Third Family Portrait chords by Radical Face

Chords with lyrics

Capo 3

[Verse 1]
      C majorC
It was the dead of winter
           FF
The cold was in our bones
      C majorC
And our shelves stood barren
       FF
As we had ever known

[Verse 2]
    FF    C majorC      FF     G+G
So our mother stands on the porch one evening
  FF    C majorC       G+G   FF
The silent crack in her stormy mask
  C majorC    G+G     FF        FF
she looked up at the sky, and said "please"

[Instrumental]
F,C,G,C,F,C,G (x2)

[Verse 3]
      C majorC                  FF
And by the turn of summer we packed up all we owned
      C majorC                  FF
And with my mom and brothers we started for the coast
  C majorC            G+G      FF
And I would count all the clouds on the way
      C majorC                  FF
And you and I would name them while the world around us changed
   FF      C majorC       FF     G+G      FF     C majorC
And I remember asking if the place we're moving would have more food
     G+G   FF    C majorC   G+G   FF
And my mother grew as distant as can be
        FF
and mouthed, "please"

[Instrumental]
F,C,G,C,F,C,G (x2)

[Bridge]
  C majorC       FF      C majorC
So I, so tired eyes, pay no mind
    FF         G+G
The river of time will drown these days out
C,F,C,F,C,F,C,F,G (Hold G+G)

[Verse 4]
C majorC                          FF
It was the year just after we stood and watched the sea
    C majorC                 FF