Father and Son
Cat Stevens


Intro: G G-G/C  (2x)

         G                  D           C               Am
ItÕs not time to make a change, just relax and take it easy
             G                     Em               Am      Am7       D
YouÕre still young, thatÕs your fault, thereÕs so much you have to know
         G              D           C            Am
Find a girl, settle down, if you want, you can marry
        G         Em            Am  Am7  D
Look at me, I am old but IÕm happy
      G                   D          C                 Am
I was once like you are now, and I know that itÕs not easy
        G                Em              Am     Am7  D
To be calm when youÕve found somethinÕ goinÕ on
               G               D           C                  Am
But take your time, think a lot, think of everything youÕve got
             G                  Em            D          G   G-G/C  G  G-G/C
For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not

         G            D           C            Am
How can I try to explain? When I do he turns away again
          G                  Em           Am   Am7  D
And itÕs always been the same, same old story
          G                 D        C              Am
From the moment I could talk, I was ordered to listen
                G         Em        D        G
Now thereÕs a way and I know that I have to go away
  C      D       G  G-G/C  G  G-G/C
I know I have to go


Break

         G                  D              C                 Am
ItÕs not time to make a change, just sit down and take it slowly
             G                     Em               Am      Am7       D
YouÕre still young, thatÕs your fault, thereÕs so much you have to go through
         G              D           C            Am
Find a girl, settle down, if you want, you can marry
        G         Em            Am  Am7  D
Look at me, I am old but IÕm happy

         G                 D           C                  Am
All the times that IÕve cried, keepinÕ all the things I knew inside
             G            Em          Am     Am7  D
And itÕs hard, but itÕs harder to ignore it
               G              D         C                     Am
If they were right, IÕd agree, but itÕs them they know, not me
                G         Em        D        G
Now thereÕs a way and I know that I have to go away
  C      D       G  G-G/C  G  G-G/C
I know I have to go