddy Gave me a name, then he walked away...
D A G F# G D
D D D
yeah, yeah, yeah
(palm mute)
D F#
Father of mine
G
Tell me where have you been?
Em
Yeah, I just closed by eyes
D
And the world disappeared
F#
Father of mine
G
Tell me how do you sleep?
Em
With the children you abandoned
D
And the wife I saw you beat
F#
I will never be safe
G
I will never be sane
Em
I will always be weird inside
D
I will always be lame
F#
Now I'm a grown man
G
With a child of my own
Em
And I swear, I'll never let her know
D
All the pain I have known
D A G F# G A(pull off) D
Daddy Gave me a name
D A G F# G A(pull off) D
Daddy Gave me a name, then he walked away...
D A G F# G D
D D D
yeah, yeah, yeah and he walked away... etc
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