Father and Son
  by Cat Stevens, from Tea for the Tillerman

**I included an alternate intro in case the bar chord switch is too much.  Slide the pinky from the 3rd to 5th fret if you use the alternate intro.  The chords in the entire song are the same, except for a switch between D (1st, 4rd, and 5th) and Bm (2nd, 3rd, 6th).  Going from Am7 to D I play Am-Am7-D for more sound.
 

Intro

  E |-----3-----3------3---3--------3--------5----------|
  B |-----3-----3------3---5----------------------------|
  G |-----4-----4------4---5----5-------5---------------|
  D |-----5-----5------5---5----------------------------|
  A |-----5-----5------5---3----------------------------|
  E |-----3-----3------3---3----------------------------|
          G                C/G

Alt. Intro (No Bar Chords)

  E |-----3-----3------3---3--------3--------5----------|
  B |-----0-----0------0---1----1--------1--------------|
  G |-----0-----0------0---0----------------------------|
  D |-----0-----0------0---2----------------------------|
  A |-----x-----x------x---x----------------------------|
  E |-----3-----3------3---3----------------------------|
          G                C/G

Verse 1
           G              D            C               Am7
  It's not time to make a change, just re-lax, take it easy,
               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, settle down, if you want, you can marry,
          G        Em           Am7     D
  Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy

Verse 2
        G                 Bm7        C                  Am7        G
  I was once like you are now, and I know that it's not easy to be calm,
              Em              Am7       D                G             Bm7
  When you've found something going on,    but take your time, think a lot,
                C                 Am7               G             Em
  Why, think of everything you've got, for you will still be here to-morrow,
           D          G  C/G     G   C/G
  But your dreams may not

Verse 3
        G             Bm7            C               Am7
  How can I try to ex-plain?    When I do , he turns a-way again!
         G                  Em               Am7  D
  It's always been the same,   the same old story,
              G            Bm7           C         Am7
  From the moment I could talk, I was ordered to listen,
                 G          Em           D     G
  Now there's a way, and I know that I have to go away,
      D     C      G   C/G    G    C/G
  I know I have to go

Instrumental verse 4
       C/G            G         D               C           Am7
  E |-------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|
  B |-------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|
  G |--4-5---5-7--|---7---4-5---7---4-5----|----7-----7--7---9--------------|
  D |-------------|------------------------|---------------------5-----5--7-|
  A |-------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|
  E |-------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|

        G          Em            Am        D               G        D
  E |------------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
  B |------------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
  G |---4----------4----5-4--|--4--------------4-5--5-7--|-7--4-5---7---4-5-|
  D |--------5-7-------------|------7-7-5--7-7-----------|------------------|
  A |------------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
  E |------------------------|---------------------------|------------------|

         C        Am7           G         Em      D     G
  E |------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
  B |------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
  G |---7---7-7---9----------|--4--------4---5-4--4----|--------4-5---5-7---|
  D |---------------5----5-7-|-----5-7--------------7--|--5--5--------------|
  A |------------------------|-------------------------|----5---------------|
  E |------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|

         D       C              G     C/G               G          C/G
  E |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
  B |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
  G |----7-------5----5-4---|-----------------------|-----------------------|
  D |-----------------------|---5-----5-5-5-5-2-0---|-----------------------|
  A |-----------------------|---------------------2-|-----------------------|
  E |-----------------------|-----------------------|---3-------------------|

Verse 5
            G              D                C              Am7
  It's not time to make a change, just sit down, take it slowly,
       ( A-way ,        a-way,           a-way )

                 G                      Em                     Am
  You're still young,    that's you're fault       there's so much
                   ( I----            ----know----

            D                   G           D            C             Am7
  you have to go through, Find a girl,settle down, if you want you can marry,
    I  have to make this---    de-cision---          ---a-lone!)

         G            Em           Am7   D
  Look at me ,    I am old, but I'm happy
          ( No !)

Verse 6
            G           Bm7            C               Am7
  All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside,
        ( Stay ,       stay,         stay )

         G                   Em             Am7                 D
  It's hard,      but it's harder    to ig-nore it!
            ( Why---          ---must---        ---you go ,and make---

                     G           Bm7            C                   Am7
  If they were     right, I'd a-gree, but it's them, they know, not me,
       ---this de-cision----            ----a-lone? )

                 G          Em           D      G          D      C      G
  Now there's a way, and I know that I have to go away, I know I have to go

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Chords:    G       C/G       Bm7         C        Am7       Em       D
        355433    335553    224232     032010    x02013   022000   x00232
        3x0003    3x2013    x24432     332010
 
 
 

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