Father And Son tab by Cat Stevens

Tabs

intro From: "Heyo...it's Brian"
chords From: Ted Hermary
solo From: Peter Chaput Email: [email protected]

This was provided by Ted Hermary, but it was without the intro. I am adding
the intro

3-3-3-3------3---5----
0-0-0-0----1---1------
0-0-0-0---------------       Repeat 4x
0-0-0-0h2-------------
2-2-2-0h3-------------
3-3-3---------------0-

(I cheat and keep the b string open, its easier and it sounds better)

The only real variation in this song is playing D, Bm7Bm7 and Bm.
Rest is fairly repetitive; though it's nice, you really
need the soul in your voice to carry it for the whole tune.
Did my best on the backing vox on last verse - timing's pretty
close I think.

FATHER AND SON
(Cat Stevens, from _Tea for the Tillerman_, 1970?)

    G+G       D MajorD      C majorC         Am7Am7
It's not time to make a change, ...
      G+G         E minorEm
You're still young that's ...
     A minorAm        D MajorD
there's so much you ...
   G+G      D MajorD      C majorC        Am7Am7
Find a girl, settle down, if you ...
    G+G    E minorEm      A minorAm   D MajorD
Look at me, I am old....
   G+G         Bm7Bm7    C majorC         Am7Am7
I was once like you are now, ...
   G+G         E minorEm          A minorAm  D MajorD
to be calm, when you've ...
       G+G       Bm7Bm7      C majorC        Am7Am7
But take your time, think a lot, ...
      G+G        E minorEm        D MajorD     G+G
For you will still be here ....

G-C G-C

Chorus:
    G+G     B minorBm       C majorC         Am7Am7
How can I try to explain? when ....
  G+G        E minorEm       A minorAm  D MajorD
it's always been ...
    G+G       B minorBm     C majorC     Am7Am7
>From the moment I could talk I ...
       G+G     E minorEm   D MajorD    G+G
now there's a way and I know ....
   D MajorD   C majorC    G+G  G-C G-C
and I know I ..

[Break. Unsure of which chord of D, Bm7, or B minorBm is played.]

Verse:
             (away)    (away)
It's not time to make a change, ...
         (I)        (know)        (I have)
You're still young, that's your fault, ....(ends on single strum of G+G)

Someone else suggested playing C majorC (add D MajorD), which adds the note
the voice sings. In fact, there's a whole bunch of added
notes not included here. This makes for a beautiful 2-guitar
solo, which, since it repeats the same chords, could be really
dull otherwise. If anyone can add to this, please do. The closest
I come is the G-C part (intro, ends of 1st verse, chorus and break)
where there's a little slide. One fairly easy way to play it is to
hold the C majorC chord, add the G+G on the 1st string with your pinky and
slide the whole thing up, after hitting the second G:

 e ---3----3s5----------------
 b -1----1--------------------

or whatever...

BTW, any of you guys ever played this for your father?

Solo:

-------|----12--------|--------------12----------|---------------------|------
-12-13-|-15----15--12-|-15-15--15-15-------------|-12-------12---13-12-|------
-------|--------------|----------------12--12h14-|----12h14------------|------
-------|--------------|--------------------------|---------------------|------
-------|--------------|--------------------------|---------------------|------
-------|--------------|--------------------------|---------------------|------


--------------------------------------|--------------------|-------0--------|-
---------------------------------0--1-|-3---0--1--3---0--1-|-3-3-3----------|-
-14--12----12---11h12p11--------------|--------------------|---------0--0-2-|-
--------14----------------14-12-------|--------------------|----------------|-
--------------------------------------|--------------------|----------------|-
--------------------------------------|--------------------|----------------|-


-----------------|--------------------|--------------------3---3--3--3-|------
-------------1---|------------------0-|-3--3-\-1--1-p-0----3---3--3--3-|------
--4---0-2-4----4-|-4--2--0-----0------|--------------------0---0--0--0-|------
-----------------|-----------0--------|--------------------0---0--0--0-|------
-----------------|--------------------|--------------------2---2--2--2-|------
-----------------|--------------------|--------------------3---3--3--3-|------


-----------3---5----3--3--3--3-|-----------3---5------------------------------
-1------------------3--3--3--3-|-1--------------------------------------------
-0---4-/-5---5------0--0--0--0-|-0---4-/-5---5--------------------------------
-2------------------0--0--0--0-|-2--------------------------------------------
-3------------------2--2--2--2-|-3--------------------------------------------
--------------------3--3--3--3-|----------------------------------------------

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