Cat Stevens is the former stage name of Steven Demetre Georgiou (born in London on 21 July 1948). He is a British singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, humanitarian and education philanthropist. In December 1977, Stevens converted to Islam and adopted the name Yusuf Islam the following year. He began releasing music as Yusuf in 2006.
Stevens' albums Tea for the Tillerman (1970) and Teaser and the Firecat (1971) were both certified triple platinum in the US by the RIAA.
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
...SCHOOL IS OUT... by Cat Stevens -------------------...............
*from 'Matthew & Son' (1967)*
Intro:
GFD School is out now; we're gonna have some fun. GFDD7 We're gonna make like, we are the only ones.
Verse 1:
GFGGCBbGFGD7 I'm gonna buy a, piece of the sky and sell pas-sing clouds. CBbCCFEbCBbCD7 I'm gonna be a, Mayor of some small, town and tax the crowds.
GFGGCBbGFGD7 I'm gonna be a, local sur-vey-or and study the Fore-man guilds. CBbCCFEbCBbCD7 I'm gonna line up, some of the fin-est girls that are in the world!
Chorus 1:
GFCD We're coming out of school to-day, and we're so happy to be a-live. CDGCD7 It's gonna be the best day, the best day of our li-i-ives.
GFGGCBbGFGD7 I'm gonna be a, history ma-ker; I'll call myself Rich-ard the Third. CBbCCFEbCBbCD7 I'm gonna buy an, ampli-fi-er and shout out: "have you heard?"
Chorus 2:
GFCD We're coming out of school to-day, and we're so happy to be a-live. CDGCD7 It's gonna be the best day, the best day of our li-i-ives.
(Instrumental Chorus):
GFCD, CD, GCD7, GF
Interlude:
G, CDC (x2)
Coda:
GD We're coming out of school to-day, baby, GD We're coming out of school to-day, baby. GD We're coming out of school to-day...