Intro
D
Verse 1
My Dchild arrived just the Fother day He Gcame to the world in the Dusual way
But there were planes to catch and... Fbills to pay G He learned to walk while I Dwas away
And he was Ctalking 'fore I Gknew it And Amas he gre-G-ew he'd say
F I'm gonna Ambe like Dyou dad You Fknow I'm gonna Ambe like Dyou
Chorus 1
And the Dcat's in the cradle and the Csilver spoon
FLittle boy blue and the Gman in the moon
DWhen you coming home dad, I Cdon't know when
But Fwe'll get toAmgether Dthen You Fknow we'll have a Amgood time Dthen
Verse 2
My Dson turned ten just the Fother day
He said Gthanks for the ball dad come Don let's play
Can you teach me to throw, I said F not today I got a Glot to do, he said Dthat's okay
And he Cwalked aGway but his Amsmile never Gdimmed
And said FI'm gonna Ambe like Dhim yeah You Fknow I'm gonna Ambe like Dhim
Chorus 1
Verse 3
Well he Dcame from college just the Fother day So Gmuch like a man I just Dhad to say
Son I'm proud of you, can you Fsit for a while
G He shook his head, and he Dsaid with a smile
What I'd Creally like Gdad is to Amborrow the Gcar keys
F See you later can I Dhave them please?
Chorus 2
And the Dcat's in the cradle and the Csilver spoon
FLittle boy blue and the Gman in the moon
DWhen you coming home son, I Cdon't know when
But Fwe'll get toAmgether Dthen, dad You Fknow we'll have a Amgood time Dthen
Instrumental
Bb C Am D x2
Outro
I've Dlong since retired, my Fson’s moved away
G I called him up just the Dother day
I said, I’d like to see you if Fyou don’t mind, he said
I’d Glove to, dad, if I can Dfind the time
You see my Cnew job’s a Ghassle and the Amkids have the Gflu
But it’s Fsure nice Amtalking to Dyou, dad
It’s been Fsure nice Amtalking to Dyou
And as I Chung up the Gphone it ocAmcured to Gme
He’d Fgrown up Amjust like Dme
My Fboy was Amjust like Dme