Intro: G C G D G C G Away we all go, summer nineteen-seventy-one D G From Chicago to Toronto, for a family reunion C G My dad at the wheel, driving five hours at a clip D G Swimming in the afternoons at another Motel 6 C G First stop in town was my grandmotherâ??s bakery D G She stood there and welcomed us, the American celebrities C G I saw her photo on the wall, I thought she was the famous one D G Then my uncles and her gave us all the cookies we want Chorus: D Here we are together C G Our fatherâ??s gone D Here we are together C G Forty years on Em Here we are together C Just daughters and sons D This is our reunion G This is our reunion INTERLUDE: C G D G D G Em C G Later in an old fancy restaurant, she wore the crown D G Surrounded by all her kin, looking proudly around Em C G I watched my dad with his brothers, with their grey-green eyes D G And their handsome faces, with dark shadows behind C G All the things my dad loved, his brothers gave to him D G Mathematics and opera, and Gilbert and Sullivan C G Oh, I used to believe he was the lucky one D G The one who got away, the mysterious prodigal son D C G At that family reunion, nineteen-seventy-one Chorus: D And here we are together C G Our fatherâ??s gone D Here we are together C G Forty years on Em Here we are together C Just daughters and sons D This is our reunion Em This is our reunion D This is our reunion G This is our reunion