Biography:
Harry Chapin (December 7, 1942 – July 16, 1981) was an American singer and songwriter. Chapin's debut album, Heads and Tales (1972), was a success thanks to the single "Taxi". His follow-up album, Sniper and Other Love Songs, was less successful; but his third, Short Stories, was a major success. Verities & Balderdash, released soon after, was even more successful, bolstered by the chart-topping hit single "Cat's in the Cradle". He also wrote and performed a Broadway musical, The Night That Made America Famous.
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Other songs:
- Cats In The Cradle
- Circle
- Dreams Go By
- Tangled Up Puppet
- Cat’s In The Cradle
- 30000 Pounds Of Bananas
- A Better Place To Be
- A Better Place To Be Version 2
- All My Lifes A Circle
- Any Old Kind Of Day
- Better Place To Be
- Copper
- Coreys Coming
- Coreys Coming Long
- Could You Put Your Light On Please
- Flowers Are Red
- I Wanna Learn A Love Song
- I Wonder What Happened To Him
- I Wonder What Would Happen To This World
- Jenny
- Last Of The Protest Singers
- Last Stand
- Let Time Go Lightly
- Mail Order Annie
- Mr Tanner
- November Rains
- Old Folkie
- Poor Damned Fool
- Remember When The Music
- Saturday Morning
- Sequel
- She Is Always Seventeen
- Shooting Star
- Six String Orchestra
- Story Of A Life
- Stranger With The Melodies
- Sunday Morning Sunshine
- Taxi
- The Rock
- The Shortest Story
- What Made America Famous
- Wold
- You Are The Only Song
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Open: C F C (x2)
Dm
You're a livin' walkin' dream
G
You're the best I've ever seen,
C F C
Oh God I wanted you.
Dm
I've often dreamed what I would do,
G
If I could give myself to you,
C F C
Oh God I wanted to.
Am
But up 'til now you've not been free to be
Em
Foolin' around with the likes of me.
D Bb
But it's changed now, though it's strange how,
G
He's the one that arranged it now.
C G Am
But he's a poor damned fool
Dm G
'Cause he went and let you go now.
C G Am
Just a poor damned fool.
Dm G
He never will know now.
C G/B Am
Maybe someday he'll be sad.
F Dm
I say that that's too bad,
C G/B Am
He never knew how much he had.
F G C F C
I'm glad I got you now.
Dm
Yes I've had my ups and downs
G
As I've been ramblin' around
C F C
And I'll be candid.
Dm
I could not believe my eyes
G
When I finally realized
C F C
Just what that man did.
Am
Yes I've heard 'bout finders keepers
Em
And how losers are the weepers,
D Bb
It's ok,I know it's my lucky day
G
Still I just got to say. ..
C G Am
That he's a poor damned fool
Dm G
'Cause he went and let you go now.
C G Am
Just a poor damned fool.
Dm G
He never will know now.
C G/B Am
Maybe someday he'll be sad.
F Dm
I say that that's too bad,
C G/B Am
He never knew how much he had.
F G C F C
I'm glad I got you now.
Bb
Oh how I'd love to hear you say
Eb
You're glad that it worked out this way
C7
And you'll forget about yesterday
F
'Cause you feel so good.
Dm7
It's worked out real good.
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
You make me feel so good.
[Solo]
Dm-G-C-F-C
Am-Em-Dm-G
Dm
I've been tryin' to find a way to cope
G
With grasping straws And fallen hopes.
C F C
But he's made a way
Dm
And now his misfortune is my gain.
G
Though for now it gives you pain
C F C
It'll fade away
Am
And you'll find that as the years roll by
Em
The memories of the time you cried
D
Will be laid away
Bb G
Yes, they'll fade away, fade away
C G Am
And you'll forget that poor damned fool
Dm G
'Cause he went and let you go now.
C G Am
Just a poor damned fool.
Dm G
He never will know now.
C G/B Am
Maybe someday he'll be sad.
F Dm
I say that that's too bad
C G/B Am
He never knew how much he had.
F G C F C
I'm glad I got you now.
Dm G7 C F C (let C ring)
He was a poor damn fool.
Dm
You're a livin' walkin' dream
G
You're the best I've ever seen,
C F C
Oh God I wanted you.
Dm
I've often dreamed what I would do,
G
If I could give myself to you,
C F C
Oh God I wanted to.
Am
But up 'til now you've not been free to be
Em
Foolin' around with the likes of me.
D Bb
But it's changed now, though it's strange how,
G
He's the one that arranged it now.
C G Am
But he's a poor damned fool
Dm G
'Cause he went and let you go now.
C G Am
Just a poor damned fool.
Dm G
He never will know now.
C G/B Am
Maybe someday he'll be sad.
F Dm
I say that that's too bad,
C G/B Am
He never knew how much he had.
F G C F C
I'm glad I got you now.
Dm
Yes I've had my ups and downs
G
As I've been ramblin' around
C F C
And I'll be candid.
Dm
I could not believe my eyes
G
When I finally realized
C F C
Just what that man did.
Am
Yes I've heard 'bout finders keepers
Em
And how losers are the weepers,
D Bb
It's ok,I know it's my lucky day
G
Still I just got to say. ..
C G Am
That he's a poor damned fool
Dm G
'Cause he went and let you go now.
C G Am
Just a poor damned fool.
Dm G
He never will know now.
C G/B Am
Maybe someday he'll be sad.
F Dm
I say that that's too bad,
C G/B Am
He never knew how much he had.
F G C F C
I'm glad I got you now.
Bb
Oh how I'd love to hear you say
Eb
You're glad that it worked out this way
C7
And you'll forget about yesterday
F
'Cause you feel so good.
Dm7
It's worked out real good.
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
You make me feel so good.
[Solo]
Dm-G-C-F-C
Am-Em-Dm-G
Dm
I've been tryin' to find a way to cope
G
With grasping straws And fallen hopes.
C F C
But he's made a way
Dm
And now his misfortune is my gain.
G
Though for now it gives you pain
C F C
It'll fade away
Am
And you'll find that as the years roll by
Em
The memories of the time you cried
D
Will be laid away
Bb G
Yes, they'll fade away, fade away
C G Am
And you'll forget that poor damned fool
Dm G
'Cause he went and let you go now.
C G Am
Just a poor damned fool.
Dm G
He never will know now.
C G/B Am
Maybe someday he'll be sad.
F Dm
I say that that's too bad
C G/B Am
He never knew how much he had.
F G C F C
I'm glad I got you now.
Dm G7 C F C (let C ring)
He was a poor damn fool.
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