Tom: G
[Intro] G F Eb D
C
A word in your ear
D
From father to son
G D/F# Em
Hear the word that I say
C
I fought with you
D
Fought on your side
G Bm E
Long before you were born
G
Joyful the sound
C
The word goes around
Am D
From father to son to son
C
And the voice is so clear
D
Time after time it keeps
G D/F# Em
Calling you calling you on
C
Don't destroy what you see
D
Your country to be
G Bm
Just keep building on the ground
E
That's been won
G
Kings will be crowned
C
The word goes around
Am D
From father to son to son
( G F Eb D )
F
Won't you hear us sing
Our family song?
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ab
Now we hand it on
E D A
But I've heard it all before
E D A
Take this letter that I give you
E 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 D 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 C
A word in your ear
D
From father to son
G
Funny you don't hear
D/F# Em
A single word that I say
C
But my letter to you
D
Will stay by your side
G
Thru' the years
Bm E
Till the loneliness is gone
G C
Sing if you will
G D Em
But the air you breathe
A4 A7
I live to give you
C Am
Father to son father to
Father to father to son
G
Joyful the sound
C
Word goes around
Am G
Father to son to son
G
Kings will be crowned
C
Word goes around
Am G
Father to son to son
G
Joyful the sound
C
Word goes around
Am G
Father to son to son
G
Kings will be crowned
C
Word goes around
Am G
Father to son to son
G
Joyful the sound
C
Word goes around
Am G
Father to son to son
G
Kings will be crowned
C
Word goes around
Am G
Father to son to son
