One Big Happy Sad Family chords by Kolby Cooper

Key: G

Intro:

G C C Em C

[v.1]
G                C      G              C
Cancer it got daddy, Billy's lost his mind
G             C             Em                 C
Jenny lost a baby while her boyfriend's doin' time
G                 C         G                     C
Cousin's sellin' somethin' down at the Church of Christ
G                 C                  Em              C
He don't work on Sundays 'cause his mama raised him right
C

Doin' what we gotta do to make it

Anything to keep from goin' crazy

Chorus:
 C                          D
Dancin' in flames when the barn's on fire
G                           Em
Prayin' for rain while the coyotes weep
C                        D
Somewhere between those all-nighters
     G                  C
And tryin' to get some sleep
 C                      D
We're a bed of flowers six feet deep
G                     Em
Laughin' through our misery
C                   D
Just one big happy sad family

Em Em

[v. 2]
G                C         G        C
Sarah's cuttin' hair now since her DUI
G                C                   Em            C
Granny's on her last legs since her good boy said goodbye
G               C       G                 C
Nephew found a needle, cost him his full ride
G                  C             Em               C
He's in and out of rehab but at least he's still alive

Chorus 1:
 C                          D
Dancin' in flames when the barn's on fire
G                           Em
Prayin' for rain while the coyotes weep
C                        D
Somewhere between those all-nighters
     G                  C
And tryin' to get some sleep
 C                      D
We're a bed of flowers six feet deep
G                     Em
Laughin' through our misery
C                   D
Just one big happy sad family

Chorus 2:
 C                          D
Dancin' in flames when the barn's on fire
G                           Em
Prayin' for rain while the coyotes weep
C                        D
Somewhere between those all-nighters
     G                  C
And tryin' to get some sleep
 C                      D
We're a bed of flowers six feet deep
G                     Em
Laughin' through our misery
C                   D         Em
Just one big happy sad family
C                   D           G
Just one big happy sad family

Outro:
C Em C G C Em G