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D A..Our father hid a lot of painful memories
D A..A bunch of **** he never shared
D A..But when he died, I went out looking for them
D A..For all the things he never said
D A..Thought he was born in 1948, but
D A..Was born a whole decade before
D A..Thought he was brought up in New Zealand, but he
D A..Was born and brought up in Samoa
F#m EWe thought that he was only half-Samoan
C#m D AThat his mother was a German Jew
F#m E C#m DBut I went found his birth certificate
Bm D AAnd he lied about that too
D AOur father’s love was unmistakable, and
D A..He gave us everything he had
D A..And I guess that meant pretending he was half-white
D A..To give his kids a better chance
[Verse]
D A..My sister, she lives out in New York City
D ABeen there since I was seventeen
D AI think she hates it, but like most New Yorkers
D AShe just can’t bring herself to leave
D AShe used to love to watch our father cooking
D AAnd imitate the things she’d seen
D AAnd now she makes the most amazing things, and
D AShe also sings better than me
F#m EAnd when he died, she and her husband stayed
C#m D ATo keep my mother company
F#m E C#m DAnd even though it ****** them up a lot
Bm D AThey did a better job than me
D AAnd I wish that we could see them every weekend
D AAnd she could cook her famous meals
D AI wish that I could hang out with her husband
D AMore than a couple times a year
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D AOur brother Wesley is a quiet man, and
D AHe is the second of us four
D AHe inherited our father’s hands, but
D AHe looks like me a little more
D AHe has a love that’s unmistakable, and
D AHe’s seen police brutality
D AHe lives in Auckland with his wife and dog, and
D AHe stands a shade above 6’3
F#m EOur father left him with a cousin, and
C#m D AHe got into trouble frequently
F#m E C#m DMe and my sister only heard of him
Bm D AIn 2000 and 18
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D AOur brother Matthew is a baker, and he
D AStands a mighty seven feet
D AHe was brought up in a Maori family
D AAnd speaks Te Reo fluently
A DHe didn’t know about our father till I
D AI guess he was about 18
D AHe did some time for something awesome, and he’s
D AThe sweetest guy you’ll ever meet
F#m EHe came to meet me at a festival
C#m D AHe told me everything he knew
F#m E C#m DOur father left him at the hospital
Bm D ABut if he forgives him, then I should too
[Bridge]
D ALa la la la la la la la la la la
D ALa la la la la la la la
D ALa la la la la la la la la la la
D ALa la la la la la la
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D AI know our father had his reasons, but that
D ACan never make it right or fair
D AI hate myself for stealing all his love when
D AMy brothers thought that he was dead
F#m ESo as I dig through the collateral
C#m D AThe secrets hid throughout the years
F#m E C#m DI know I’ll hardly ever answer them
Bm D ABut it’s a way to keep him near
[Outro]
D ALa la la la la la la la la la la
D ANa na na na na na na
D ALa la la la la la la la la la
Bm D ALa la la la la la la la
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