Intro: Dsus4 Dm Eb D

C                  D
A word in your ear
                   G
From father to son

Verse 1:
Bm                  Em
Hear the word that I say
C                 D
I fought with you
                    G
Fought on your side
Bm                  E
Long before you were born

Chorus 1:
G
Joyful the sound
    C
The word goes around
      Am               D7
From father to son to son

Verse 2:
C                          D
And the voice is so clear
                         G
Time after time it keeps
             Bm         Em
Calling you calling you on
C                          D
Don't destroy what you see
(nc)
Your country to be
           G               Bm
Just keep building on the ground
            E
That's been won

Chorus 2:
G
Kings will be crowned
     C
The word goes around
      Am              D7
From father to son to son

Instrumental: Dsus4 Dm Eb D

Verse 3:
                       F
Won't you hear us sing
(nc)
Our family song?
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                                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   G   E   G   E   G   D   A
   E   D   C
   E   G   E   G   E   G   D   A
   E   D   C

Chorus:
A 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

Chorus:
G                C
Sing if you will
    G   D       Em
But the air you breathe
  Asus4   A7       C
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

Chorus/outro:
Am                G
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
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