“Father's Song”
As performed in August Rush by Leon G Thomas III
Original song by Charles Mack
The key it's in in the movie has it at capo 1,
but you can put the capo wherever you're comfortable vocally,
just play it with these fingerings relative to the capo.
Make sense?
I wrote out the left-hand positions so you're not struggling to
figure out where/how to hold the strings down.
It should help out a lot!
I've written the chords in for those positions that are actually chords.
It'll make more sense in a bit.
Left-Hand Positions:
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
e– 2 2 2 3 2 0
b- 3 3 3 3 3 3
g- 2 2 2 0 0 0
d- 0 0 2 0 0 0
A- x 3 2 1 0 0
E- x x x x x x
D
(7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
e– x 0 0 2 3
b- 3 0 2 3 3
g- 4 1 2 2 3
d- 4 2 2 0 0
A- 2 2 0 x 2
E- x 0 x x 3
Bm E A D G
Okay now time for the actual tabs! [w00t]
(I'll indicate the hand positions where they are used)
(1) (2) (1) (3)
(4) (5) (6)
e--------------2--3--5--2--|--------------2--3--5--2--|--------------2--3--5--2--|
b--------3-----3--3--3--3--|--------3-----3--3--3--3--|--------3-----3--3--3--3--|
Intro: g-----2-----2--------------|-----2-----2--------------|-----2-----2--------------|
d--0-----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A--------------------------|--3-----------------------|--2-----------------------|
E--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------3-----2-----0-------|
--------3-----3-----3-------|
----------------------------|
-----0----------------------|
--1-----------0-----0-------|
----------------------------|
(1) (2)
e-------------------2---------------|-------------------2---------------|
b-----------3---------------3-------|-----------3---------------3-------|
Verse: g-------2-------2-------2-------2---|-------2-------2-------2-------2---|
d---0-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------|---3-------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
“Father, hear me when I... call your name
(3) (4) (5) (6)
e-------------------2---------------|-----------3-------2-------0-------|
b-----------3---------------3-------|-----------3-------3-------3-------|
g-------2-------2-------2-------2---|-----------------------------------| (x2)
d-----------------------------------|-------0---------------------------|
A---2-------------------------------|---1---------------0-------0-------|
E-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
I need you to an - swer me now”
Verse 2 (play same as 1): “Father, here I am, weak in your sight, can you rescue me now”
(7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
e---------------------------|-----------------------2--|---3---|
b-----------3---------------|-----------2-----------3--|---3---|
Ending: g-----------4-----------1---|-----------2-------2------|---0---|
d-------4---------------2---|-------2-------0----------|---0---|
A---2---------------2-------|---0----------------------|---2---|
E---------------0-----------|--------------------------|---3---|
“I am cry - ing out can't fi-gure it out on my own...”
[*strum]
Thanks! That's all the song I've ever heard. if I find the rest someday I may learn tab
out too.I think this is the first tab of this,