Family chords by Mother Mother

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

*=one strum

Intro:
DmDm Bb majorBb FF F

Verse 1:
       DmDm        Bb majorBb
They got my blood up in their veins
     FF         FF
I get a cut, they feel my pain
       DmDm         Bb majorBb
They got my heart, they got my soul
        FF       FF    E MajorE
They know the stuff nobody knows
    DmDm             Bb majorBb         FF FF
When we’re out for dinner we’re cussing like sailors
    DmDm           Bb majorBb      G minorGm
The people are staring and talking in whispers
 Gm*
“Hey what’s with the strange breed?”

Hook:
 FF         DmDm
They is my family, they is my family
 Bb majorBb            C majorC
They might be crazy, but they is my family
   FF              DmDm
You can’t get through them unless you get through me
   Bb majorBb         C majorC
You fuck with them you fuck with me

FF F

Verse 2:
         DmDm        Bb majorBb
And when you’re standing on the ledge
        FF        FF
I’ll pull ya down, put you to bed
         DmDm        Bb majorBb
And if you’re bleeding from the heart
       FF         FF  E MajorE
I'll come around, and clean it up
    DmDm            Bb majorBb     FF  FF E MajorE
When we’re at the party we’re dancing on tables
   DmDm           Bb majorBb      G minorGm
And people are staring like they got a peephole
 Gm*
“Hey look at the strange breed”

Hook:
  FF         DmDm
They is my family, they is my family
 Bb majorBb            C majorC
They might be crazy, but they is my family
   FF            DmDm
You can’t get to them unless you get through me
   Bb majorBb          C majorC
You fuck with them you fuck with me

Verse 3:
G minorGm     FF     Bb majorBb
 A augmentedA motley crew, a rodeo
      FF       A augmentedA
A majorA goddamn zoo, a circus show
          Bb majorBb
But oh don’t you know how it goes
C#*   C*   C#*   D#*   FF
We are all walking each other home

Chorus:
 FF          DmDm
They is my family, they is my family
 Bb majorBb          C majorC
They might be crazy, but they is my family
    FF            DmDm
You can’t get to them unless you get through me
   Bb majorBb            C majorC
You fuck with them you fuck with me

(that last line is fast and you should listen to the recording to figure out the tempo of that)

Chorus:
 FF          DmDm
They is my family, they is my family
 Bb majorBb            C majorC
They might be crazy, but they is my family
 FF               DmDm
You can’t get to them unless you get through me
 Bb majorBb            C majorC
You fuck with them you fuck with me

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