This is a tab I found on UG, it's got not author so I can't say who transcribed
all the chords, but I completely re-did the solo, I couldn't find a decent tab of
it anywhere on the net.
I also formatted so it's a bit easier to follow through with the song. The solo is
going to be a bit off but it's pretty damn close.
If your interested, I transcribed the solo off of a Youtube clip, only decent one
I could find, here's the link to the clip, it may help :) ENJOY!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO84NFc-83k&feature=related
Mattech
mattattafe@hotmail.com
Cat Stevens - Father and Son
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Chords: G C/G Bm7 C Am7 Em D
355433 335553 224232 332010 x02013 022000 x00232
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-Brackets mean ghost note - don't strum but let the last strum ring through eg.(10)
-Dot means don't let the note ring out eg. 5.
Intro
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E |-----3-----3------3---3--------3--------5----------|
B |-----3-----3------3---5----------------------------|
G |-----4-----4------4---5----5-------5---------5-----|
D |-----5-----5------5---5----------------------------|
A |-----5-----5------5---3----------------------------|
E |-----3-----3------3---3----------------------------|
***(Whilst holding down C chord, move little finger off
2nd string, & use to play 'A' note * on 1st string)
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 C 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
But your dreams may not
Fill - (the last G of the verse is the start of the fill)
G
E |-----3-----3------3---3--------3--------5----------|
B |-----3-----3------3---5----------------------------|play twice.
G |-----4-----4------4---5----5-------5---------------|2nd time round
D |-----5-----5------5---5----------------------------|only play 1st half.
A |-----5-----5------5---3----------------------------| |
E |-----3-----3------3---3----------------------------| |
\_______________________/ <---------------------------------+
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
I know I have to go
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/cat_stevens/father_and_son_tab_ver_9.html ]
Fill - (the last G of the verse is the start of the fill)
G
E |-----3-----3------3---3--------3--------5----------|
B |-----3-----3------3---5----------------------------|play twice.
G |-----4-----4------4---5----5-------5---------------|
D |-----5-----5------5---5----------------------------|
A |-----5-----5------5---3----------------------------|
E |-----3-----3------3---3----------------------------|
Guitar Solo
v v v v
|--0-0-2-3-(3)--|
|--1-1-3-3-(3)--|
|--0-0-2-0-(0)--|
|--2-2-0-0-(0)--|
|--3-3-0-2-(2)--|
|--0-0-0-3-(3)--|
|--12--10~---8-10--10~--(10)--10--(10)--|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
h h s h s h s
|--10---12--10-12.--10/3--3-5.--5/7~---3-5--5/7~----|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
s
|--7/8--7.--5~--3------s---------------|
|------------------5.-5/8.--7-8-7-5-3--|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------s------|
|-0--1--3~---0--1--3~---0--1.--3~-3~-3/5-----|
|-----------------------------------------5~-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------s-----------s-----h-----h-------------|
|--0--2--2/4---0--2--2/4---4-5-4-2-4--2---------|
|----------------------------------------5---5--|
|------------------------------------------5----|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-------s-----h-p--------------------|
|--4.--4/7~--4-5-4--2--0-------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
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 C D
Look at me , I am old, but I'm happy
( No !)
Verse 5
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
