FATHER TO SON
Words and music by Brian May
Transcribed by Dane Duret


Dsus4/G - Dm/F6 - Eb - D

C (x32010@1)   DA (xx0232@1)word in your ear

                   GFrom (320003@1)father to son

Bm (x24432@1)                EmHear (022000@1)the word that I say

C (x32010@1)               DI (xx0232@1)fought with you

		    GFought (320003@1)on your side

Bm (x24432@1)                ELong (022100@1)before you were born

G (320003@1)
Joyful the sound

    CThe (x32010@1)word goes around

      Am (x02210@1)             D7From (xx0212@1)father to son to son

C (x32010@1)                        DAnd (xx0232@1)the voice is so clear

                         GTime (320003@1)after time it keeps

             Bm (x24432@1)       EmCalling (022000@1)you calling you on

C (x32010@1)                        DDon't (xx0232@1)destroy what you see

Your country to be

           G (320003@1)             BmJust (x24432@1)keep building on the ground

            EThat's (022100@1)been won

GKings (320003@1)will be crowned

     CThe (x32010@1)word goes around

      Am (x02210@1)            D7From (xx0212@1)father to son to son


Dsus4/G - Dm/F6 - Eb - D

                       FWon't (133211@1)you hear us sing

Our family song?
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba

               Ab (xx1114@1) ENow (022100@1)we hand it on

                             D- (xx0232@1)ABut (x02220@1)I've heard it all before

E (022100@1)                              D- (xx0232@1)ATake (x02220@1)this letter that I give you

E (022100@1)                              ATake (x02220@1)it sonny hold it high

E (022100@1)                                      DYou (xx0232@1)won't understand a word that's in it

    A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)                            D (xx0232@1)But you'll write it all again before you die


E- (022100@1)G- (320003@1)E- (022100@1)G- (320003@1)E- (022100@1)G- (320003@1)D- (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)name="chord_022100@1">E - D- (xx0232@1)C (x32010@1)name="chord_022100@1">E - G- (320003@1)E- (022100@1)G- (320003@1)E- (022100@1)G- (320003@1)D- (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)name="chord_022100@1">E - D- (xx0232@1)C (x32010@1)A word in your ear
From father to son
Funny you don't hear
A single word that I say
But my letter to you
Will stay by your side
Thru' the years
Till the loneliness is gone

G (320003@1)              CSing (x32010@1)if you will

    G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)     EmBut (022000@1)the air you breathe

  Asus4 (x02230@1) A7 (x02020@1)     CI (x32010@1)live to give you

              AmFather (x02210@1)to son father to

                    G (320003@1)Father to father to son

GJoyful (320003@1)the sound

Cmaj7
Word goes around

Am (x02210@1)              GFather (320003@1)to son to son
Kings will be crowned
Word goes around
Father to son to son

Joyful the sound
Word goes around
Father to son to son
Kings will be crowned
Word goes around
Father to son to son