A Father And A Son Cifras

These tabs are written for no capo, but he plays capo 7.
Transpose so the first chord is G to match.
 
[Intro]
       D                     A        Bm
When I was your age I was just like you,
        G                        D
And just look at me now; I'm sure you do.
                         A          Bm
But your grandfather was just as bad
       G                      D
And you should have heard him trash his dad.
 
 
[Verse]
                          A
Life's no picnic, that's a given:
   G                      D
My mom's mom died when my mom was seven;
                      A      Bm
My mom's father was a tragic guy,
    G                       D
But he was so distant and nobody knows why.
     Em                    F#m
Now, your mother's family, you know them
 
 
D  G       D                 G                    D
   Each and every one a gem, Each and every one a gem.
 
 
      D              A      Bm
When I was your age I was a mess
     G                   D
On a bad day I still am, I guess.
         D                 A          Bm
I think I know what you're going through
G                      D
Everything changes but nothing is new.
 
 
      D                      Bm
And I know that I'm miserable can't you see?
  G                   D
I just want you to be just like me.
                A        Bm
Boys grow up to be grown men
         G                    D
And then men change back into boys again.
 
 
        Em                 F#m
You're starting up and I'm winding down;
          G                      D
Ain't it big enough for us both in this town?
         G                 D
Say it's big enough for us both in this town.
 
 
 
  A  Bm         G       D       D
 
  A  Bm         G       D       D
 
  D             D
 
 
 
     D                          Em       F#m
When I was your age I thought I hated my dad
             D                      D
And that the feeling was a mutual one that we had;
   D                 A       Bm
We fought each other day and night:
      G                    D
I was always wrong; he was always right.
 
 
    Em                                F#m
But he had the power and he needed to win;
      G                      D
His life half over, mine about to begin.
A               Bm
I'm not sure about that Oedipal stuff,
         G                              D
But when we were together it was always rough.
 
 
Em                                    F#m
Hate is a strong word; I want to back-track;
    G                          D
The bigger the front, then the bigger the back;
    G                          D
The bigger the front, then the bigger the back.
 
 
Em                      F#m
Now you and me are me and you,
           Em                                  D
And it's a different ballgame though not brand-new.
                       A
I don't know what all of this fighting is for;
        D
But we're having us a teenage/middle-age war.
 
 
[Outro]
                D
I don't want to die and you want to live;
           F#m                                 D
It takes a little bit of take and a whole lot of give.
D                                A       Bm
It never really ends though each race is run,
      G                           D
This thing between a father and a son.
Em                                 F#m
Maybe it's power and push and shove,
G                      D
Maybe it's hate but probably it's love,
G                      D
Maybe it's hate but probably it's love.
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