Father And Son Tab by Cat Stevens

Father And Son tab by Cat Stevens (Ver. 2)

Guitar Tab

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

Intro
                      *
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)

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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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