Cats In The Cradle by Harry Chapin | Piano Letter Notes

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RH:5|--------c---c---c-----c-c-|
RH:4|f---f-------------G-A-----|
LH:4|--------------------D-----|
LH:4|----c---------------c-----|
LH:3|----f---------------G-----|
LH:3|----a---------------------|

RH:4|------G---A---A-g-A---A-g-|
LH:4|----------f---------------|
LH:4|----------d---------------|
LH:3|----------A---------------|

RH:5|c-----------------------c-|
RH:4|--f-f-f---f-f-f-f---f-----|
LH:4|c---------------c---------|
LH:3|f---------------f---------|
LH:3|a---------------a---------|

RH:5|----------c-c-------------|
RH:4|----G-A---------------g---|
LH:4|------D---------------f---|
LH:4|------c---------------d---|
LH:3|------G---------------A---|

RH:5|------------c-------------|
RH:4|A-g-A---g-A-----f-f---f-g-|
LH:4|------------c-------------|
LH:3|------------f-------------|
LH:3|------------a-------------|

RH:4|f-g-f-g-f-g-g-f---g-f-D---|
LH:3|--A---------------g-------|
LH:3|--D---------------c-------|
LH:3|--g---------------D-------|

RH:4|c---D---D---D-c-g---D---f-|
LH:3|--------G-------g-------a-|
LH:3|--------c-------c-------c-|
LH:3|--------D-------D-------f-|

RH:4|------c-----c-D-D-D-D-g---|
LH:3|--------------G-------g---|
LH:3|--------------c-------c---|
LH:3|--------------D-------D---|

RH:4|D---f---------------------|
LH:4|----c---------------------|
LH:3|----f---------------------|
LH:3|----a---------------------|

RH:4|------f-f-f---f-f-f-f-f-f-|
LH:3|----------a---------------|
LH:3|----------c---------------|
LH:3|----------f---------------|

RH:4|g---f-D---------D-D-D---D-|
LH:3|A---------------G---------|
LH:3|D---------------c---------|
LH:3|g---------------D---------|

RH:4|c-D-f---f-f-f---------f-f-|
LH:3|----------------------a---|
LH:3|------d---------------c---|
LH:3|------f---------------f---|
LH:2|------A-------------------|

RH:4|f-f-f---f-f-g---f---D-----|
LH:3|------------A-------------|
LH:3|------------D-------------|
LH:3|------------g-------------|

RH:4|c-D---D-c-g-D-f-----------|
LH:3|--G-------g-------a-------|
LH:3|--c-------c-------c-------|
LH:3|--D-------D-------f-------|

RH:4|------c-D-c-D-c-g---D---f-|
LH:3|--------G-------g-------a-|
LH:3|--------c-------c-------c-|
LH:3|--------D-------D-------f-|

RH:5|------------------c---c---|

RH:5|----d-c-------------------|
RH:4|--------g-f-A-------g-----|

RH:4|g-D---g---f---------------|

RH:4|G---------------g-------D-|
LH:4|d-------------------------|
LH:3|----------------A-------g-|
LH:3|f---------------D-------c-|
LH:3|G---------------g-------D-|

RH:4|------f---------------G---|
LH:4|----------------------d---|
LH:3|------a-------------------|
LH:3|------c---------------f---|
LH:3|------f---------------G---|

RH:4|------------A-------g-----|
LH:3|------------A-------g-----|
LH:3|------------D-------c-----|
LH:3|------------g-------D-----|

RH:4|--a-----------------------|
LH:4|--c-----------------------|
LH:3|--f-----------------------|
LH:3|--a-----------------------|

RH:5|----------------c-----c---|
RH:4|----f---f---f-f---------A-|
LH:4|------------------------D-|
LH:4|--------c---------------c-|
LH:3|--------f---------------G-|
LH:3|--------a-----------------|

RH:5|--c-c-c-------------------|
RH:4|----------------g-A-g-A---|
LH:4|--------------f-----------|
LH:4|--------------d-----------|
LH:3|--------------A-----------|

RH:5|----c---------------------|
RH:4|g-A---f-f-----------------|
LH:4|----c---------------c-----|
LH:3|----f---------------f-----|
LH:3|----a---------------a-----|

RH:5|----------------c---c-----|
RH:4|----f-f-f-f---f---------G-|
LH:4|----------c---------------|
LH:3|----------f---------------|
LH:3|----------a---------------|

RH:5|--c---c-------------------|
RH:4|A---------G-A-A-A---g-A---|
LH:4|D---------------f---------|
LH:4|c---------------d---------|
LH:3|G---------------A---------|

RH:5|------c-------------------|
RH:4|g-g-A-----f-f-------------|
LH:4|------c---------------c---|
LH:3|------f---------------f---|
LH:3|------a---------------a---|

RH:4|------f-f-f-g---g-f-g-f-g-|
LH:4|--------------------f-----|
LH:3|------------A-------A-----|
LH:3|------------D-------d-----|
LH:3|------------g-------g-----|

RH:4|f-g-f-D-D-----c-c-D---D---|
LH:3|--g---------------G-------|
LH:3|--c---------------c-------|
LH:3|--D---------------D-------|

RH:4|g-D---g-f---c-------D-D-D-|
LH:3|g-------a---------------G-|
LH:3|c-------c---------------c-|
LH:3|D-------f---------------D-|

RH:4|--D---g-D---g-f-----------|
LH:4|--------------c-----------|
LH:3|------g-------------------|
LH:3|------c-------f-----------|
LH:3|------D-------a-----------|

RH:4|--------------f-f-f-g-g---|
LH:4|----c---------------------|
LH:3|--------------------A-----|
LH:3|----f---------------D-----|
LH:3|----a---------------g-----|

RH:4|f-g---g-f-g---f-D-------c-|
LH:3|----------g---------------|
LH:3|----------c---------------|
LH:3|----------D---------------|

RH:4|D---c---g---D---f---------|
LH:3|G-------g-------a---------|
LH:3|c-------c-------c---------|
LH:3|D-------D-------f---------|

RH:4|----c-D-----c-g---D---f---|
LH:4|----------------------c---|
LH:3|------G-------g-----------|
LH:3|------c-------c-------f---|
LH:3|------D-------D-------a---|

RH:4|------------------------f-|
LH:4|------------c-------------|
LH:3|------------f-------------|
LH:3|------------a-------------|

RH:4|f-f---f-f-f-f-f-f-g---f-D-|
LH:4|--c-----------------------|
LH:3|------------------A-------|
LH:3|--f---------------D-------|
LH:3|--a---------------g-------|

RH:4|--------D-D-D---D-c-D-f---|
LH:3|--------G-----------------|
LH:3|--------c---------------d-|
LH:3|--------D---------------f-|
LH:2|------------------------A-|

RH:4|f-f-f---------f-f-f-f-f---|
LH:4|--------------c-----------|
LH:3|--------------f-----------|
LH:3|--------------a-----------|

RH:4|f-f-g---f---D-----c-D---D-|
LH:3|----A---------------G-----|
LH:3|----D---------------c-----|
LH:3|----g---------------D-----|

RH:4|c-g-D-f---------c-------c-|
LH:3|--g-------a---------------|
LH:3|--c-------c---------------|
LH:3|--D-------f---------------|

RH:4|D-c-D-c-g---D---f---------|
LH:4|----------------c---------|
LH:3|G-------g-----------------|
LH:3|c-------c-------f---------|
LH:3|D-------D-------a---------|
Cats In The Cradle by Harry Chapin Piano / Keyboard Easy Letter Notes for Beginners
Learn how to play Cats In The Cradle by Harry Chapin with easy piano letter notes sheet music for beginners, suitable to play on Piano, Keyboard, Flute, Guitar, Cello, Violin, Clarinet, Trumpet, Saxophone, Viola and any other similar instruments you need easy letters notes chords for.

Quick guide on how to read the letter notes

how to read and play the letter notes
Each group of letter notes is played from left to right, and vertical letters on the same column are played together.

The numbers in front of each line are the octave, each octave has an unique color so you can easily follow them.

Lowercase (a b c d e f g) letters are natural notes (white keys, a.k.a A B C D E F G ).
Uppercase (A C D F G) letters are the sharp notes (black keys a.k.a. A# C# D# F# G#), look at the image below to see where each letter note is on the piano keyboard.

The lines / dashes (-) between letters indicates timing to play the notes. Just listen to the audio file at the top of the post to figure out the time lenght of the dashes (usually 5-6 dashes is about 1 second)

RH / LH means Right Hand / Left Hand and it's mostly for people who play the piano, it tells them with what hand to play the lines. Also, if you want to play a easy version of the song, playing only the RH lines does exactly that, because on most songs RH notes are for melody and LH notes are for bass.
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  1. adminNovember 9, 2021 at 10:00 AM

    [Verse 1]
    My child arrived just the other day
    He came to the world in the usual way
    But there were planes to catch and bills to pay
    He learned to walk while I was away
    And he was talkin' 'fore I knew it, and as he grew
    He'd say "I'm gonna be like you, Dad
    You know I'm gonna be like you"

    [Chorus]
    And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
    Little boy blue and the man on the moon
    When you comin' home, Dad
    I don't know when, but we'll get together then
    You know we'll have a good time then

    [Verse 2]
    My son turned ten just the other day
    He said, "Thanks for the ball, Dad, come on let's play
    Can you teach me to throw", I said "Not today
    I got a lot to do", he said, "That's okay"
    And he walked away but his smile never dimmed
    And said, "I'm gonna be like him, yeah
    You know I'm gonna be like him"

    [Chorus]
    And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
    Little boy blue and the man on the moon
    When you comin' home, Dad
    I don't know when, but we'll get together then
    You know we'll have a good time then

    [Verse 3]
    Well, he came from college just the other day
    So much like a man I just had to say
    "Son, I'm proud of you, can you sit for a while"
    He shook his head and then said with a smile
    "What I'd really like, Dad, is to borrow the car keys
    See you later, can I have them please"

    [Chorus]
    And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
    Little boy blue and the man on the moon
    When you comin' home son
    I don't know when, but we'll get together then, Dad
    You know we'll have a good time then

    [Verse 4]
    I've long since retired, my son's moved away
    I called him up just the other day
    I said, "I'd like to see you if you don't mind"
    He said, "I'd love to, Dad, if I can find the time
    You see my new job's a hassle and the kid's got the flu
    But it's sure nice talking to you, Dad
    It's been sure nice talking to you"
    And as I hung up the phone it occurred to me
    He'd grown up just like me
    My boy was just like me

    [Chorus]
    And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
    Little boy blue and the man on the moon
    When you comin' home son
    I don't know when, but we'll get together then, Dad
    We're gonna have a good time then

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