song: Father and Son
interpret: Cat Stevens
capo: 0
setting: Standart
album: Tea for the Tillerman
C# D#m F# G#m G#m7 B Bbm7
e|--4--|--6--|--2--|--4--|--4--|--2--|--1--|
B|--6--|--7--|--2--|--4--|--4--|--4--|--2--|
G|--6--|--8--|--3--|--4--|--4--|--4--|--1--|
D|--6--|--8--|--4--|--6--|--4--|--4--|--3--|
A|--4--|--6--|--4--|--6--|--6--|--2--|--1--|
E|--4--|--6--|--2--|--4--|--4--|--x--|--x--|
s= slide
p= pull-off
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intro:
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B|--2----2--2p4-----------| B|--2----2--2p4-|
G|--3----3--3p4---4---4---| G|--3----3--3p4-|
D|--4----4--4-4-----------| D|--4----4--4-4-|
A|--4----4--4-------------| A|--4----4--4---|
E|--2----2--2-------------| E|--2----2--2---|
verse 1:
F# C# B G#m7
It's not time to make a change, just re-lax, take it easy,
F# D#m G#m C#
You're still young, that's your fault, there's so much you have to know,
F# C# B G#m7
Find a girl, settle down, if you want, you can marry,
F# D#m G#m7 C#
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy
verse 2:
F# Bbm7 B G#m7 F#
I was once like you are now, and I know that it's not easy to be calm,
D#m G#m7 C# F# Bbm7
When you've found something going on, but take your time, think a lot,
B G#m7 F# D#m
Why, think of everything you've got, for you will still be here to-morrow,
B
But your dreams may not
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B|--2----2--2p4-----------|
G|--3----3--3p4---4---4---|
D|--4----4--4-4-----------|
A|--4----4--4-------------|
E|--2----2--2-------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/cat_stevens/father_and_son_tab_ver_8.html ]
verse 3:
F# Bbm7 B G#m7
How can I try to ex-plain? When I do , he turns a-way again!
F# D#m G#m7 C#
It's always been the same, the same old story,
F# Bbm7 B G#m7
From the moment I could talk, I was ordered to listen,
F# D#m C# B F#
Now there's a way, and I know that I have to go away,
C# B
I know I have to go
e|--2----2--2-------2---4-| (2x)
B|--2----2--2p4-----------|
G|--3----3--3p4---4---4---|
D|--4----4--4-4-----------|
A|--4----4--4-------------|
E|--2----2--2-------------|
solo
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-3-4-6---3-4-6---3-4-6--6-6-6---8-------3------3--4-3-3---------|
D|----------------------------------4-4-6----4-6----------6-6-4-6-|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-3-4-6---3-4-6---3-4-6--6-6-6---8-------3------3--4-3-3---------|
D|----------------------------------4-4-6----4-6----------6-4---4-|
A|------------------------------------------------------------4---|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|-3-6--3-4-3---|
D|------------4-|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|
e|--2----2--2---| (2x)
B|--2----2--2p4-|
G|--3----3--3p4-|
D|--4----4--4-4-|
A|--4----4--4---|
E|--2----2--2---|
verse 4
F# C# B G#m7
It's not time to make a change, just sit down, take it slowly,
F# D#m G#m
You're still young, that's you're fault there's so much
C# F# C# B G#m7
you have to go through, Find a girl,settle down, if you want you can marry,
F# D#m G#m7 C#
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy
verse 5
F# Bbm7 B G#m7
All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside,
F# D#m G#m7 C#
It's hard, but it's harder to ig-nore it!
F# Bbm7 B G#m7
If they were right, I'd a-gree, but it's them, they know, not me,
F# D#m C# B F# C# B F#
Now there's a way, and I know that I have to go away, I know I have to go
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tabbed by Master_Pi