Cats In The Cradle chords
by Ugly Kid JoeYear: N/A
Genre: Rock
- Guitar
- TuningE A D G B E
- CapoFret 1
- D
- F
- G
- C
- Am
- Bb
- A
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Intro 1
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D
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My
Verse 1
D
child arrived just the
F
other day
G
Came to the world
in the
D
usual way
But there were
D
planes to catch
and
F
bills to pay
G
He learned to
walk while I
D
was away
He was
C
talkin' 'fore I
G
knew it And
Am
as he grew
G
he said,
F
"I'm gonna
C
be like
D
you, Dad
You
F
know I'm gonna
C
be like
D
you"
And the
Chorus 1
D
cat's in the
cradle and the
C
silver spoon,
F
Little boy
blue and the man
G
on the moon
D
"When you comin'
home?" "Son, I
C
don't know
when
F
We'll get to
C
gether then
D
You
F
know we'll have a
C
good time
D
then"
D
D
Well, my
Verse 2
D
son turned ten just
the
F
other day
He said,
G
"Thanks for the ball,
Dad Come
D
on, let's play
Could you
D
teach me to throw?"
I said,
F
"Not today
I got a
G
lot to do"
He said,
D
"That's okay"
And he,
C
he walked a
G
way and he
Am
smiled and he
G
said, "You know,
F
I'm gonna
C
be like
D
him, yeah
You
F
know I'm gonna
C
be like
D
him"
And the
Chorus 2
D
cat's in the
cradle and the
C
silver spoon,
F
Little boy
blue and the man
G
on the moon
D
"When you comin'
home?" "Son, I
C
don't know
when
F
We'll get to
C
gether then
D
You
F
know we'll have a
C
good time
D
then"
D
D
D
Well, he
Verse 3
D
came from college
just the
F
other day,
So
G
much like a
man I just
D
had to say,
"I'm
D
proud of you
Could you
F
sit for a while?"
He
G
shook his head
and he said
D
with a smile,
"What I'd
C
really like,
G
Dad, is to
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borrow the car
G
keys
F
See you
C
later Can I
D
have them
please?"
And the
Chorus 3
D
cat's in the
cradle and the
C
silver spoon,
F
Little boy
blue and the man
G
on the moon
D
"When you comin'
home?" "Son, I
C
don't know
when
F
We'll get to
C
gether then
D
You
F
know we'll have a
C
good time
D
then"
Bb
C
A
D
Bb
C
A
D
D
I've
Verse 4
D
long since retired,
my
F
son's moved away
G
I called him
up just the
D
other day
"I'd
D
like to see
you, if
F
you don't mind"
He said, "I'd
G
love to, Dad,
if I could
D
find the time
You see my
C
new job's a
G
hassle and the
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kids have the flu,
G
But it's
F
sure nice
C
talkin' to
D
you, Dad
It's been
F
sure nice
C
talkin' to
D
you"
And as I
C
hung up the
G
phone it oc
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curred to me,
G
He'd
F
grown up
C
just like
D
me
My
F
boy was
C
just like
D
me
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
And the
Chorus 4
D
cat's in the
cradle and the
C
silver spoon,
F
Little boy
blue and the man
G
on the moon
D
"When you comin'
home?" "Son, I
C
don't know
when
F
We'll get to
C
gether then
D
You
F
know we'll have a
C
good time
D
then"
And the
Chorus 5
D
cat's in the
cradle and the
C
silver spoon,
F
Little boy
blue and the man
G
on the moon
D
"When you comin'
home?" "Son, I
C
don't know
when
F
We'll get to
C
gether then
D
You
F
know we'll have a
C
good time
D
then"
Outro 1
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