Cat Stevens — Father And Son Tab

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

Intro
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E |—————3—————3——————3———3————————3————————5——————————|
B |—————3—————3——————3———5————————————————————————————|
G |—————4—————4——————4———5————5———————5—————————5—————|
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        G                C/G

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

Verse 1
          G               D              C           Am7
It's not time to make a change, just re—lax, take it easy,
               G                 Em                Am                D
You're still young, that's your fault, there's so much you have to know,
        G             D           C             Am7
Find a girl, settle down, if you want, you can marry,
        G         Em           Am7   D
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy

Verse 2
        G               Bm7          C                 Am7         G
I was once like you are now, and I know that it's not easy to be calm,
              Em                  Am7  D                G            Bm7
When you've found something going on,    but take your time, think a lot,
                  C             Am7                 G                Em
Why, think of everything you've got, for you will still be here to—morrow,
            D        G  C/G     G   C/G
But your dreams may not

Verse 3
        G             Bm7            C               Am7
How can I try to ex—plain?    When I do , he turns a—way again!
       G                  Em               Am7  D
It's always been the same,   the same old story,
            G            Bm7           C         Am7
From the moment I could talk, I was ordered to listen,
               G          Em           D     G
Now there's a way, and I know that I have to go away,
    D     C      G   C/G    G    C/G
I know I have to go

Instrumental verse 4
     C/G            G         D               C           Am7
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      G          Em            Am        D               G        D
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G |———4——————————4————5—4——|——4——————————————4—5——5—7——|—7——4—5———7———4—5—|
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       C        Am7           G         Em      D     G
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G |———7———7—7———9——————————|——4————————4———5—4——4————|————————4—5———5—7———|
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       D       C              G     C/G               G          C/G
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G |————7———————5————5—4———|———————————————————————|———————————————————————|
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Verse 5
          G              D                C              Am7
It's not time to make a change, just sit down, take it slowly,
     ( A—way ,        a—way,           a—way )

               G                      Em                     Am
You're still young,    that's you're fault       there's so much
                   ( I————            ————know————

            D                   G           D            C             Am7
you have to go through, Find a girl,settle down, if you want you can marry,
 I  have to make this———    de—cision———          ———a—lone!)

         G            Em           Am7   D
Look at me ,    I am old, but I'm happy
          ( No !)

Verse 5
          G           Bm7            C               Am7
All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside,
      ( Stay ,       stay,         stay )

       G                   Em             Am7                 D
It's hard,      but it's harder    to ig—nore it!
          ( Why———          ———must———        ———you go ,and make———

                   G           Bm7            C                   Am7
If they were     right, I'd a—gree, but it's them, they know, not me,
     ———this de—cision————            ————a—lone? )

               G          Em           D      G          D      C      G
Now there's a way, and I know that I have to go away, I know I have to go

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Chords:    G       C/G       Bm7         C        Am7       Em       D
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