Dsus4/G - Dm/F6 - D# - DCDA word in your ear
G
From father to son
BmEm
Hear the word that I say
CD
I fought with you
G
Fought on your side
BmE
Long before you were born
G
Joyful the sound
C
The word goes around
AmD7
From father to son to son
CD
And the voice is so clear
G
Time after time it keeps
BmEm
Calling you calling you on
CD
Don't destroy what you see
Your country to be
GBm
Just keep building on the ground
E
That's been won
G
Kings will be crowned
C
The word goes around
AmD7
From father to son to son
Dsus4/G - Dm/F6 - D# - DF
Won't you hear us sing
Our family song?
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
G#E
Now we hand it on
D - A
But I've heard it all before
ED - A
Take this letter that I give you
EA
Take it sonny hold it high
ED
You won't understand a word that's in it
AED
But you'll write it all again before you die
E - G - E - G - E - G - D - AE - D - CE - G - E - G - E - G - D - AE - D - CA word in your ear
From father to son
Funny you don't hear
A single word that I say
But my letter to you
Will stay by your side
Thru' the years
Till the loneliness is gone
GC
Sing if you will
GDEm
But the air you breathe
Asus4A7C
I live to give you
Am
Father to son father to
G
Father to father to son
G
Joyful the sound
Cmaj7
Word goes around
AmG
Father to son to son
Kings will be crowned
Word goes around
Father to son to son
Joyful the sound
Word goes around
Father to son to son
Kings will be crowned
Word goes around
Father to son to son
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.