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FATHER AND SON
by Cat Stevens (1970)

[Father]
It's not [G]time to make a [D]change, just r[C]elax and take it e[Am7]asy
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 mar[Am7]ry
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 its not [Am7]easy
to be [G]calm, when you've [Em]found something going [Am]on [D]
But take your [G]time, think a [D]lot, why think[C] of everything yo[Am7]u've got
For you will [G]still be here to[Em]morrow, but your [D]dreams may [G]not
[Son]
How can [G]I try to ex[D]plain? when I [C]do he turns away ag[Am7]ain
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 know[D] I have[C] to go [G]
[Father]
It's not [G]time to make a [D]change, just s[C]it down and take i[Am7]t slowly
You're still [G]young, that's your [Em]fault, there's so [Am]much you have
to go th[D]rough, find a [G]girl, settle [D]down, if you [C]want you can mar[Am]ry
Look at [G]me, I am [Em]old, but I'm [Am]happy [D]
[Son]
All the [G]times that I've [D]cried, keeping [C]all the things I [Am7]knew inside
It's [G]hard, but it's [Em]harder to ig[Am]nore [D]it
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