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