Father And Son - Cat Stevens

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[INTRO]
  (G-C riff)(G
  G  C      G 
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E:----|---A\3-

-C riff)(G-C r
 C      G  C  
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iff)(G-C riff)
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[VERSE]
           G              D            C                 Am7
  It's not time to make a change, just relax and 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           Am        D      
  Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy

  G    D    C 
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  Am   D  
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        G                 D          C                  Am7
  I was once like you are now, and I know that it's not easy
        G                 Em              Am        D
  to be calm, when you've found something going on
                G             D                 C                 Am7
  But take your time, think a lot, why think of everything you've got
               G               Em               D          G
  For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not
                                                                        *
  G    D    C    Am7  G    Em   Am7  D    G    D    C    Am7  G    Em   D  
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-C riff)
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[CHORUS]
          G          Bm             C                  Am7
  How can I try to explain?  when I do he turns away again
       G               Em             Am      D 
  it's always been the same, 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      (G-C riff)(G-C riff)
  I know I have to go

  G    Bm   C 
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  D    C  G  C
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      G  C
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[INSTRUMENTAL]
  G    D    C 
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G    D    C   
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-|--3~~~~~~|

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  D    C  G  C
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[VERSE]
           G              D                C                Am7
  It's not time to make a change, just sit down and take it slowly
          (away)         (away)           (away)
               G                   Em                  Am                  D
  You're still young,  that's your fault,   there's so much you have to go through
                    (I)                (know)               (I have to make this...)
         G            D            C               Am7
  Find a girl, settle down, if you want to you can marry
   (...decision)           (alone)
          G          Em           Am       D
  Look at me,   I am old, but I'm happy
            (no) 

  G    D    C 
G:----|----|--
D:----|0---|--
A:----|----|3-
E:3---|----|--

   Am7  G    E
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[CHORUS]
          G            Bm             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 ignore it
           (why)           (must)       (you go and make this...)              
               G           Bm             C               Am7
  If they were right, I'd agree, but it's them they know, not me
         (...decision)              (alone)
                G          Em          D       G       G     D      C       G
  Now there's a way, and I know that I have to go away     I know I have to go

  G    Bm   C 
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D:----|----|--
A:----|2---|3-
E:3---|----|--

   Am7  G    E
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m   Am7  D    
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G    Bm   C   
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 Am7  G    Em 
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  D G  G  
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-|----|----|
-|--3~~~~~~|

  D    C G  
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D:0---|----|--
A:----|3---|--
E:----|--3~~~~

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Tabbed by Michael Oxner
moxner@nbnet.nb.ca
Original March 15, 2011

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