Cats In The Cradle
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Capo 1


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My child arriv

            
ed just the ot

her day,
             
 He came to th

              
e world in the

 
 usual way.
             
 But there wer

              
e planes to ca

        
tch and bills 

to pay.
             
 He learned to

              
 walk while I 


was away.
             
 And he was ta

              
lking 'fore I 

          
knew it, and a

/   
s he grew,
             
 He'd say, "I'

           
m gonna be lik

            
e you, dad. Yo

              
u know I'm gon

        
na be like you

."

              
CHO 1:And the 

             
cat's in the c

              
radle and the 

 
silver spoon,
             
      Little b

              
oy blue and th

      
e man in the m

oon.
             
     "When you

              
 coming home, 

            
dad?" "I don't

 know when,
             
      We'll be

          
 together then

.
             
      You know

              
 we'll have a 

       
good time then

."

INTRO 2 first part

             
 My son turned

              
 ten just the 


other day.
             
 He said, "Tha

              
nks for the ba

         
ll, dad, come 

on let's play.
             
 Can you teach

              
 me to throw?"

          
 I said, "Not 

today,
             
 I got a lot t

              
o do." He said

   
, "That's ok."
             
 And he walked

           
 away, but his

           
 smile, lemme 

     
tell you,
             
 Said, "I'm go

          
nna be like hi

             
m, yeah.  You 

              
know I'm gonna

        
 be like him."

              
CHO 2:And the 

             
cat's in the c

              
radle and the 

 
silver spoon,
             
      Little b

              
oy blue and th

      
e man in the m

oon.
             
     "When you

              
 coming home, 

            
dad?" "I don't

 know when,
             
      We'll ge

          
t together the

 
n.
             
      You know

              
 we'll have a 

       
good time then

."

INTRO 2 first part

             
 Well, he came

              
 from college 

         
just the other

 day,
             
 So much like 

             
a man I just h

ad to say,
             
 I'm proud of 

             
you. Can you s

it for a while

?"
             
 He shook his 

             
head, and he s

aid with a smi

le,
             
 "What I'm fel

              
lin like, dad,

           
 is to borrow 

     
the car keys.
          
 See you later

      
. Can I have t

hem please?"

              
CHO 3:And the 

             
cat's in the c

              
radle and the 

 
silver spoon,
             
      Little b

              
oy blue and th

      
e man in the m

oon.
             
     "When you

              
 coming home, 

            
son?" "I don't

 know when,
             
      We'll ge

          
t together the

 
n.
             
      You know

              
 we'll have a 

       
good time then

."

           ............ 

             
 I've long sin

              
ce retired and

    
 my son's move

d away.
             
 I called him 

             
up just the ot

              
her day.......

  
..
             
 "I'd like to 

           
see you if you

 don't mind."
             
 He said, "I'd

              
 love to, dad,

             
 if I could fi

              
nd the time...

 
....
             
 You see, my n

           
ew job's a has

             
sle, and the k

/           
id's got the f

/ 
lu,
             
 But it's sure

           
 nice talking 

   
to you, dad.
             
 It's been so 

           
nice talking t

  
o you........
             
 And as I hung

           
 up the phone,

           
 it occurred t

  
o me,
             
 He'd grown up

         
 just like me.
           
 My boy was ju

        
st like me.

              
CHO 4:And the 

             
cat's in the c

              
radle and the 

 
silver spoon,
             
      Little b

              
oy blue and th

      
e man in the m

oon.
             
     "When you

              
 coming home, 

            
dad?" "I don't

 know when,
             
      We'll ge

          
t together the

 
n.
             
      You know

              
 we'll have a 

       
good time then

."  x2

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