Cats in the Cradle

Cats in the Cradle: Chords

Intro:
MIbadd9

MIb5   REb5 FA5 MIb5

  MIb                    SOLb
A child arrived just the other day
LAbadd9                  MIb
Came to the world in the usual way
                                   SOLb
But there were planes to catch and bills to pay
LAbadd9                      MIb
  He learned to walk while I was away
       REb             REb/FA      SIbm7     REb/LAb
He was talking 'fore I knew it and as he grew he said,
 SOLb      REb/FA  MIb
"I'm gonna be like you, dad,
    SOLb           REb/FA  MIb    MIb4   MIb
You know I'm gonna be like you"

    MIb                        REb
The cats in the cradle and the silver spoon
SOLb                   LAb
Little boy blue and a man on the moon
MIb                         REb
When you comin' home son, I don't know when
SOLb         REb/FA   MIb
 We'll get together then,
    SOLb              REb/FA    MIb
You know we'll have a good time then

MIbadd9

         MIb                     SOLb
Well, my son turned ten just the other day
         LAbadd9                       MIb
He said "Thanks for the ball dad, come on, let's play
                                       SOLb
Could you teach me to throw?", I said "Not today
        LAbadd9              MIb
I got a lot to do", he said "That's OK"
       REb         REb/DO
And he, he walked away 
       SIbm7         REb/LAb
and he smiled and he said, you know
 SOLb        REb/FA  MIb
  "I'm gonna be like him, yeah,
    SOLb           REb/FA  MIb
You know I'm gonna be like him"

    MIb                        REb
The cats in the cradle and the silver spoon
SOLb                  LAb
Little boy blue and a man on the moon
MIb                         REb
When you comin' home son, I don't know when
SOLb         REb/FA   MIb
 We'll get together then,
    SOLb              REb/FA    MIb
You know we'll have a good time then

MIbadd9

         MIb                        SOLb
Well, he came from college just the other day
   LAbadd9                MIb
So much like a man I just had to say
                            SOLb
I'm proud of you, could you sit for a while
   LAbadd9                MIb
He shook his head and he said with a smile
         REb          REb/DO     SIbm7      REb/LAb
What I'd really like, dad, is to borrow the car keys
SOLb      REb/FA       MIb              MIb4  MIb
  See you later, can I have them please?

    MIb                        REb
The cats in the cradle and the silver spoon
SOLb                   LAb
Little boy blue and a man on the moon
MIb                         REb
When you comin' home son, I don't know when
SOLb         REb/FA   MIb
 We'll get together then,
    SOLb              REb/FA    MIb
You know we'll have a good time then...

SI7+    REb  SIb  MIb

SI7+    REb  SIb  MIb

MIb                         SOLb
I've long since retired, my son's moved away
LAbadd9                   MIb       MIb4
 I called him up just the other day
    MIb                 SOLb
I'd like to see you, if you don't mind
             LAbadd9                  MIb
He said: I'd love to, dad, if I could find the time
MIb4           REb        REb/LAb
   You see, my new job a hassle 
        SIbm7           REb/LAb
and the kids have the flu,
SOLb               REb/FA      MIb
But it's sure nice talking to you dad,
          SOLb      REb/FA     MIb
It's been sure nice talkin' to you

       REb           REb/DO    SIbm7       REb/LAb
And as I hung up the phone it occurred to me
     SOLb     REb/FA    MIb
He'd grown up just like me
   SOLb    REb/FA    MIb
My boy was just like me!

    MIb                        REb
The cats in the cradle and the silver spoon
SOLb                  LAb
Little boy blue and a man on the moon
MIb                         REb
When you comin' home son, I don't know when
SOLb         REb/FA   MIb
 We'll get together then,
    SOLb              REb/FA    MIb    MIb4
You know we'll have a good time then 
    MIb                        REb
The cats in the cradle and the silver spoon
SOLb                  LAb
Little boy blue and a man on the moon
MIb                         REb
When you comin' home son, I don't know when
SOLb         REb/FA   MIb
 We'll get together then,
    SOLb              REb/FA    MIb   
You know we'll have a good time then  

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Rock Italiano

Cats in the Cradle è un brano reinterpretato e inciso dal gruppo Ugly Kid Joe, versione contenuta nel loro album America's Least Wanted pubblicato nel 1992. Disco d'esordio per la rockband californiana, ha nel titolo la parodia di un motto tipico della cultura statunitense: "America's Most Wanted" (più ricercato d'America). La canzone è una cover e risale al 1973 quando fu scritta e incisa dal cantautore folk Harry Chapin per il suo album Verities & Balderdash.

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L'autore del post

Alberto Moneti

36 anni, polistrumentista: pianoforte, chitarra, batteria, clarinetto. Ha conseguito la licenza in teoria musicale e solfeggio presso il Conservatorio Cherubini di Firenze. Dal 1997 è organista presso la Basilica di Santa Maria del Sasso, a Bibbiena (AR).