Father And Son

Recorded originally on a Fender Rhodes, also sounds great on jazz guitar!

The F#bass with the C chord in the intro is voiced in very
softly on the recording, and rings throughout the opening
 line. This may be tricky to include on guitar-or could
very easily be left out entirely



     C/F#      D       Eb     F
e-----x--------x-------x------x---------------------------------
b-----5--------7-------8------10----------------------------------
g-----5--------7-------8------10-----------------------------------
d-----5--------7-------8------10-----------------------------------
a-----3--------5-------6------8----------------------------------
e----(2)-------x-------x------x------------------------------------



     Gbmaj9                Bb13               Bb9+5      Bb7-9+5
e----x----------------------x------------------8----------7---
b----2----------------------8------------------7----------7----
g----1----------------------7------------------7----------7--
d----3----------------------6------------------6----------6--
a----x----------------------x------------------x----------x---
e----2----------------------6------------------6----------6--
       Once in a life there comes a man like you


    Ebm11                                    Gb13  Gb9+5   C6/9
e----6---------------------------------------x-----4-------3----
b----7---------------------------------------4-----3-------3---
g----6---------------------------------------3-----3-------2---
d----6---------------------------------------2-----2-------2---
a----6---------------------------------------x-----x-------3----
e----x---------------------------------------2-----2-------x---
        And you bear a son so much like yourself


     Bmaj9                                   Bbm9       Eb7+9   Eb7-9+5
e----2---------------------------------------8-------------x------7---
b----4---------------------------------------6-------------7------5---
g----3---------------------------------------6-------------6------6---
d----4---------------------------------------6-------------5------5---
a----2---------------------------------------8-------------6------6---
e----x---------------------------------------6-------------x------x---
          And it's hard to believe that he's grown into a man

    Ab13    Ab9+5          B/Db    Bb    Db   G13-9  Bb13-9-5
e------x-----6--------------5--------x-----x-----0-------3----------
b------6-----5--------------5--------3-----6-----0-------3----------
g------5-----5--------------5--------3-----6-----1-------1-----------
d------4-----4--------------5--------3-----6-----3-------2-----------
a------x-----x--------------5--------1-----4-----2-------2----------
e------4-----4--------------x--------x-----x-----3-------x-----------
But   pop         I understand




      Bmaj9                  Bb13              Bb7+5
e------x-----------------------x---------------x---------------
b------7-----------------------8---------------7-----------------
g------8-----------------------7---------------7----------------
d------6-----------------------6---------------6---------------
a------x-----------------------x---------------x--------------
-------7-----------------------6---------------6----------
            Once every night I thank my lucky stars








    F#/E  Ebm11                              Gb13  Bb+5/C  Bbmaj7+5/C
e-----6-----x---------------------------------x-----X------5----------
b-----7-----9---------------------------------4-----3------3----------
g-----6-----6---------------------------------3-----3------3-----------
d-----x-----6---------------------------------2-----4------4----------
a-----7-----6---------------------------------x-----3------3-------
e-----x-----x---------------------------------2-----x------X------
                You've given me some guiding light


    Bmaj9                                Bbm9      Eb7+9    Eb7-9+5
e----x-----------------------------------8------------x-------7---
b----7-----------------------------------6------------7-------5-----
g----8-----------------------------------6------------6-------6-----
d----6-----------------------------------6------------5-------5-----
a----x-----------------------------------8------------6-------6----
e----7-----------------------------------6------------x-------x----
          But there comes a time when a father and a son


               Ab13    B/C#       E/F#     Gbmaj9  G/F
e--------------x--------x----------x--------x------3-------------
b--------------6--------4----------9--------2------0---------------
g--------------5--------4----------9--------3------0-----------------
d--------------4--------4----------9--------1------3-----------------
a--------------x--------4----------9--------x------x----------------
e--------------4--------x----------x--------1------x-----------------
     Can no longer            be  one


      Em9               A9            Db/D     Dmaj9
e-----2------------------0-------------x---------x----
b-----0------------------0-------------6---------5-----
g-----0------------------0-------------6---------6-----
d-----0------------------2-------------6---------7-------
a-----2------------------0-------------5---------5------
e-----0------------------x-------------x---------x-------
           It took me so long to re   cov  er-er er


         Bb9              Am9      D7+9         Gm9    Ebmaj7-5
e----------x---------------12-------x-------------5------x---------
b----------6---------------12-------6-------------3------8---------
g----------5---------------12-------5-------------3------7----------
d----------6---------------10-------4-------------3------7----------
a----------5---------------12-------5-------------5------6--------
e----------6---------------x--------x-------------3------x---------
From the pain of having denied the love I once re lied upon








      E11                     A11       Db/D         Dmaj9
e------7----------------------12---------x-----------x------------
b------7----------------------12---------6-----------5------------
g------7----------------------12---------6-----------6-------------
d------7----------------------12---------6-----------7-------------
a------7----------------------12---------5-----------5------------
e------x----------------------x----------x-----------x------------
          It takes more than time to dis coverer-er ?er






             Bb9              Am9
e------------x-----------------7----
b------------5-----------------5----
g------------6-----------------5---
d------------5-----------------5----
a------------6-----------------7---
e------------5-----------------5---
  That for both the young and old


     D7+9    Ab9        Gm9      Ebmaj7-5
e-----x-------x----------5---------x----------------------------
b-----6-------4----------3---------8-----------------------------
g-----5-------3----------3---------7------------------------------
d-----4-------4----------3---------7------------------------------
a-----5-------3----------5---------6-----------------------------
e-----x-------4----------3---------x------------------------------
The truth is sometimes cold but right


    Bmaj9                   Dmaj7-5  Dbmaj7-5  Cmaj7-5   Bmaj7-5
e-----x-----------------------x--------x--------x---------x---------
b-----7-----------------------7--------6--------5---------4------
g-----8-----------------------6--------5--------4---------3-------
d-----6-----------------------6--------5--------4---------3--------
a-----x-----------------------5--------4--------3---------2-------
e-----7-----------------------x--------x--------x---------x--------
         This is my life


   Bb7                      Bb9-5      Bb9
e---1------------------------0---------1------------------------
b---3------------------------1---------1------------------------
g---1------------------------1---------1-------------------------
d---3------------------------0---------0-------------------------
a---1------------------------1---------1------------------------
e---x------------------------x---------x-------------------------
    And I've got to hold my own





     F#/E    Ebm11
e-----6-------x----------------------
b-----7-------9----------------------
g-----6-------6-----------------------
d-----x-------6-----------------------
a-----7-------6----------------------
e-----x-------x----------------------
                    Even if it means


             Gb13      A13   Bb13  B13  C13   C7     Bmaj9
e-------------x---------x-----x----x-----x-----x------x-------------
b-------------4---------7-----8----9-----10----8------7--------------
g-------------3---------6-----7----8-----9-----x------8--------------
d-------------2---------5-----6----7-----8-----8------6--------------
a-------------x---------x-----x----x-----x-----7------x-------------
e-------------2---------5-----6----7-----8-----8------7--------------
  hurting us both



                                        Bbm9
e----------------------------------------8--------------------
b----------------------------------------6--------------------
g----------------------------------------6---------------------
d----------------------------------------6---------------------
a----------------------------------------8--------------------
e----------------------------------------6---------------------
    And the wrongs become right when we stop


                Eb7+9    Eb7-9+5
e----------------x--------7------------------------------------
b----------------7--------5------------------------------------
g----------------6--------6-------------------------------------
d----------------5--------5-------------------------------------
a----------------6--------6------------------------------------
e----------------x--------x-------------------------------------
    and wonder how


      Ab13            B/C#
e------x---------------x---------------------------------------------
b------6---------------4---------------------------------------
g------5---------------4----------------------------------------
d------4---------------4----------------------------------------
a------x---------------4---------------------------------------
e------4---------------x----------------------------------------
        Look at us         we're better friends now









      E/F#        Em           Db7+9   Db7+9+11    B6/9
e-----x------------x------7-----x-------3----------x---------------
b-----9-----9------8------------5-------5----------2---------------
g-----9------------9------------4-------4----------1---------------
d-----9------------9------------3-------3----------x---------------
a-----9------------7------------4-------4----------2--------------
e-----x------------x------------x-------x----------x---------------

transcribed by Peter Kruger JKRUGERC506@rogers.com