Fathers and Sons chords by
John Barlow Jarvis
John Barlow Jarvis

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Key: E major
Verse 1
D
D

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My father had so much to tell me
Things he said I had to know
G
G

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Don't make my mistakes
There are rules you can't break
D
D

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But I had to find out on my own
Now when I look at my own son,
G
G

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I see what my father went through.
D
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There's only so much you can do.
A
A

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You're proud when they walk,
scared when they run.
That's how it always has been
D
D

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between fathers and sons.
G
G

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It's a bridge you can't cross,
Gsus2
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G
G

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Gsus2
Gsus2

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D
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it's a cross you can't bear
A
A

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Just the words you can't say,
the things you can't change
D
D

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No matter how much you care
G
G

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So you do all you can,
Gsus2
Gsus2

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D
D

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and then you gotta let go
A
A

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You're just a part of the flow of the river
D
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that runs between fathers and sons.
Your mother will try to protect you,
hold you as long as she can,
G
G

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but the higher you climb,
the more you can see,
D
D

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yeah that's something I understand.
One day you'll look at your own son,
G
G

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there'll be so much that you want to say,
D
D

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but he'll have to find his own way,
A
A

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down the road he must take,
the course he must run, that's
Now it always must be
D
D

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between fathers and sons
G
G

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It's a bridge you can't cross
D
D

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It's a cross you can't bear
A
A

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It's the words you can't say
The things you can't change
G
G

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D
D

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No matter how much you can
G
G

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So you do all you can,
D
D

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and in the end you let go
A
A

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You're just a part of the flow of the river
G
G

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that runs between fathers and sons
A
A

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A part of the flow of the river
D
D

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that runs between and fathers and sons.
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D
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ChordsD G A Gsus2

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