Family Tree chords by Senora May

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
G C D G

Verse:
G                                  C
my high beams cut the night like a knife into the flame
D                     G
tempered by the fire, weathered by the rain

and I been beat down and smothered
        C
so much love I can barely stand
      D                                G
while Lula's swayin' her hips from the dash in high demand
                 C           G
but there ain't enough for everybody askin'
              D         G
there's just enough to keep it close to home

Chorus:
            C     G
We all got heavy hearts for the liftin'
         D        G
We take turns to hold each other high
              C
and I climbed so tall
G                                     D
slept on every branch and I'll never fall
         C (Hammer on D string;walk down to G)
from the arms of my family tree


Verse:
G
Estill County native
       C
I'm a stranger to the fane
D
pragmatic in delivery
    G
but fall short all the same

some might say I've got it all
C
others might say I'm bound to fall
        D                                  G
to the depths of hell though all I know is love

when you're living in captivity
C
overexposed by liberty
      D                             G
you frequently forget we're all the same


Chorus:
            C     G
We all got heavy hearts for the liftin'
         D        G
We take turns to hold each other high
              C
and I climbed so tall
G                                     D
slept on every branch and I'll never fall
         C (Hammer on D String; walk down to G)
from the arms of my family tree

Am              C
shoot not your starlings
G              D
spear not your thieves
Am           C
fruit for the plenty
G                D
ask and you shall receive

G
rubber hits the pavement
       C
Like a broom onto the rug
D                           G
beating out the dirty, bad memories, sex, and drugs
                               C
I can drive the pain away one mile at a time
    D
the closer that I get to home
    G
my thoughts they come divine


Chorus:
            C     G
We all got heavy hearts for the liftin'
         D        G
We take turns to hold each other high
              C
and I climbed so tall
G                                     D
slept on every branch and I'll never fall
         C (Hammer on D String;walk down to G)
from the arms of my family tree