{t:Father and Son}
{st:Cat Stevens}
Intro
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E |-----3-----3------3---3--------3--------5----------|
B |-----3-----3------3---5----------------------------|
G |-----4-----4------4---5----5-------5---------5-----|
D |-----5-----5------5---5----------------------------|
A |-----5-----5------5---3----------------------------|
E |-----3-----3------3---3----------------------------|
G C/G
( Whilst holding down C chord, move little finger off
2nd string, & use to play 'A' note * on 1st string)
Verse 1
G D C Am7
It's not time to make a change, just re-lax, take it easy,
G Em Am D
You're still young, that's your fault, there's so much you have to know,
G D C Am7
Find a girl, settle down, if you want, you can marry,
G Em Am7 D
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy
Verse 2
G Bm7 C Am7 G
I was once like you are now, and I know that it's not easy to be calm,
Em Am7 D G Bm7
When you've found something going on, but take your time, think a lot,
C Am7 G Em
Why, think of everything you've got, for you will still be here to-morrow,
D G C/G G C/G
But your dreams may not
Verse 3
G Bm7 C Am7
How can I try to ex-plain? When I do , he turns a-way again!
G Em Am7 D
It's always been the same, the same old story,
G Bm7 C Am7
From the moment I could talk, I was ordered to listen,
G Em D G
Now there's a way, and I know that I have to go away,
D C G C/G G C/G
I know I have to go
Instrumental verse 4
C/G G D C Am7
E |-------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|
B |-------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|
G |--4-5---5-7--|---7---4-5---7---4-5----|----7-----7--7---9--------------|
D |-------------|------------------------|---------------------5-----5--7-|
A |-------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|
E |-------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|
G Em Am D G D
E |------------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
B |------------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
G |---4----------4----5-4--|--4--------------4-5--5-7--|-7--4-5---7---4-5-|
D |--------5-7-------------|------7-7-5--7-7-----------|------------------|
A |------------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
E |------------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
C Am7 G Em D G
E |------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
B |------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
G |---7---7-7---9----------|--4--------4---5-4--4----|--------4-5---5-7---|
D |---------------5----5-7-|-----5-7--------------7--|--5--5--------------|
A |------------------------|-------------------------|----5---------------|
E |------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
D C G C/G G C/G
E |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G |----7-------5----5-4---|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D |-----------------------|---5-----5-5-5-5-2-0---|-----------------------|
A |-----------------------|---------------------2-|-----------------------|
E |-----------------------|-----------------------|---3-------------------|
Verse 5
G D C Am7
It's not time to make a change, just sit down, take it slowly,
( A-way , a-way, a-way )
G Em Am
You're still young, that's you're fault there's so much
( I---- ----know----
D G D C Am7
you have to go through, Find a girl,settle down, if you want you can marry,
I have to make this--- de-cision--- ---a-lone!)
G Em Am7 D
Look at me , I am old, but I'm happy
( No !)
Verse 5
G Bm7 C Am7
All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside,
( Stay , stay, stay )
G Em Am7 D
It's hard, but it's harder to ig-nore it!
( Why--- ---must--- ---you go ,and make---
G Bm7 C Am7
If they were right, I'd a-gree, but it's them, they know, not me,
---this de-cision---- ----a-lone? )
G Em D G D C G
Now there's a way, and I know that I have to go away, I know I have to go
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Chords: G C/G Bm7 C Am7 Em D
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