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Father And Son Chords

“Father And Son” by Cat Stevens guitar chords: in the key of G with the chords G, D, C and Am7. It's an intermediate arrangement — a nice step up as you improve. Use the interactive player to transpose to your vocal range, add a capo, and autoscroll hands-free while you strum.

Chords:GDCAm7EmAmBm

Chords for Father And Son

Key: GBPM: 90Difficulty: Intermediate

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Its not Gtime to make a Dchange,

just Crelax, take it Am7easy

youre still Gyoung,

thats your Emfault,

theres so Ammuch

you have to Dknow

Find a Ggirl, settle Ddown,

if you Cwant, you can Am7marry

Look at Gme, I am Emold,

Ambut Im Dhappy

I was Gonce like you are Bmnow,

and I Cknow thats its not Am7easy

to be Gcalm when youve

Emfound Amsomething going Don

But take your Gtime, think a Bmlot,

think of Ceverything youve Am7got

for you will Gstill

be here tomorEmrow,

but your Ddreams may Gnot C

How can GI try to Bmexplain,

when I Cdo he turns away Am7again

Its Galways been the Emsame,

same old Amstory.

From the Gmoment I could Bmtalk,

I was Cordered to Am7listen

now theres a Gway and

I Emknow that I Dhave to go Gaway.

D C G

Its not Gtime to make a Dchange,

just Crelax, take it Am7slowly

youre still Gyoung,

thats your Emfault,

theres so Ammuch

you have to go Dthrough

Find a Ggirl, settle Ddown,

if you Cwant, you can Am7marry

Look at Gme, I am Emold,

Ambut Im Dhappy

All the Gtimes that

Ive tried Bmkeeping

all the Cthings

I knew Am7inside

Its Ghard but

its Emharder to Amignore it

If they were Gright, Id Bmagree,

but its Cthem they know Am7not me

now theres a Gway

and I Emknow that I Dhave to go Gaway.

I Dknow I Chave to Ggo

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About Father And Son

Cat Stevens's “Father And Son” is a popular track that guitarists love to cover. This arrangement uses 7 chords — G, D, C, Am7, Em, Am and Bm — with the progression centred on G, D and C. It's a rewarding play once you're comfortable with open chords and basic transitions. Hover or tap any chord above to see its fingering, change the key with the transpose buttons, or set a capo to match the original recording.