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Cats In The Cradle chords
Harry Chapin * 1974
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[Verse 1]
My Achild arrived just the Cother day
He Gcame to the world in the Ausual way
But there were planes to catch and Gbills to pay
He Clearned to walk while I Awas away
And he was Gtalkin' 'fore I knew it, and Emas he grew
He'd say "CI'm gonna Embe like Ayou dad
You Cknow I'm gonna Embe like Ayou"
[Chorus]
And the Acat's in the cradle and the Gsilver spoon
CLittle boy blue and the Aman in the moon
AWhen you comin' home dad?
I Gdon't know when, but Cwe'll get toEmgether theAn son
You Cknow we'll have a Emgood time Athen
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[Verse 2]
My Ason turned ten just the Cother day
He said, "GThanks for the ball, Dad, come Aon let's play
Can you teach me to throw", I said "CNot today
I Ggot a lot to do", he said, "AThat's ok"
And he Gwalked away but his Csmile never dimmed
And said, "CI'm gonna Embe like Ahim, yeah
You Cknow I'm gonna Embe like Ahim"
[Chorus]
And the Acat's in the cradle and the Gsilver spoon
CLittle boy blue and the Aman in the moon
AWhen you comin' home dad?
I Gdon't know when, but Cwe'll get toEmgether theAn son
You Cknow we'll have a Emgood time Athen
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[Verse 3]
Well, he Acame home from college just the Cother day
GSo much like a man I just Ahad to say
"Son, I'm proud of you, can you Csit for a while?"
He Gshook his head and Asaid with a smile
G"What I'd really like, Dad, is to Cborrow the car keys
GSee you later, can I Ahave them please?"
[Chorus]
And the Acat's in the cradle and the Gsilver spoon
CLittle boy blue and the Aman in the moon
AWhen you comin' home son?
I Gdon't know when, but Cwe'll get toEmgether theAn Dad
You Cknow we'll have a Emgood time Athen
D C Em A 2x
(Slower)
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I've Along since retired, my Cson's moved away
I Gcalled him up just the Aother day
I said, "I'd like to see you if Cyou don't mind"
He said, "I'd Glove to, Dad, if I can Afind the time
You see my Gnew job's a hassle and Emkids have the flu
But it's Csure nice Emtalking to Ayou, Dad
It's been Csure nice Emtalking to Ayou"
And Gas I hung up the phone it ocEmcurred to me
He'd Cgrown up Emjust like Ame
My Cboy was Emjust like Ame
(A Tempo)
[Chorus]
And the Acat's in the cradle and the Gsilver spoon
CLittle boy blue and the Aman in the moon
AWhen you comin' home son?
I Gdon't know when, but Cwe'll get toEmgether theAn Dad
You Cknow we'll have a Emgood time Athen
[Outro]
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