Cats In The Cradle
by Harry Chapin · harmonica tab for C diatonic harmonica
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Verse
My child ar-rived just the o-ther day
He came to the world in the u-su-al way
But there were planes to catch
And bills to pay
He learned to walk while I wss a-way
And he was tal-kin' 'fore I knew it
And as he grew he'd say
"I'm gon-na be like you, Dad,
You know I'm gon-na be like you."
Chorus
And the cat's in the cra-dle
And the sil-ver spoon
Lit-tle Boy Blue
And the man on the moon
When you com-in' home, Dad
I don't know when
But we’ll get to-ge-ther then, Son
You know we'll have a good time then
And as I hung up the phone
It o-ccurred to me
He'd grown up just like me
My boy was just like me