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Families easy guitar chords by
Lou Reed
Lou Reed

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Verse 1

(how's the family)
G
D
G
Am
C

(how's the
G
Am
G
Am

family)
Verse 2
Am
Bm
G

Mama, you tell me how's the family
D
Am

And papa, tell me how
Bm
G

thing's going by you
Am

And little baby sister,
G
Bsus4

I heard that you got married
Am
C
Am
G

And I heard that you had yourself a little baby girl,
Am
D

too
Am

And here's some uncles and
G

some cousins I know vaguely
Am
D
C

And would you believe my old
Am
G

dog chelsea's here, too
Am
C

And would you believe nobody
Am
C

in this fam ily
G

Wanted to keep her
Am
C

And now that dog's more
D
Am

of a part of this family
G
Am

Then I am, too
D
Am
G

I don't come home much anymore
Am
C
Am

No- no- no I don't come
Bm
G

home much anymore
Am

Mama
Interlude 1
D
Am
G
Am
D
Am
G

Verse 3
Am
Bsus4

And mama, I know how disap
Bm
G

pointed you are
Am
C

And papa, I know that you
G

feel the same way, too
Bm
Am
C
D

And no- no- no- no- no I still
Am
C
G

haven't got married
Am

And no- no- no there's no
Bsus4
G

grandson planned here for you
Em
Am

And by the way,
D
Bm

daddy tell me how's the business
G
Am
D

I understand that your stock she's
Am
D
G

growing very high
Am
C

No, daddy,
Am
Bm
G

you're not a poor man any more
Am
C
Am

And I hope you'll realize
G

that before you die
Am
D

Because I don't come
Am
G

home much anymore
Am

No- no- no- no- no I don't come
G

home much no more
Interlude 2

But daddy
Am
D
C
Am
G
Bm
G
Am
G

Am
And please-
Verse 4

please-
C

please- please- please
Am
C

Come on let's not start
G

this business again
Am

I know how much you
C
G

resent the life that I have
Am

But one more time,
C
Am
D
G

I don't want the family business
Am
C
Am

Don't want to inherit it upon
G

the day that you die
C
Am
D

Really, daddy should have given
Am
G

it to my sister
C

You know elisabeth,
Am

you know elisabeth
C
Am

She has a better head for
G
Am

those things than I
C
G

She lives practically around the corner
Am
C
D

That's really the kind of child
C
Am
G

you could be proud of
C

But papa, I know that this
Am
G

visit's a mistake
Am
C
Am

There's nothing here we have in common,
D
G
Am

except our name
C
Am
G

And families that live out in the suburbs
C
D
Am
G

Often make each other cry
Bm
Am
C
Am
D

And I don't think that I'll
C
G

come home much anymore
Am

No- no, I don't think I'll
G

come home much again
Am
C
Am
G

Mama
Am
C
Am
G

Papa
Am

Families
G
Am

Often make each other cry
C

No, I don't think that I'll come home
G

much anymore
Outro 1

(how's the families)
G
C
Am
C
G


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Chords
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  • D

  • Am

  • C

  • Bm

    2
  • Bsus4

    2
  • Em

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