Father And Son

{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)


[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 6]

          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
        355433    335553    224232     332010    x02013   022000   x00232