Family Tree (acoustic)

	  		 
 
 




Verse: 

Em          D/A                   Am    C/G 
    I woke up when I was Twenty-Two 
       G              D/A                Am    C/G 
    My mother said to me, what will you do? 
Em            D/A                  Am    C/G   
    She woke up when she was Forty-Eight 
            G            D/A       Am    C/G 
    I never asked her, why did you wait? 

Guitar I: 

Em    D/A    C/G    C/G    x2 




Em            D/A               Am    C/G 
    I messed up when I was Seventeen 
    G           D/A           C/G 
    Karma has a way of coming clean 


Chorus: 

Guitar I: 
                 D/A           Em 
    'Cause if my father hadn't loved her 
            Am                C/G           G 
    Then my God what would my mother have become 
              D/A            Em 
    And if my brother hadn't fought it 
            Am              C/G        D/A 
    Then my sister wouldn't turn and run 
       D/A           Em     Am            C/G      D/A 
    So go on let him leave, go on let him leave we said 
                D/A         Em            Am            C/G 
    'Cause if I ever have a lover like my father had my mother 
           G 
    I will say 
G          D/A    G      D/A    G 
    Let me go,      let me go 




Verse: 

Em              D/A                    Am    C/G 
    If he wakes up before the year is out 
          G                D/A                Am    C/G 
    He'll rid his sons and daughters of their doubt 
Em             D/A                 Am    C/G 
    And in the light of your tired eyes 
         G                   D/A             Am    C/G 
    Your tears will speak of love and better times 


Chorus: 

Guitar I: 
                 D/A           Em 
    'Cause if my father hadn't loved her 
            Am                C/G           G 
    Then my God what would my mother have become 
              D/A            Em 
    And if my brother hadn't fought it 
            Am              C/G        D/A 
    Then my sister wouldn't turn and run 
       D/A           Em     Am            C/G      D/A 
    So go on let him leave, go on let him leave we said 
                D/A         Em            Am            C/G 
    'Cause if I ever have a lover like my father had my mother 
           G 
    I will say 
G          D/A    G      D/A    G 
    Let me go,      let me go 


Guitar II:(from 'father') 
 


Bridge: 
     
Guitar I: 

    D/A    Em    Am    C/G    G    G    G    G    x4 


(Guitar II and Glockenspiel come in on 3rd Guitar I repeat) 


                                ^2nd time only 
(I like to add a 0 on the G string at the end of the 2nd time) 
(But it's not actually in the song) 


Chorus: 

Guitar I: 
                 D/A           Em 
    'Cause if my father hadn't loved her 
            Am                C/G           G 
    Then my God what would my mother have become 
              D/A            Em 
    And if my brother hadn't fought it 
            Am              C/G        D/A 
    Then my sister wouldn't turn and run 
       D/A           Em     Am            C/G      D/A 
    So go on let him leave, go on let him leave we said 
                D/A         Em            Am            C/G 
    'Cause if I ever have a lover like my father had my mother 
           G 
    I will say 
G          D/A    G      D/A    G 
    Let me go,      let me go 
G          D/A    G      D/A    G 
    Let me go,      let me go 
G          D/A    G 
    Let me go