Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam) – Father And Son (Guitar Acoustic Tab)
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Title: Father And Son
Artist: Cat Stevens
Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.)
Time: 4/4, Tempo: Q=140. Beats on eights are marked '+'.
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position. Use thumb-fretting. Let ring.
Note the syncopations, where the chord changes ahead of the new bar.
The change of octave between Father and Son is here emulated by a change of key: Son (key=C) vs. Faher (key=G)
This means certainly taking some freedom, but fits quite well with this kind of fingerstyle.
Chords: C9 = 032030, F9 = 103213, Am7 = 002010, D7 = 200212, D = 200232
[Intro] (3x) G + + Am7 + + D7 E|---------------------------|-----3----------/5---------| B|-0------------0--h1--------|-1-----------1-------------| G|-0--------0----------------|---------------------------| D|------0---------------0----|---------2------------0----| A|--------------2------------|-----------------0---------| E|-3-------------------------|-0-------------------------| [Father] (2x) D7 G + D + + + C9 + + Am7 + E|---------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------0--| B|-----------0---h1----|-3---------0--h1-------3---|---------------0--h1---3---|----------3-------3-------1--| G|---------------------|-----------------------2---|-----------------------0---|----------0-------0----------| D|------0---------0----|------0------------0-------|------0------------0-------|------2---------------2------| A|-----------0---------|-----------2---------------|-----------0---------------|-3---------------------------| E|-2-------------------|-3-------------------------|-2-------------------------|--------------0--------------| It's not time to make a change, just relax take it ea- I was once like you are now, and I know that it's not ea + G + + + Em Am + E|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|------------------------| B|-----------------------0---|-----------------------0---|-----------1---p0----|-0----------------------| G|------0----0--h2-----------|-----------0--h2-----------|---------------------|------2----2---p0---2---| D|------2------------0-------|------0------------0-------|------2---------0----|------2---------2-------| A|-----------0---------------|---------------------------|-----------2---------|-----------0------------| E|-0-------------------------|-3---------3---------------|-0-------------------|-0----------------------| sy, You're still young, that's your fault, there's so much you have to know sy To be calm when you've found something going on D7 G + D + + + C9 + + Am7 + E|---------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------0--| B|-----------0---h1----|-3---------0--h1-------3---|---------------0--h1---3---|----------3-------3-------1--| G|---------------------|-----------------------2---|-----------------------0---|----------0-------0----------| D|------0---------0----|------0------------0-------|------0------------0-------|------2---------------2------| A|-----------0---------|-----------2---------------|-----------0---------------|-3---------------------------| E|-2-------------------|-3-------------------------|-2-------------------------|--------------0--------------| Find a girl, settle down, if you want to, you can mar But take your time, think a lot, think of ev- erything you've got /----1st pass---\ /----2nd pass---\ G + + Em + + Am D7 E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------| B|------------------0--|------------------0--|---------1-p0--------|-----------------|-0---------------| G|-----0---0-h2--------|---------0-h2--------|------------------0--|-----2-----------|-----2---0-------| D|-----2---------0-----|-----0---------0-----|-----2---------0-----|-----2-------2---|-----0-------0---| A|---------0-----------|---------------------|---------2-----------|---------0-------|---------0-------| E|-0-------------------|-3-------3-----------|-0-------------------|-0---------------|-2---------------| ry, Look at me, I am old, but I'm hap- py For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not.
[Intro] (2x)
[Son] (2x) G + + C + + + Em + + + F9 + + + E|-----------0-----1---|-3--p1-----0-h1-----3--|--------------0-h1--3--|--------3-----3-----5--| B|-0-------------------|--------------------0--|--------------------1--|--------1-----1-----0--| G|--------0-----0------|--------0--------------|--------2--------------|-----------------------| D|-----0-----------0---|-----2-----------2-----|-----2-----------0-----|-----3-----------3-----| A|-----------2---------|-3---------3-----------|-----------2-----------|-----------0-----------| E|-3-------------------|-----------------------|-0---------------------|-1---------------------| How can I try to explain? 'cause when I do he turns a- From the moment I could talk I was or- dered to lis /-------1st pass------\ Dm + C + + + Am + + + G + D7 E|-----------------------|-0------------------------0--|----------1-------0-------0--|-----------------------| B|------1----1------h3---|-1--------3--p1---3-------1--|----------1-------1-------0--|-----3-------------1---| G|------2--------2-------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----0--------2--------| D|------0------------0---|------2---------------2------|------2---------------2------|---------0---------0---| A|-0---------0-----------|-3------------3--------------|--------------0--------------|-----------------------| E|-----------------------|-----------------------------|-0---------------------------|-3------------2--------| way again, It's al- ways been the same, same old story ten, now there's a way, and I know that I have I know I have to go |Son-Trailer] G + C + + + G + + + C + + E|-------------------|--------------0-----3--|--------------1------|-0-------------------|-------------------| B|-----3-p1------0---|-1------------1-----0--|--------------0------|-0------3-p1---------|-------------------| G|-----0---------0---|-0------0--------------|--------0------------|--------0---------0--|----0--------------| D|-----0---------0---|-----2-----------2-----|-----0-----------0---|-----0---------0-----|-------2-------2---| A|-----------2-------|-3---------------------|-----------2---------|-----------3---------|-----------3-------| E|-3-----------------|-----------3-----------|-3-------------------|-3-------------------|-3-----------------| to go a- way, I know I have to go [Bridge] (2x) C + + Dm7 + + G7 E|-0------------0--h1--------|-----8-----------10--------| B|---------------------------|-6-----------6-------------| G|----------0----------------|---------------------------| D|------2---------------2----|---------0------------0----| A|-3-------------------------|-0---------------0---------| E|---------------------------|---------------------------|
[Father] (1x) ... as above, 1st pass ...
It's not time to make a change, just sit down and take it slowly
You're still young, that's your fault, there's so much you have to go through
Find a girl, settle down, if you want, you can marry
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy
[Son] (2x)
All the times that I've cried, keeping all the things I knew inside
It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it
If they were right, I'd agree, but it's them they know, not me
Now there's a way, and I know that I have
|Son-Trailer]
to go away, I know I have to go
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| a Arpeggio (harp-like: pick all strings upward in fast sequence)
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| / Slide up
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