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Father and Son (chromatic)

by Cat Stevens · posted by gene

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Tab


Father: 
 -3  -3*  -4* -3* -3 -3* -4*
It's not time to make a change 

 -3  -3* -4* -4* -4* -5 -2
Just re-lax, take it ea-sy

  -2     3    -3     -2     3    -3
You're still young, that's your fault

  -3*   -3* -4*  3   -3  -2  3
There's so much you have to know

 -3 -3* -4*  -3  -3* -4*
Find a girl, set-tle down

-3 -3*  -4* -4* -4* -5  -2
If you want you can mar-ry

 -2  3  -3 -2  3 -3   -3* -3  -2  3
Look at me. I am old, but I'm hap-py

-3 -3*  -4*  -3* -3  -3* -4*
 I was once like you are now

-3 -3* -4* -4*  -4*  -4* -5 -2
And I know that it's not ea-sy

-2 3   -3  -2     3     -3
To be calm when you've found 

 -3*  -3   -2  3  3    
Some-thing go-ing on

-3   -3  -3*  -4*    -3  -3* -4*
But take your time, think a lot

-3    -3* -4* -4* -4*  -4*   -5   -5
Why, think of ev-‘ry-thing you've got

-2    3     -3   -2  3   -2 -3  -3 
For you’ll still be here to-mor-row

-5   -4    -2    3  -2
But your dreams may not 



Son:
-8  -8* 8* 8* -8 -8* 8* 
How can I try to ex-plain

 -8 -8* 8* 8   8*   8* -9* -6* -6*
When I  do he turns a- way  a-gain 

 7*  -7* -6*  -6*  7*  -7*   -8  -7* -7* 7*
It's al-ways been the same, same old sto-ry 

 -8  -8* 8*  -8 -7*  -8   8*
From the mo-ment I could talk 

-8 -8* 8*   8*  8* -9* -6*
 I was or-dered to lis-ten 

-6*   7*   -7* -7* 7* -6*
Now there's a     way 

-6* 7* -7*  -7* -7* -7* 7* -6* -6 -6*          
And I know that  I have to go   a-way

-7* 8*  -7*  -8  -6* -6*
 I know  I  have  to go 


Father: 
It's not time to make a change 
Just sit down, 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:
All the times that I 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 it’s not me
Now there's a way 
And I know that I have to go away
I know I have to go
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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