Cats In The Cradle
By Ugly Kid Joe
Key E
#english
Key
E
Capo:
1.0x
Cats In The Cradle
Verse 1
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A child arrived, just the
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other day
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Came to the world, in the
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usual way
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There were planes to catch,
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bills to pay
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He learned to walk, while
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I was away
He was
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talking fore, I knew it and when he could,
he said, "
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Im gonna be like
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you, dad,
You
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know Im gonna be like
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you", The
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cats in the cradle
and the
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silver spoon, Little
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boy blue
and a
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man on the moon,
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When you comin home son,
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I dont know when,
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Well get together
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then,
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You know well have a,
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good time then
My
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son turned ten, just the
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other day
He
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said "Thanks for the ball dad, come
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on, lets play
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Could you teach me to throw?", I said "
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Not today
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I got a lot to do", he said "
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Thats OK"
He
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walked away with, a smile on his face,
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he said
"
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Im gonna be like
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him, yeah, you know
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Im gonna be like
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him"
Well he
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came from college, just the
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other day
So
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much like a man, I just
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have to say
Im
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proud of you, could you
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sit for a while
He
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shook his head, and he
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said with a smile
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What Im feeling like, dad, is to borrow the car keys
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see you later, can I have
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them please
Ive
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long since retired, my
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son moved away
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I called him up, just the
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other day
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Id like to see you, if
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you dont mind
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He said: Id love to, dad, if I could
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find the time.
You see, my new
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jobs hassle, and the kids got the flu,
but
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its sure nice, talking to
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you dad,
it was
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sure nice talking to
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you. And as I
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hung up the phone
is occurred to me, Hed
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grown up just like
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me
My
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boy was just like
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me!