Family Man chords by Andrew Peterson

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
E MajorE A augmentedA BB E MajorE
A augmentedA BB E MajorE E


Verse 1:
    E MajorE
I am a family man
 A augmentedA             E MajorE
I traded in my mustang for a minivan
    A augmentedA       BB       C# minorC#m
This is not what I was headed for when I began
     BB
This was not my plan
    A augmentedA     A augmentedA BB
I am a family man

Chorus:
  E MajorE  A augmentedA    BB   E MajorE
But everything I had to lose
   C# minorC#m  A augmentedA       BB  E MajorE
Came back a thousand times in you
        A augmentedA      BB
And you fill me up with love
    E MajorE  BB  A augmentedA
Fill me up with love
         BB
And you help me stand
       E MajorE     A augmentedA
'Cause I am a family man

E MajorE A augmentedA


Verse 2:
  E MajorE
And life is good
          A augmentedA
That's something I always knew
  BB       E MajorE
But I just never understood
       A augmentedA         BB       C# minorC#m
Well if you'd asked me then you know I'd say I never would
         BB
Settle down in a neighborhood
     A augmentedA       BB
I never thought I could

Chorus:
   E MajorE    A augmentedA   BB E MajorE
But I don't remember anymore
C# minorC#m  A augmentedA  BB   E MajorE
Who I even was before
       A augmentedA    BB
You filled me up with love
     E MajorE  BB  A augmentedA
Filled me up with love
         BB
And you help me stand


Bridge:
         C# minorC#m
So come on with the thunder clouds
    A augmentedA                  E MajorE
Let the cold wind rail against us, let the rain come down
    A augmentedA      BB        C# minorC#m
We can build a roof above us with the love we've found
     BB
We can stand our ground
      A augmentedA
So let the rain come down


Chorus:
    E MajorE     A augmentedA    BB     E MajorE
'Cause love binds up what breaks in two
 C# minorC#m    A augmentedA    BB     E MajorE
So keep my heart so close to you
         A augmentedA    BB
And I'll fill you up with love
     E MajorE  BB  A augmentedA
Fill you up with love
          BB
And I'll help you stand
        E MajorE
'Cause I am a family man


Outro:
   A augmentedA
I'm saving my vacation time
  E MajorE
For Disneyland
    A augmentedA       BB       C# minorC#m
This is not what I was headed for when I began
     BB
This was not my plan
      A augmentedA
It's so much better than
    E MajorE     A augmentedA
So much better than
       E MajorE      A augmentedA BB E MajorE
'Cause I am a family man