FATHER AND SON  -       Cat Stevens


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[Father]

             
It's not     t

              
ime to make a 

                                
   change,
             
just re -    l

              
ax and take it

                                
       easy
              
You're still  

             
   young that'

            
s your     fau

                    
lt,
            
there's so    

              
  much you hav

                                 
e to     know

             
Find a     gir

             
l, settle    d

                                 
own, 
             
if you     wan

              
t to, you can 

                                
      marry
             
Look at     me

            
, I am      ol

            
d, but I'm    

                          
  happy 

             
I was     once

              
 like you are 

                                
     now,
             
and I     know

              
 that it´s not

                                
       easy
             
to be     calm

              
, when you´ve 

                                
    found
              
something goin

                                            
g     on. 

              
But take your 

             
    time, thin

                                
k a       lot,
             
think of    ev

              
erything you'v

                               
e       got
              
For you will  

             
   still be he

            
re to -      m

                   
orrow,
             
but your     d

             
reams may     

                                 
 not
 -  - riff -  -  


[Chorus] [Son]

             
How can     I 

            
try to ex -   

                                 
   plain?
             
when I     do 

             
he turns a -  

                                
    way again
             
it's     alway

            
s been the    

                                  
 same, - 
            
same old      

                                              
story 
             
From the     m

              
oment I could 

                                
     talk
             
I was     orde

           
red to       l

                                   
isten
              
now there's a 

             
    way and I 

                                
     know
             
that I    have

             
 to     go awa

                                 
y
    /        
I      know I 

  /          
      have to 

                                    
    go 

 -  - riff      2x 


[Break]

 -  -  -  -  -  -  -  - 
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/ -  -  -
 -  - riff      2x 


[Father]

             
It's not     t

              
ime to make a 

                                
    change,
             
just sit     d

              
own and take i

                                
t       slowly
              
You're still  

             
   young, that

            
's your      f

                    
ault,
            
there's so    

              
  much you hav

             
e to go     th

                    
rough
             
Find a     gir

             
l, settle     

                                 
down,
             
if you     wan

              
t to, you can 

                                
      marry
             
Look at     me

            
, I am      ol

            
d, but I'm    

                         
 happy 


[Son]

             
All the     ti

            
mes that I    

                                  
 cried,
             
keeping     al

              
l the things I

           
       knew in

                     
side
             
It's     hard,

            
 but it's     

                                  
harder
            
to ig -      n

                                              
ore it. 
              
If they were  

             
   right, I'd 

                                
a -      gree,
             
but it's     t

              
hem they know,

           
 not      me, 

                     
now
             
there's a     

            
way and I     

             
know that I   

             
 have to    go

           
 away
    /        
I      know I 

            
     have to  

                                    
   go//


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