Cat Stevenst

INTRO: G  C/G  riff: (E----3----5--) rpt 3 times
                     (B--1----1----)

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

	G	Em	Am7	D
You're still	young that's your	fault, there's so	much you have to	know

	G	D/F#	C/E	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.

	G	D/F#	C/E	Am7
I was	once like you are	now, and I	know that it's not	easy

	G	Em	Am7	D
To be	calm, when you've	found something going	on

	G	D/F#	C/E	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/G riff G-C/G riff

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

	G	Em	Am7	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
I	know I	have to	go.

G-C/G riff G-C/G riff

SOLO over verse chords

(away) (away)

	G	D/F#	C/E	Am7
It's not	time to make a	change, just sit	down and take it slow	ly

(I) (know) (I have)

	G	Em	Am7
You're still	young, that's your	fault, there's so	much you have

(to make this)

	D
to go	through

(decision) (alone)

	G	D/F#	C/E	Am7
Find a girl	, settle down	, if you want	to you can mar	ry

(no)

	G	Em	Am7	D
Look at	me, I am	old, but I'm	happy.

(stay) (stay, stay)

	G	Bm	C/E	Am7
All the	times that I	cried, keeping	all the things I knew	inside

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

	G	Em	Am7	D
It's	hard, but it's	harder to ig	nore it

cision) (alone)

	G	Bm	C	Am7
If they were	right, I'd a	gree, but it's	them they know, not	me

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

	D	C	G
I	know I	have to	go.

Father and Son