Father And Son tab by Cat Stevens

Tabs (Ver. 2)

{t:Father and Son}
{st:Cat Stevens}

Intro
                      *
E MajorE |-----3-----3------3---3--------3--------5----------|
BB |-----3-----3------3---5----------------------------|
G+G |-----4-----4------4---5----5-------5---------5-----|
D MajorD |-----5-----5------5---5----------------------------|
A augmentedA |-----5-----5------5---3----------------------------|
E MajorE |-----3-----3------3---3----------------------------|
    G+G        C/GC/G

           (Whilst holding down C majorC chord, move little finger off
            2nd string, & use to play 'A' note * on 1st string)

Verse 1
     G+G        D MajorD       C majorC      Am7Am7
It's not time to make a change, just re-lax, take it easy,
        G+G         E minorEm        A minorAm        D MajorD
You're still young, that's your fault, there's so much you have to know,
    G+G       D MajorD      C majorC       Am7Am7
Find a girl, settle down, if you want, you can marry,
    G+G     E minorEm      Am7Am7  D MajorD
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy

Verse 2
    G+G        Bm7Bm7     C majorC         Am7Am7     G+G
I was once like you are now, and I know that it's not easy to be calm,
       E minorEm         Am7Am7 D MajorD        G+G      Bm7Bm7
When you've found something going on,  but take your time, think a lot,
         C majorC       Am7Am7         G+G        E minorEm
Why, think of everything you've got, for you will still be here to-morrow,
      D MajorD    G+G C/GC/G   G+G  C/GC/G
But your dreams may not

Verse 3
    G+G       Bm7Bm7      C majorC        Am7Am7
How can I try to ex-plain?  When I do , he turns a-way again!
    G+G         E minorEm        Am7Am7 D MajorD
It's always been the same,  the same old story,
      G+G      Bm7Bm7      C majorC     Am7Am7
From the moment I could talk, I was ordered to listen,
        G+G     E minorEm      D MajorD   G+G
Now there's a way, and I know that I have to go away,
  D MajorD   C majorC   G+G  C/GC/G  G+G  C/GC/G
I know I have to go

Instrumental verse 4
   C/GC/G      G+G     D MajorD        C majorC      Am7Am7
E MajorE |-------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB |-------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|
G+G |--4-5---5-7--|---7---4-5---7---4-5----|----7-----7--7---9--------------|
D MajorD |-------------|------------------------|---------------------5-----5--7-|
A augmentedA |-------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|
E MajorE |-------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|

   G+G     E minorEm      A minorAm    D MajorD        G+G    D MajorD
E MajorE |------------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
BB |------------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
G+G |---4----------4----5-4--|--4--------------4-5--5-7--|-7--4-5---7---4-5-|
D MajorD |--------5-7-------------|------7-7-5--7-7-----------|------------------|
A augmentedA |------------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
E MajorE |------------------------|---------------------------|------------------|

    C majorC    Am7Am7      G+G     E minorEm   D MajorD   G+G
E MajorE |------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
BB |------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
G+G |---7---7-7---9----------|--4--------4---5-4--4----|--------4-5---5-7---|
D MajorD |---------------5----5-7-|-----5-7--------------7--|--5--5--------------|
A augmentedA |------------------------|-------------------------|----5---------------|
E MajorE |------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|

    D MajorD    C majorC       G+G   C/GC/G        G+G     C/GC/G
E MajorE |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
BB |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G+G |----7-------5----5-4---|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D MajorD |-----------------------|---5-----5-5-5-5-2-0---|-----------------------|
A augmentedA |-----------------------|---------------------2-|-----------------------|
E MajorE |-----------------------|-----------------------|---3-------------------|

Verse 5
     G+G       D MajorD        C majorC       Am7Am7
It's not time to make a change, just sit down, take it slowly,
   (A-way ,    a-way,      a-way)

        G+G           E minorEm           A minorAm
You're still young,  that's you're fault    there's so much
          (I----      ----know----

      D MajorD          G+G      D MajorD      C majorC       Am7Am7
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+G      E minorEm      Am7Am7  D MajorD
Look at me ,  I am old, but I'm happy
     (No !)

Verse 5
     G+G      Bm7Bm7      C majorC        Am7Am7
All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside,
   (Stay ,    stay,     stay)

    G+G          E minorEm       Am7Am7         D MajorD
It's hard,   but it's harder  to ig-nore it!
     (Why---     ---must---    ---you go ,and make---

          G+G      Bm7Bm7      C majorC          Am7Am7
If they were   right, I'd a-gree, but it's them, they know, not me,
   ---this de-cision----      ----a-lone?)

        G+G     E minorEm      D MajorD   G+G     D MajorD   C majorC   G+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+G    C/GC/G    Bm7Bm7     C majorC    Am7Am7    E minorEm    D MajorD
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