A Distant Relation chords by JOHN COOPER CLARKE

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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
A family affair.
We get the picture,
C 
We're in it somewhere.
G 
Permanent fixtures.
D 
People who care.
Stranger beware,
G 
C 
D 
G 
D 
This is a family affair

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Verse 2
All of our yesterday's.
Familiar rings,
C 
I have to get away,
G 
Its breaking my heart strings.
D 
We have a drink,
On special occasions,
C 
It makes me think,
G 
About distant relations,
C 
A

Verse 3
D 
family affair.
Always a mixture.
C 
Of people in chairs,
G 
Permanent fixtures,
D 
With pressure to bear.
People who care.
C 
G 
This is a family affair.

Verse 4

Holiday snapshots.

Of you and myself.

Acting the crackpot,

Like everyone else.

Verse 5

The Bermuda shorts,

and the summer creations,

Bringing thoughts,

of those distant relations.

Verse 6

A family affair.

Verse 7

We brake ornaments, and get them repaired,

We bring up past events

that hang in the air.

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This is a

Verse 8

family affair.

Interlude 1

Verse 9
D 
All our yesterdays.
Familiar rings.
C 
I have to get away,
G 
D 
from some sourroundings.
Weddings and funerals, special occasions,
C 
G 
And all the usual distant relations.

Verse 10

A family affair.

Verse 11
C 
Look at this picture. We're
in there, look there.
G 
Permanent fixtures.
D 
People who care,
Whisper who dares,
C 
This is a family affair.