Father And SonGino VannelliChords

  F♯ bass

  F♯7Madd9 B♭7add13 B♭9+5 B♭7-9+5

Once in a life there comes a man like you

  Ebm11 F♯7add13 F♯9+5 [C6/9]

And you bear a son so much like yourself

  B7Madd9 B♭madd9 E♭7♯9 E♭7-9+5

And it's hard to believe that he's grown into a man

  A♭7add13 A♭9+5 B/C♯ B♭ C♯ G7add13-9 B♭7add13-9

But pop I understand

  B7Madd9 Once every night B♭7add13I thank my lucky sB♭7♯5tars

  F♯/E Ebm11 F♯7add13 B♭+5/C B♭maj7+5/C

You've given me some guiding light

  B7Madd9 B♭madd9 E♭7♯9 E♭7-9+5

But there comes a time when a father and a son

  Can no lonA♭7add13ger B/C♯ be E/F♯one F♯7Madd9 G/F

  Emadd9 It took me soA9 long to re C♯covD er-eD7Madd9r er

B♭9 Amadd9 D7♯9 Gmadd9 E♭maj7-5

From the pain of having denied the love I once re lied upon

  E11 It takes more than tA11ime to disC♯ coDverer-er –D7Madd9er

  That for boB♭9th the young and Amadd9old

D7♯9 A♭9 Gmadd9 E♭maj7-5

The truth is sometimes cold but right

B7Madd9 Dmaj7-5 C♯maj7-5 Cmaj7-5 Bmaj7-5

This is my life

  B♭7 [Bb9-5] B♭9

And I've got to hold my own

  F♯ E E♭madd11 Even if it means

  eb4 F♯ G A♭ A

  hurting us F♯7add13both A7add13 B♭7add13 B7add13 C7add13 C7 B7Madd9

  And the wrongs become right when we B♭madd9stop

  E♭7♯9 E♭7-9+5

and wonder how

  A♭7add13 Look at us B/C♯ we're better friends now

  E/F♯ Em C♯7♯9 C♯7+9+11 [B6/9]