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Date: 25/9/2002     
To: Majicat        From: DJ
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                  Father & son by Cat Stevens (1970)
Intro
     G          C/G                  G          C/G
E |--3---3---3---3------3----5----|--3---3---3---3-----3---5-----|
B |--0---0---0--h1----1-----------|--0---0---0--h1---1-----------|
G |--0---0---0---0---------5------|--0---0---0---0-------5-------|
D |--0---0---0--h2----------------|--0---0---0--h2---------------|
A |--2---2---2--------------------|--2---2---2-------------------|
E |--3---3---3----------------10\-|--3---3---3---------------10\-|
  

     G          C/G                  G          C/G
E |--3---3---3---3------3----5----|--3---3---3---3---------------|
B |--0---0---0--h1----1-----------|--0---0---0--h1---------------|
G |--0---0---0---0---------5------|--0---0---0---0---------------|
D |--0---0---0--h2----------------|--0---0---0--h2---------------|
A |--2---2---2--------------------|--2---2---2-------------------|
E |--3---3---3----------------10\-|--3---3---3-------------------|
  
  
Verse 1
          G               D(1)          Cadd9         Am
It's not time to make a change, just re-lax, take it easy,
         Am7  G/B                 Em               Am           Am7  D
You're still young, that's your fault, there's so much you have to know,
 D2     G            D(1)        Cadd9           Am
Find a girl, settle down, if you want, you can marry,
     Am7 G        Em           Am   Am7   D
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy


Verse 2
D2      G               Bm7        Cadd9               Am     Am7  G
I was once like you are now, and I know that it's not easy to be calm,
              Em                  Am Am7 D      D2        G            Bm7
When you've found something going on,      but take your time, think a lot,
                Cadd9           Am            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           Cadd9             Am
How can I try to ex-plain?    When I do , he turns a-way again!
 Am7   G/B             Em             Am        Am7 D
It's always been the same,   the same old story,
  D2        G            Bm7         Cadd9        Am
From the moment I could talk, I was ordered to listen,
            Am7 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 
                    
     D2              G           D         Cadd9       Am7
E |---------------|-------*12---10------|---10---10----12--10------------|
B |---------------|---------------------|--------------------------10----|
G |--7-7---5-p4---|----*12--------------|----------------------12--------|
D |---------------|---------------------|--------------------------------|
A |---------------|---------------------|--------------------------------|
E |---------------|---------------------|--------------------------------|
                    (*Harmonics)    

     G/B        Em           Am        D  D4 D  D2 D     G        D
E |------------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
B |--12-----10--12--13--12-|-10--8-p5-h8--7--5---------|------------------|
G |-----12-----------------|--------------------7--5---|-7--4-h5--7--4-h5-|
D |------------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
A |------------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
E |------------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
 

      C        Am7          G       Em         D      G
E |----------------------|------------------------ -|---------------------|
B |----------------------|------------------------- |---------------------|
G |---7---7---9----------|--4--------4---5-p4--4----|---------------4-h5--|
D |-------------5----5-7-|-----5-h7--------------7--|--5-----5------------|
A |----------------------|--------------------------|-----5---------------|
E |----------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
 

       D       C              G     C/G               G       C/G
E |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G |---/7------5----5--p4--|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D |-----------------------|---5-----5-5-5-5\2-0---|-----------------------|
A |-----------------------|---------------------2-|-----------------------|
E |-----------------------|-----------------------|---3-------------------| 


Verse 5
          G              D(1)            Cadd9           Am
It's not time to make a change, just sit down, take it slowly, 
     ( A-way ,        a-way,           a-way )

        Am7   G/B                     Em                     Am
You're still young,    that's you're fault       there's so much
                   ( I----            ----know----


     Am7    D            D2     G           D(1)        Cadd9          Am
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!)

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





 
Verse 5
 D2       G           Bm7          Cadd9              Am
All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside, 
      ( Stay ,       stay,         stay )

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

    D2             G           Bm7          Cadd9                 Am
If they were     right, I'd a-gree, but it's them, they know, not me,
     ---this de-cision----            ----a-lone? )

      Am7     G/B         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(1) 
        320003    3x2013    224232     332010    x02213   022000   x04232

          D2       D4       Cadd9      G/B	 D       Am
        xx0230   xx0233    x32030    x20003   xx0232   x02210

 


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