B                   E
My dad worked in a factory
A                       B
I tried it too but I couldn’t do
                           E
With the tedium of the everyday
A                          B
I flunked out I’m not ashamed to say
                    E
While he was steady I was a flake
A                     B
I lived my life from scrape to scrape
                    A5
Now I’m older I’m a lot like him
E               B
History coming back again

[Chorus]
                                 A
I’ve got this name and it doesn’t fit
E                            B
I don’t know what I can do about it
A             F#5
They say the child is the father to the man
D                   B
I’ll just do what I can

[Instrumental]
E A B B E E5 B

[Verse 2]
B                   E
Started out on the factory floor
A                      B
Worked his way through the boardroom door
                          E
Voted for the right wing all his life
       A                        B
Though I tried hard he couldn’t see the light
B                          A
I loved my dad but I don’t want to be him
E                 B
A history coming back again


[Chorus]
B                                A
I’ve got this name and it doesn’t fit
E                            B
I don’t know what I can do about it
A             F#5                        F#
They say the child is the father to the man
D                   B
I’ll just do what I can