Back to the Family chords by Jethro Tull

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Verse 1
D 
A 
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Bsus2 
A 
 (D major)  (A major)  (B major)  (Bsus2)  (A major) My telephone
wakes me in the morning
Have to get up to answer the call.
G 
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A 
So I  (G major) think I'll  (D major) go back to the family  (A major) 
G 
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A 
Where  (G major) no one  (D major) can ring me at  (A major) all.

Verse 2
A 
 (A major) Living this life has its problems
So I think that I'll give it a break.
G 
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Oh,  (G major) I'm go (D major) ing back to the family  (A major) 
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'Cause  (G major) I've had about  (D major) all I can take.  (A major) 
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Bm 
Bsus2 
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 (D major)  (A major)  (B minor)  (Bsus2)  (B minor)  (D major) 

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Verse 3

Master's in the counting house

Counting all his money.

Sister's sitting by the mirror

She thinks her hair looks funny.

Verse 4

And here am I thinking to myself

Just wondering what things to

Interlude 1

do.

Verse 5

I think I enjoyed all my problems

Where didn't I get nothing for free.

Oh, I'm going back to the family

Doing nothing is bothering me.

Verse 6
A 
I'll  (A major) get a train back to the city
That soft life is getting me down.
G 
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There's  (G major) more fun  (D major) away
A 
from the family  (A major) 
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Get some  (G major) action  (D major) when I pull into town.  (A major) 
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Bm 
Bsus2 
 (D major)  (A major)  (B minor)  (Bsus2) 

Verse 7
Bm 
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Em 
 (B minor)  (D major)  (E minor) 
Everything I do is wrong,
D 
 (D major) What the hell was I thinking?
Em 
 (E minor) Phone keeps ringing all day long
D 
 (D major) I got no time for thinking.
A 
 (A major) And every day has the

Verse 8

same old way

Of giving me too much to do.

Outro 1
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