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FATHER AND SON

Cat Stevens


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

I was [G] once like you are [D] now,
And I [C] know that's it's not [Am7] easy
To be [G] calm when you've [Em] found
Something [Am] going on [D]
But take your [G] time, think a [D] lot,
Think of [C] everything you've [Am7] got
For you will [G] still be here to-[Em]-morrow,
But your [D] dreams may [G] not [C]

How can [G] I try to ex-[D]-plain,
When I [C] do he turns a-[Am7]-way again
It's [G] always been the [Em] same,
Same old [Am] story. [D]
From the [G] moment I could [D] talk,
I was [C] ordered to [Am7] listen
Now there's a [G] way and I [Em] know
That I [D] have to [G] go away.
I [D] know I [C] have to [G] go [C]

It's not [G] time to make a [D] change,
Just re-[C]-lax, take it [Am7] slowly
You're still [G] young, that's your [Em] fault,
There's so [Am] much you have to [D] go through
Find a [G] girl, settle [D] down,
If you [C] want, you can [Am7] marry
Look at [G] me, I am [Em] old, but I'm [Am] happy [D]

All the [G] times that I've [D] tried
Keeping [C] all the things I [Am7] knew inside
It's [G] hard but it's [Em] harder to ig-[Am]-nore it [D]
If they were [G] right, I'd a-[D]-gree,
But it's [C] them they know not [Am7] me
Now there's a [G] way and I [Em] know
That I [D] have to [G] go away.
I [D]know I [C]have to [G]go