Gsus2 Dm/F Eb D
[Verse 1]
C D G
A word in your ear, from father to son
D/F# Em
Hear the word that I say
C D G
I fought with you, fought on your side
Bm E
Long before you were born
[Chorus]
G C
Joyful the sound, the word goes around
Am D
From father to son, to son
[Verse 2]
C D
And the voice is so clear, time after time it keeps
G D/F# Em
Calling you, calling you on
C D
Don't destroy what you see, your country to be
G Bm E
Just keep building on the ground that's been won
[Chorus]
G C
Kings will be crowned, the word goes around
Am D
From father to son, to son
[Re-Intro]
Gsus2 Dm/F Eb D
[Bridge 1]
F
Won't you hear us sing
F
Our family song?
F
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ab E
Now we hand it on
D A
But I've heard it all before
E D A
Take this letter that I give you
E D A
Take it, sonny, hold it high
E D
You won't understand a word that's in it
A E D
But you'll write it all again before you die
[Solo]
E D A
E D A
E A
E D A
E D A
E D A
E D C
E D A
E D A
E D A
E D A
E D C
[Verse 3]
D
A word in your ear, from father to son
G D/F# Em
Funny you don't hear a single word I say
C D
But my letter to you, will stay by your side
G Bm E
Through the years till the loneliness is gone
[Bridge 2]
G C
Sing if you will
D Em Asus4 A
But the air you breathe I live to give you
C Am G
Father to son, father to, father to, father to son
[Chorus]
G C
Joyful the sound, the word goes around
Am D
From father to son, to son
G C
Kings will be crowned, the word goes around
Am D
From father to son, to son
G C
Joyful the sound, the word goes around
Am D
From father to son, to son
G C
Kings will be crowned, the word goes around
Am D
From father to son, to son
G C
Joyful the sound, the word goes around
Am D
From father to son, to son
G C
Kings will be crowned, the word goes around
Am D
From father to son, to son
G C
Joyful the sound, the word goes around
Am D
From father to son, to son
