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Father and Son

Cat Stevens (yusuf Islam)
Chords & TabKeyGintermediate
4.9(690)

Chords in this song9

Intro

G C6/G riff G C6/G
e|3--3-3-3-3--|---3-----5/    |3--3-3-3-3--|
B|0--0-0-0-1--|----------|    |0--0-0-0-1--|
G|0--0-0-0-0--|5-----5---| 3x |0--0-0-0-0--|
D|0--0-0-0-2--|----------|    |0--0-0-0-2--|
A|2--2-2-2-0--|----------|    |2--2-2-2-0--|
E|3--3-3-3-3--|----------|    |3--3-3-3-3--|

Father

It's not time to make a change,
just re - lax and take it easy
You're still young that's your fault,
there's so much you have to know
Find a girl, settle down,
if you want to, you can marry
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy 
I was once like you are now,
and I know that it´s not easy
to be calm, when you´ve found
something going on. 
But take your time, think a lot,
think of everything you've got
For you will still be here to - morrow,
but your dreams may not
G - C6/G - riff - G - C6/G
[Chorus] [Son]
How can I try to ex - plain?
when I do he turns a - way again
it's always been the same, -
same old story 
From the moment I could talk
I was ordered to listen
now there's a way and I know
that I have to go away
D / C / G
I know I have to go
G - C6/G - riff 2x

Break

G - D - C - Am7 - G - Em - Am - D -
G - D - C - Am7 - G - Em - D - G -
D/ - C - G -
G - C6/G - riff 2x

Father

It's not time to make a change,
just sit down and take it slowly
You're still young, that's your fault,
there's so much you have to go through
Find a girl, settle down,
if you want to, you can marry
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy 

Son

All the times that I cried,
keeping all the things I knew inside
It's hard, but it's harder
to ig - nore it. 
If they were right, I'd a - gree,
but it's them they know, not me, now
there's a way and I know that I have to go away
D / C G
I know I have to go//
G 320003
C6/G 302013
D xx0232
C x32010
Am7 x02010
Em 022000
Am x02210

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