Family Man chords by Andrew Peterson

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
E A B E
A B E E


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

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

E A


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


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


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


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


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