Tone: [D]
Intro:
[Dsus4] [Dm] [Eb] [D]
[C]A word in your ear [D]
From father to son [G]
Verse 1:
[Bm]Hear the word that I[Em]I say
[C]I fought with you [D]
Fought on your side [G]
[Bm]Long before you were[E]were born
Chorus 1:
[G]Joyful the sound
The [C]word goes around
From f[Am]father to son to s[D7]son
Verse 2:
[C]And the voice is so clear [D]
Time after time it keeps [G]
Calling you c[Bm]calling you [Em]on
[C]Don't destroy what you see [D]
Your country to be
Just keep b[G]building on the g[Bm]ground
That's been [E]won
Chorus 2:
[G]Kings will be crowned
The w[C]word goes around
From f[Am]father to son to [D7]son
Instrumental:
[Dsus4] [Dm] [Eb] [D]
Verse 3:
Won't you hear us sing [F]
Our family song?
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Now we hand it [Ab]on [E]
But I've heard it all before [D] [A]
[E]Take this
letter that I give you [D] [A]
[E]Take it sonny hold it high [A]
[E]You won't understand
a word that's in it [D]
But [A]you'll [E]write it
all again before you d[D]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]Sing if you will [C]
But [G]the [D]air you [Em]breathe
I [Asus4]live to [A7]give you [C]
Father to son [Am]father to
Father to father to [G]son
[G]Joyful the sound
[Cmaj7]Word goes around
Chorus/outro:
[Am]Father to son to s[G]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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