Cat Stevens - Father And Son Chords & Tabs

 

Father And Son Chords & Tabs

Cat Stevens Chords & Tabs

Version: 6 Type: Tab

Father And Son Tab

   
          G  G/C
intro: |--3--3----3---5----|
       |--0--1--1---3------|
       |--0--0----------x4-|
       |--0--0-------------|
       |--2--2-------------|
       |--3--3-------------|

Verse1:
          G               Bm            C           Am7
It's not time to make a change, just relax, take it easy,
               G                 Em                Am                D
You're still young, that's your fault, there's so much you have to know,
        G             Bm          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

Verse2:
        G               Bm           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            Bm
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

Verse3:
        G             Bm             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            Bm            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

solo:
     C/G            G         Bm              C           Am7
E |-------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|
B |-------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|
G |--4-5---5s7--|---7---4-5---7---4-5----|----7-----7--7---9--------------|
D |-------------|------------------------|---------------------5-----5--7-|
A |-------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|
E |-------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/cat_stevens/father_and_son_tab_ver_6.html ]
      G          Em            Am        D               G        Bm
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---5s7---|
D |---------------5----5-7-|-----5-7--------------7--|--5--5--------------|
A |------------------------|-------------------------|----5---------------|
E |------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|

       Bm      C
E |-----------------------|
B |-----------------------|
G |----7-------5----5-4---|
D |---------------------5-|
A |-----------------------|
E |-----------------------|

Verse5:
          G              Bm                C              Am7
It's not time to make a change, just sit down, take it slowly,

               G                  Em                Am
You're still young, that's you're fault, there's so much

                                                                                         
        D   G          Bm           C                       Am7
you have to go through, 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

Verse5:
          G           Bm             C               Am7
All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside,

       G                   Em             Am7                 D
It's hard,      but it's harder    to ig-nore it!
                             G           Bm             C                   Am7
If they were     right, I'd a-gree, but it's them, they know, not me,

               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