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

[Intro]
              
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                      ( Whilst holding down C chord, move little finger off
                        2nd string, & use to play 'A' note * on 1st string)


[Verse 1]

             
It's not time 

             
to make a chan

             
ge, just re-la

           
x, take it eas

y,
              
You're still y

             
oung, that's y

            
our fault, the

            
re's so much y

             
ou have to kno

w,
             
Find a girl, s

             
ettle down, if

             
 you want, you

      
 can marry,
             
Look at me, I 

            
am old, but I'

      
m happy


[Verse 2]

             
I was once lik

           
e you are now,

             
 and I know th

             
at it's not ea

         
sy to be calm,
              
When you've fo

            
und something 

          
going on,    b

              
ut take your t

            
ime, think a l


ot,
              
Why, think of 

             
everything you

           
've got, for y

             
ou will still 

             
be here to-mor


row,
             
But your dream

                 
s may not


[Verse 3]

             
How can I try 

           
to ex-plain?  

             
  When I do , 

           
he turns a-way

 again!
             
It's always be

            
en the same,  

              
 the same old 

   
story,
             
From the momen

           
t I could talk

             
, I was ordere

       
d to listen,
              
Now there's a 

           
way, and I kno

             
w that I have 

   
to go away,
            
I know I have 

              
to go


[Instrumental verse 4]

           
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[Verse 5]

             
It's not time 

             
to make a chan

              
ge, just sit d

             
own, take it s

 
lowly,
     ( A-way ,        a-way,           a-way )

              
You're still y

             
oung,    that'

            
s you're fault

              
       there's

     
 so much
                   ( I----            ----know----

             
you have to go

              
 through, Find

             
 a girl,settle

             
 down, if you 

             
want you can m

 
arry,
 I  have to make this---    de-cision---          ---a-lone!)

             
Look at me ,  

            
  I am old, bu

          
t I'm happy
          ( No !)


[Verse 6]

             
All the times 

           
that I cried, 

             
keeping all th

           
e things I kne

w inside,
      ( Stay ,       stay,         stay )

             
It's hard,    

             
  but it's har

             
der    to ig-n

                 
ore it!
          ( Why---          ---must---        ---you go ,and make---

              
If they were  

             
   right, I'd 

           
a-gree, but it

             
's them, they 

          
know, not me,
     ---this de-cision----            ----a-lone? )

              
Now there's a 

           
way, and I kno

             
w that I have 

             
to go away, I 

            
know I have to

 
 go

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