Father & Son Lesson

NOTE: If you watch any of Cat Stevens/Yusuf's videos, you will see that there are two guitars playing this song. Cat Stevens/Yusuf doesn't play all of the parts (i.e. the little riff after the initial chords.) Now, my thanks go out to Ken Wanovich for straightening out my chord structure on this song (See chords below). Check him out, he's great. I don't teach so you will catch a couple mistakes in my explanations (I added annotations). The Chords for this song go like this:

Into: G C/G (into pick described)

Verse: G Bm * C Am7 G Em Am7 D

* Yusuf plays this as a D during the first verse with the father singing and then a Bm in the next verse

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[lovacoustic]

Sorry my comment came off that way. I didn't take offense at all. Everyone interprets songs a little differently. I'm a go with the way it moves you kinda guy and that's why small changes like that don't always mean too much to me. If this were classical music and very rigid, I'd say differently. I appreciate you taking time to comment and thank you for doing so. Peace

[jfunique]

well actually not Dadd2 its Dsus2 with the 3rd finger on the 4th string 4th fret :) gracias

[lovacoustic]

@jfunique The way I look at it, is that songs are to be interpreted by whomever is playing them and so long as the basics of the song are in line, who cares if it's Dadd2, Dsus2, Bm etc etc etc. I have people playing songs I wrote at gigs and could care less what they use as long as it doesn't change the song. If you like it, do it. If people want to hear something exactly the same, they need to buy the original CD. The purpose of this was to only help build a frame of reference. Thx

[musicman257]

sorry that was supposed to be taught

[lovacoustic]

@musicman257 If you want to get technical, Cat/Yusuf is really playing a C Chord. (see 1:19 of this video youtube.com/watch?v=4cpX1Zjuai­A). I mentioned in my notes that there are actually two guitars playing this song and Cat/Yusuf doesn't even play the little riff after the G to C change. The manner in which you were taught works, but in my opinion sounds thin and incomplete. Remember that this lesson is trying to do with one guitar what Cat/Yusuf is doing with two.

[GlassPike]

baldie

[lovacoustic]

@GlassPike Thank you, but that's Mr. Baldie to you

[Axel15810]

thanks man for the video. I was playing the intro incorrectly, this version looks correct and it's much easier.

[CatPerez2012]

Honestly, and no disrespect....

Play the entire song, and then go back and explain the parts...we really are not interested in all that talk at the beginning....thanks though

[freakybob13579]

Does anyone have the TABS for SOLO part after the SON's first verse. ??

[jenharp21]

yeah right.. nice nice

[jfunique]

know how to play it exactly like him, my message wasn't to be dissing your videos, you do really good job !

cheers man and my bad , ill re syntax my future messages :)

cheers mate

[jfunique]

hi man , i think there is a misunderstanding maybe cause i am french canadian, i didn't want to correct you or anything,

i just wanted to know the exact chords, i tough you new them, really really sorry maybe my message wasn't written correctly.

i like the way you play it , i almost play the same. haha its my favorite song and i am going to see cat stevens thursday in paris i live here now, i just wanted to

[jfunique]

hi guys, after watching a lot of yusufs1cats videos, like the video clip one.

he plays tuned--half step down. and plays G Dadd2 C AM, and bm for the chorus.

correct me if im wrong.. thanks :)

[ladycadaver69]

wow never realized it was a hammer on..not a strum