Father And Son - Cat Stevens

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Title:  Father And Son
Artist: Cat Stevens
Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.)
Time:   4/4, Tempo: Q=140. Beats on eights are marked '+'.
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position. Use thumb-fretting. Let ring.
Note the syncopations, where the chord changes ahead of the new bar. 
The change of octave between Father and Son is here emulated by a change of key: Son (key=C) vs. Faher (key=G)
This means certainly taking some freedom, but fits quite well with this kind of fingerstyle.
Chords:  C9 = 032030,       F9 = 103213,      Am7 = 002010,     D7 = 200212,     D = 200232

[Intro]     (3
   G        + 
E|------------
B|-0----------
G|-0--------0-
D|------0-----
A|------------
E|-3----------

x)
      +       
--------------
--0--h1-------
--------------
----------0---
--2-----------
--------------

   Am7 +      
-|-----3------
-|-1----------
-|------------
-|---------2--
-|------------
-|-0----------

 +   D7
----/5--------
-1------------
--------------
----------0---
-----0--------
--------------

-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
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[Father]    (2
   D7         
E|------------
B|-----------0
G|------------
D|------0-----
A|-----------0
E|-2----------
             I
             I

x)
           G  
---------|----
---h1----|-3--
---------|----
----0----|----
---------|----
---------|-3--
t's not    tim
    was    onc

            + 
--------------
-------0--h1--
--------------
--0-----------
-------2------
--------------
e   to make a 
e like you are

 D   +        
---------|----
-----3---|----
-----2---|----
-0-------|----
---------|----
---------|-2--
     change,  
     now,     

           +  
--------------
-----------0--
--------------
--0-----------
-------0------
--------------
           jus
           and

     + C9     
---------|----
h1---3---|----
-----0---|----
-0-------|----
---------|-3--
---------|----
t relax       
 I   know that

      +       
--------------
------3-------
------0-------
--2-----------
--------------
----------0---
      take    
      it's not

+   Am7 +
--------0--|
3-------1--|
0----------|
----2------|
-----------|
-----------|
it      ea-
        ea

              
E|------------
B|------------
G|------0----0
D|------2-----
A|-----------0
E|-0----------
        sy,  Y
        sy   T

   +   G   +  
--------------
-----------0--
--h2----------
-------0------
--------------
--------------
ou're still yo
o be       cal

              
-|------------
-|------------
-|-----------0
-|------0-----
-|------------
-|-3---------3
ung,         t
m            w

   +       +  
--------------
-----------0--
--h2----------
-------0------
--------------
--------------
hat's your fau
hen you've fou

   Em         
-|------------
-|-----------1
-|------------
-|------2-----
-|-----------2
-|-0----------
lt,          t
nd           s

           Am 
---------|----
---p0----|-0--
---------|----
----0----|----
---------|----
---------|-0--
here's so  muc
omething   goi

                +
--------------------|
--------------------|
--2----2---p0---2---|
--2---------2-------|
-------0------------|
--------------------|
h you have to know
ng     on

   D7         
E|------------
B|-----------0
G|------------
D|------0-----
A|-----------0
E|-2----------
             F
         But t

           G  
---------|----
---h1----|-3--
---------|----
----0----|----
---------|----
---------|-3--
ind a      gir
ake your   tim

           +  
--------------
-------0--h1--
--------------
--0-----------
-------2------
--------------
l,     settle 
e,     think a

 D   +        
---------|----
-----3---|----
-----2---|----
-0-------|----
---------|----
---------|-2--
     down,    
     lot,     

           +  
--------------
-----------0--
--------------
--0-----------
-------0------
--------------
           if 
           thi

     + C9     
---------|----
h1---3---|----
-----0---|----
-0-------|----
---------|-3--
---------|----
you want to,  
nk of ev-     

      +       
--------------
------3-------
------0-------
--2-----------
--------------
----------0---
      you     
      erything

+   Am7 +
--------0--|
3-------1--|
0----------|
----2------|
-----------|
-----------|
can     mar
 you've got

              
              
E|------------
B|------------
G|-----0---0-h
D|-----2------
A|---------0--
E|-0----------
       ry, Loo
       For you

              
   G  +       
---------|----
------0--|----
2--------|----
---0-----|----
---------|----
---------|-3--
k at  me,     
 will still   

              
        +     
--------------
--------------
-----0-h2-----
-0---------0--
--------------
-----3--------
     I am     
  be here tomo

              
     Em       
---|----------
0--|---------1
---|----------
---|-----2----
---|---------2
---|-0--------
old,         b
rrow,        b

            /-
  +     +    A
-----------|--
-p0--------|--
--------0--|--
-----0-----|--
-----------|--
-----------|-0
ut I'm  hap-  
ut your       

---1st pass---
m             
--------------
--------------
---2----------
---2-------2--
-------0------
--------------
   py
              

\ /----2nd pas
   D7
-|------------
-|-0----------
-|-----2---0--
-|-----0------
-|---------0--
-|-2----------
   dreams may 

s---\
-----|
-----|
-----|
-0---|
-----|
-----|
not.

[Intro]     (2x)


[Son]       (2
   G      +   
E|-----------0
B|-0----------
G|--------0---
D|-----0------
A|-----------2
E|-3----------
             H
             F

x)
  +        C  
-----1---|-3--
---------|----
--0------|----
-----0---|----
---------|-3--
---------|----
ow   can   I t
rom  the   mom

    +     +   
p1-----0-h1---
--------------
----0---------
-2-----------2
-------3------
--------------
ry     to expl
ent    I could

  + Em        
--3--|--------
--0--|--------
-----|--------
-----|-----2--
-----|--------
-----|-0------
ain?         '
 talk         

+     +     + 
------0-h1--3-
------------1-
2-------------
---------0----
---2----------
--------------
cause when I d
      I was or

F9        +   
-|--------3---
-|--------1---
-|------------
-|-----3------
-|-----------0
-|-1----------
o         he  
-         dere

  +     +
--3-----5--|
--1-----0--|
-----------|
-----3-----|
-----------|
-----------|
  turns a-
d to    lis

              
        Dm    
E|------------
B|------1----1
G|------2-----
D|------0-----
A|-0---------0
E|------------
        way ag
        ten, n
I know I have 

                                                                        /-------1st pass------\ 
   +         C        +       +       +    Am       +       +       + G      +        D7
-----------|-0------------------------0--|----------1-------0-------0--|-----------------------|
------h3---|-1--------3--p1---3-------1--|----------1-------1-------0--|-----3-------------1---|
---2-------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----0--------2--------|
-------0---|------2---------------2------|------2---------------2------|---------0---------0---|
-----------|-3------------3--------------|--------------0--------------|-----------------------|
-----------|-----------------------------|-0---------------------------|-3------------2--------|
ain,   It's  al-      ways been the   same,         same    old    story
ow there's a way,         and I       know          that    I      have          
to go


|Son-Trailer]
   G      +   
E|------------
B|-----3-p1---
G|-----0------
D|-----0------
A|-----------2
E|-3----------
       to go  

         C    
-------|------
---0---|-1----
---0---|-0----
---0---|-----2
-------|-3----
-------|------
   a-    way, 

  +     +     
--------0-----
--------1-----
--0-----------
-----------2--
--------------
-----3--------
        I     

+ G         + 
3--|----------
0--|----------
---|--------0-
---|-----0----
---|----------
---|-3--------
know          

    +         
----1------|-0
----0------|-0
-----------|--
-------0---|--
-2---------|--
-----------|-3
    I        h

      +  C      +       +
-------------------|-------------------|
------3-p1---------|-------------------|
------0---------0--|----0--------------|
---0---------0-----|-------2-------2---|
---------3---------|-----------3-------|
-------------------|-3-----------------|
ave   to go
 
 
[Bridge]     (
   C        + 
E|-0----------
B|------------
G|----------0-
D|------2-----
A|-3----------
E|------------

2x)
      +       
--0--h1-------
--------------
--------------
----------2---
--------------
--------------

  Dm7 +       
-|-----8------
-|-6----------
-|------------
-|---------0--
-|-0----------
-|------------

 +   G7
-----10-------
-6------------
--------------
----------0---
-----0--------
--------------

-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|

[Father]    (1x)    ... as above, 1st pass ...
It's not time to make a change, just sit down and take it slowly
You're still young, that's your fault, there's so much you have to go through
Find a girl, settle down, if you want, you can marry
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy

[Son]       (2x)
All the times that I've cried, keeping all the things I knew inside
It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it
If they were right, I'd agree, but it's them they know, not me
Now there's a way, and I know that I have 

|Son-Trailer]
to go away, I know I have to go

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| a   Arpeggio (harp-like: pick all strings upward in fast sequence)
| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| /   Slide up
                                                                                    
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