Father And Son By Cat Stevens – Father And Son Chords
Father And Son Chords/Lyrics/Verse
G D/F# C Am7
It’s not time to make a change, just relax and 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/F# C Am7
Find a girl, settle down, if you want, you can marry
G Em Am D
Look at me, I am old, but I’m happy
G D C Am7
I was once like you are now, and I know that it’s not easy
G Em Am D
To be calm when you’ve found something going on
G D C Am7
But take your time, think a lot, why think of everything you’ve got
G Em D G
For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not
Father And Son Chords/Lyrics/Verse 2
G Bm C Am7
How can I try to explain? ’cause when I do he turns away again
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 that I have to go away
D C G
I know I have to go
Interlude
G D C Am7
G Em Am C D
G D C Am7
G Em D G
D C G
Father And Son Chords/Lyrics/Verse 3
G D C Am7
It’s not time to make a change, just sit down and take it slowly
G Em Am D
You’re still young, that’s your fault, there’s so much you have to go through
G D C Am7
Find a girl, settle down, if you want, you can marry
G Em Am D
Look at me, I am old, but I’m happy
Father And Son Chords/Lyrics/Verse 4
G Bm C Am7
All the times that I’ve cried, keeping all the things I knew inside
G Em Am D
It’s hard, but it’s harder to ignore it
G Bm C Am7
If they were right, I’d agree, but it’s them they know, not me
G Em D G
Now there’s a way, and I know that I have to go away
D C G
I know I have to go
Cat Stevens
Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; 21 July 1948), commonly known by his stage name Cat Stevens, and later Yusuf, is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His musical style consists of folk, pop, rock, and, in his later career, Islamic music. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014.
His 1967 debut album reached the top 10 in the UK, and its title song “Matthew and Son” reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart. Stevens’ albums Tea for the Tillerman (1970) and Teaser and the Firecat (1971) were certified triple platinum in the US by the RIAA. His 1972 album Catch Bull at Four spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 and fifteen weeks at number one in the Australian ARIA Charts. He earned two ASCAP songwriting awards in 2005 and 2006 for “The First Cut Is the Deepest”, and the song has been a hit for four artists. His other hit songs include “Father and Son”, “Wild World”, “Moonshadow”, “Peace Train”, and “Morning Has Broken”. In 2007, he received the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Song Collection from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors.
In December 1977, Stevens converted to Islam and adopted the name Yusuf Islam the following year. In 1979, he auctioned all of his guitars for charity. He has since bought back at least one of these guitars as a result of the efforts of his son Yoriyos, and left his musical career to devote himself to educational and philanthropic causes in the Muslim community. He was embroiled in a long-running controversy regarding comments he made in 1989 about the death fatwa on author Salman Rushdie. He has received two honorary doctorates and awards for promoting peace from two organisations founded by Mikhail Gorbachev.
In 2006, he returned to pop music – releasing his first new studio album of new pop songs in 28 years, entitled An Other Cup. With that release and subsequent ones, he dropped the surname “Islam” from the album cover art – using the stage name Yusuf as a mononym. In 2009, he released the album Roadsinger and, in 2014, he released the album Tell ‘Em I’m Gone and began his first US tour since 1978. His second North American tour since his resurgence, featuring 12 shows in intimate venues, ran from 12 September to 7 October 2016. In 2017, he released the album The Laughing Apple.
Full Source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Stevens
