INTRO: (open chords)
G F C
G F C
G F C
G F C
C G D
C
my father used to say: you sleep with the dogs, the next day
G D C
you'll wake in the bed scratching those inevitable fleas
G F C
at ten years old you listen to what you're told
G F
i never had the itch, i never would.
G F C
G F C
C G D C
my mother had forbidden me to waste away my life
G D C
"i want you to have all the things I could never buy you
D G D E
so don't stop what I've begun... you're my one my only son.
F C G
follow what i say not what i've done.
F C G
follow what i say not what i've done.
C D G D E
shower scrub and shave, cleanly boys don't misbehave
F C G
follow what i say, not what i've done.
G F C
G F C etc etc etc....