Father and Son chords
by Cat StevensSong Key: G Major
Time Signature: 4/4 (3/4, 5/4)
Tempo: 64 bpm
Guitar Tuning: E A D G B e
Skill Level: Beginner (chords are fairly easy but the timing is a little tricky).
Chords: G, C/G, Am, Am7, Bm, C, Cadd9, D Em
Extras: Sheet Music Intro (helps visualize timing with 16th notes), and the inclusion of time signature changes throughout the song.
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Father and Son

Intro:4/4 Beats: 1 & & & 2 & & & 3 & & & 4 & & & Chords: ||: G C/G :|| x4 Notes: C G C A (It's not) G D C Am7 1. It's not time to make a change, just re-lax, take it ea-sy 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, set-tle down, if you want, you can mar - ry G Em | Am - D | Look at me, I am old, but I'm hap-py G D C Am7 2. I was once like you are now, and I know that it's not ea-sy G Em | Am - D | To be calm when you've found some-thing going on G D C Am7 But take your time, think a lot, think of ev-'ry-thing you've got 5⁄4 4⁄4 G Em D | G C/G - - | G C/G - - | For you will still be here to-mor-row, but your dreams may not (How can) G Bm Cadd9 Am7 3. How can I try to ex-plain, when I do he turns a-way a-gain G Em | Am - D | It's al-ways been the same, same old sto-ry G Bm Cadd9 Am7 From the mo-ment I could talk, I was or-dered to lis-ten G Em D G Now there's a way and I know that I have to go a-way 3⁄4 4⁄4 | D / C | G C/G - - | G C/G - - | I know I have to go Instr: | G - Bm | Cadd9 - Am7 | G - Em | Am - D | | G - Bm | Cadd9 - Am7 | G - Em | D G / / | 3⁄4 4⁄4 | D / C | G C/G - - | G C/G - - | G D C Am7 4. It's not time to make a change, just sit down, take it slow-ly G Em Am D You're still young, that's your fault, there's so much you have to go through G D C Am7 Find a girl, set-tle down, if you want, you can mar-ry G Em | Am - D | Look at me, I am old, but I'm hap-py G D C Am7 5. All the times that I cried, keep-ing all the things I knew in-side G Em | Am - D | It's hard, but it's hard-er to ig-nore it G D C Am7 If they were right, I'd a-gree, but it's them they know not me G Em D G Now there's a way and I know that I have to go a-way 3⁄4 | D / C | G I know I have to go...
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Song Details:
- Songwriter: Cat Stevens
- Lyrics Begin: It's not time to make a change; just relax, take it easy.
- Performing Artists: Cat Stevens
- Single:
Recorded: July 1970
Released: August 1970
B-side: Moonshadow - Genre: Folk rock
- Album: Tea for the Tillerman
Recorded: May–July 1970
Released: 23 November 1970