The Protomen – Father Of Death chords

Artist: The Protomen
Album: Act II: The Father of Death
Song: Father of Death

Chords Used (low to high):
Dm: x00231
A: x02220
F: 133211
E: 022100
C: 332010
Am: x02210
G: 3x0033


Intro (music box): Dm A F E C E F E Am
Intro (full band): C Am C Am C F C Am
		   C Am C Am C F C Am C

Am	    C	  AmWhat have I done?

			  CThough I did not pull the trigger

 FI built the gun

	C		 Am   GThat he holds in his hand

Am	     C	     AmLast night I dreamed

			  C	      FI climbed to the top of a mountain of metal

			        C	        AmAnd for miles I could see the destruction of man


Dm Am F E				     Am	     C           I will not be the Father of Death


Am	    C  AmDarling Emily

		       C	  FEverything that I have done I have done for you

	 C		     Am	   GBut it's turned out all wrong

Am	      C	    AmCan I take it back?

		      C	      FCan I turn off this machine before it destroys

     C			AmEverything I've loved?


Dm  Am	      F		 E		 Dm	Am       I will find a way to make this right

       F	   EI will find a way, Emily

Dm Am F		 E          I will not be the Father of Death


(Here we have a nice little instrumental interlude in the key of A minor, so just vamp on that)


AmWhat are you doing here?

C	     Am(Let me take you away)


I'm not going anywhere

C	    F(He will be nothing when this runs its course)\
                                               >overlapping
                        He will be everything /


That a man is supposed to be


C                                       E      If the shadow blocks out the sun

	      CThere will be light

                                 EIf it stays till the sun is set

	      CThere will be light

			       EIf the sun never shows its face again

	      CThere will be light

				   ENo matter how dark this city gets

There will be...


Trumpet Solo (chords during): Am E Am E Am E Am E
Music Box Redux: Dm A F E C E
Outro: Am G F E Am G F
 E Am G F E Am G F E (hold out an E for a long time, then...) F E (hold it a little longer, 
then...) G F E Am (and let that last chord ring out)



Tabbed by mcolor, copyright 2010. Song "Father of Death" by The Protomen, 
copyright 2009. All rights reserved. Do not steal.