Capo
3
Difficulty
Intermediate 💪
Rate for accuracy
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Key: Bb Intro: G Verse 1: G D/F# Em C G Your mother, she taught you the stars and their shapes D/F# Em C G She passed down the stories that gave them their names Em C Em The heroes and heathens, their victories and crimes C G Still echo from heaven, they call down through time Chorus: G Em There on the porch that your grandfather built C G D/F# Em Singing the songs that his grandmother sang C G There’s a creak in the stairs and it sounds like the family name
Verse 2: G G/B Em C G The last of the apple trees died in the cold G/B Em C G A 30-strong orchard, guess that’s how it goes Em C Em A honeycrisp high court, a call made in haste C G A rot from the inside, a slow fall from grace Chorus: G G/B Em Now you’re swinging in fights that your father has lost C G D/F# Em Bruising your knuckles and pride all the same C G Now there’s blood in your mouth and it tastes like the family name [Interlude] G Em C G D/F# Bridge: Em C Tangled in the ties that bind, they stretch across the great divide G D/F# To hold you close Em C Tired prayers and lullabies and all the sins you tried to hide G D/F# And all the hope you never chose Em Oh, forget-me-nots and columbines Em The willow trees and kudzu vines G You never forge a path on your own Em C Oh, we reap the things our ancestors sowed [Out-Chorus] G D/F# Em It’s there in the songs that she taught you to sing C G D/F# Em And there in the bruises, it’s harsh, it’s the same C G D/F# Em C G D/F# Em It’s the love and the fights, all the sorrow and pride, all the joy and the pain C G It’s the sun on your skin and it feels like the family name
Family Name Chords Info
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Capo: 3
Difficulty: Intermediate 💪
Chords: Bb, G, D/F#, Em, C, G/B, A