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	G	D	C	Am7
It's not	time to make a	change, just	relax and take it	easy

	G	Em
You're still	young that's your	fault,

	Am	D
there's so	much you have to	know

	G	D	C	Am7
Find a	girl, settle	down, if you	want to, you can	marry

	G	Em	Am	D
Look at	me, I am	old, but I'm	happy

	G	Bm7	C	Am7
I was	once like you are	now, and I	know that its not	easy

	G	Em	Am	D
to be	calm, when you've	found something going	on.

	G	Bm7	C	Am7
But take your	time, think a	lot, think of	everything you've	got

	G	Em	D	G
For you will	still be here to	morrow, but your	dreams may	not

	G-C	G-C
		Chorus:

	G	Bm	C	Am7
How can	I try to ex	plain?  when I	do he turns away ag	ain

	G	Em	Am	D
it's	always been the	same, same old	story

	G	Bm	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 I	have to	go away

	D	C	G	G-C	G-C
and I	know I	have to	go

(Break. Unsure of which chord of D, Bm7, or Bm is played.)

Verse:

(away) (away)

It's not time to make a change, just sit down and take it slowly

(I) (know) (I have)

You're still young, that's your fault, there's so much you have

(to make this)

to go through

(decision) (alone)

Find a girl, settle down, if you want to you can marry

(know) (no?)

Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy

(stay) (stay, stay)

All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside

(why?) (must) (you go and make this de-

It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it.

cision) (alone?)

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 to go away.

I know I have to go. (ends on single strum of G)

Someone else suggested playing C (add D), which adds the note

the voice sings. In fact, there's a whole bunch of added

notes not included here. This makes for a beautiful 2-guitar

solo, which, since it repeats the same chords, could be really

dull otherwise. If anyone can add to this, please do. The closest

I come is the G-C part (intro, ends of 1st verse, chorus and break)

where there's a little slide. One fairly easy way to play it is to

hold the C chord, add the G on the 1st string with your pinky and

slide the whole thing up, after hitting the second G:

   e ---3----3s5----------------
   b -1----1--------------------

or whatever...

BTW, any of you guys ever played this for your father?

Martin (Ted) Hermary

Department of Sociology

McGill University

855 Shebrooke Street West

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

H3A 2T7

e-mail: czth@musica.mcgill.ca

From: Harlan L Thompson

FATHER AND SON- Cat Stevens

INTRO: G  C  riff: (E----4----6--) rpt 3 times
                   (B--2----2----)

	G	D	C	Am7
It's not	time to make a	change, just r	elax and take it e	asy

	G	Em
You're still	young that's your	fault

	Am	D
there's so	much you have to	know

	G	D	C	Am7
Find a	girl, settle	down, if you	want to, you can	marry

	G	Em	Am	C	D
Look at	me, I am	old, but I'm	happy

	G	Bm7	C	Am7
I was	once like you are	now, and I	know that its not	easy

	G	Em	Am	C	D
to be	calm, when you've	found something going	on

	G	Bm7	C	Am7
But take your	time, think a	lot, why think	of everything yo	u've got

	G	Em	D	G
For you will	still be here to	morrow, but your	dreams may	not

G-C riff G-C riff

CHORUS #1:

	G	Bm	C	Am7
How can	I try to ex	plain?  when I	do he turns away ag	ain

	G	Em	Am	C	D
it's	always been the	same, same old	story

	G	Bm	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 I	have to	go away

D C G G-C riff G-C riff

and I know I have to go

(away) (away)

It's not time to make a change, just sit down and take it slowly

(I) (know) (I have)

You're still young, that's your fault, there's so much you have

(to make this)

to go through

(decision) (alone)

Find a girl, settle down, if you want to you can marry

(no)

Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy

CHORUS #2:

(stay) (stay, stay)

All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside

(why?) (must) (you go and make this de-

It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it

cision) (alone?)

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 to go away

I know I have to go

NOTE: Just a tidying up of previous versions.

(from Tea for the Tillerman, 1970)

(sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu)