Intro: (GFEbD)
CDG
A word in your ear, from father to son
BmEm
Hear the word that I say
CDG
I fought with you, fought on your side
BmE
Long before you were born
GC
Joyful the sound, the word goes around
AmD
From father to son, to son...
CD
And the voice is so clear, time after time it keeps
GBmEm
Calling you, calling you on
CD
Don't destroy what you see, your country to be
GBmE
Just keep building on the ground that's been won
GC
Kings will be crowned, and the word goes around
AmD7
From father to son, to son
(GFEbD)
F
Won't you hear us sing
Our family song
AbE
Now we hand it on
(DA)
But I've heard it all before
E (DA)
Take this letter that I give you
E (A)
Take it sonny, hold it high
E (DA)
You won't understand a word that's in it
ED
But you'll write it out again before you die (yeah yeah)
Solo: (E) (DA) 6x (EDC) (E) (DA) 4x (EDC)
CD
A word in your ear from father to son
GBmEm
Funny you don't hear a single word I say
CD
But my letter to you will stay by your side
GBmE
Through the years till the loneliness is gone
GC
Sing if you will
GDEmA4A7C
But the air you breathe I live to give you
AmG
Father to son, father to, father to, father to son
GC7M
Joyful the sound, word goes around
AmG
Father to son, to son...
C7M
Kings will be crowned, earth goes around
AmG
Father to son, to son
GC7M
Joyful the sound, word goes around
AmG
Father to son, to son...
C7M
Kings will be crowned, earth goes around
AmG
Father to son, to son
GC7M
Joyful the sound, word goes around
AmG
Father to son, to son...
C7M
Kings will be crowned, earth goes around
AmG
Father to son, to son