Father To Son Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][D]
[G][F][Eb][D]

[Verse 1]
[C]A word in your ear[D], from father to son[G]
[D]Hear the word that [Em]I say
[C]I fought with you[G], fou[D]ght on your side
[C]Lon[G]g b[D]efore you were born[E]

[Chorus 1]
[G]Joyful the sound, the [C]word goes around
[G]From [Am]father to son, to [D]son...

[Verse 2]
[C]And the voice is so clear,
[D]time after time it keeps on
[G]Calling you, [D]calling you [Em]on
[C]Don't destroy what you see[G],
[D]your country to be
[C]Just keep [G]building on
the [D]ground that's [E]been won

[Chorus 2]
[G]Kings will be crowned,
and the [C]word goes around
[G]From fat[Am]her to son, to son[D]

[Interlude 1]
[G][F][Eb][D]
Won't you hear us [F]sing [F](te-de-de...)
Our family [F]song [F](pa, pa...)
Ooh, [F]yeah[F]
Now we hand it on [Ab](Ooh-ooh...)[Ab]

[Bridge 1]
[E]But I've heard it all bef[D]ore[A]
[E]Take this letter that I give you[D][A]
[E]Take it sonny, hold it hig[D]h
[E]You won't understand a word that's in [D]it
But [A]you'll [E]write it out again
before you [D]die, yeah-yeah

[Solo 1]
[Em][Em][D][A]
[Em][Em][D][A]
[Em][Em][D][A]
[Em][Em][D][A]
[Em][Em][D][A]
[Em][Em][D][A]
[Em][D][C][C]

[Interlude 2]
[Em][Em][D][A]
[Em][Em][D][A]
[Em][Em][D][A]
[Em][Em][D][A]
[Em][D]

[Verse 3]
[C]A word in your ear
[D]from father to son
Funny [G]you don't hear a [D]single word I [Em]say
[C]But my letter to you[G]
[D]will stay by your side
[C]Through the [G]years till the [Bm]loneliness is [E]gone
[G]Sing if you wil[C]l,
but [G]the [D]air you [Em]breathe I [A]live to give you
[C]Father to son[A]
(father to, father to, father to [G]son)

[Chorus 3]
[G]Joyful the sound, the [C]word goes around
[G]From fat[Am]her to son, to son[G]
[G]Kings will be crowned,
and the [C]word goes around
[G]From fat[Am]her to son, to son[G]
[Repeat and fade]