Infant Sorrow – Searching For A Father chords

[Intro]
Ab Db
Ab

[Verse]
Cm           F        DbWhen I was young, I heard my dad say
                   Ab"Son, I'm leaving now."
Gm            F              DbAnd he said "Other men do as other men please
                              Ab       GmAnd Aldous is the name with which I leave you."

[Chorus]
  Fm       DbAnd here I am
       Ab                               EbWhile all around me things become hysterical
         FmHere I stand
              DbBeneath the robes of Lady Liberty
Ab                          Eb FmSearching for a father in America
Ab                         Eb  AbSearching for a father in America

[Verse]
Gm        FmI was sixteen
   DbI took a trip

To Washington, D.C
        Ab        GmJust my mom and me
        FmSaw the reflecting pool
         DbAnd the Capitol
                          Ab      Eb     FmA guy wanked off at the Vietnam Memorial

[Chorus]
       DbHere I am
Ab                       EbStaring at a canyon quite deadly
        FmHere I stand
           DbBaptised beneath the falls of Niagra
Ab                         Eb FmSearching for a father in America
Ab                         Eb AbSearching for a father in America

[Bridge]
         CNumber one: George Washington
GLost his dad when he was one
       BbJimmy Carter made himself a son of wood
      ABut like Pinocchio

He weren't very good
DmLincoln, shot by his son
GIn the theater, up his bum
CNixon he had no son
     BmToo late, his own son was Watergate
          BbRonald Reagan, he got shot
      AFor Jodie Foster, quite a lot
 DNancy, stupid cow
    GHe can't remember her no more, yeah

Ab   America

           FmWhen I am old
      DbI'll find my dad
                                  AbThey'll recreate his body from my DNA
              Fm               DbAnd I'll say "Other men do as other men please
                              Ab     GmAnd Aldous is the name with which I grieve."

[Chorus]
     FmAnd now
       DbHere I am
   Ab                           EbSeeking my redemption in this heathen land
         FmHere I stand
            DbAmidst the stars and stripes and scientists
Ab                         Eb FmSearching for a father in America
Ab                         Eb AbSearching for a father in America

[Outro]
AbI am my own father

I gave birth to me, yeah