Family chords by Jesse Ruben

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Verse 1
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 (D major) I am only nine years  (B minor) old  (D major) 
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 (G major) And I don't like what  (D major) I  hear  (A major) 
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 (D major) My father  (B minor) on my  (E minor) left
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 (D major) My sis (C major) ter on the steps
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 (E minor) My mother in  (D major) tears
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So  (A major)  (B minor) this is what it looks like
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 (A major) When there's nowhere  (D major) to  (E minor) hide
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This  (B minor) is what it looks like
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 (A major) When a family  (D major) di  (E minor) vides
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 (G major) Mother, I see  (D major) the way you're stand (A major) ing
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 (G major) Mother, please  (D major) don't
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feel aban (A major) doned
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Mother,  (G major) I've watched  (D major) you fall apart
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 (A major) So  (B minor) let us in, let  (D major) down your guard
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Cause  (B minor) loving you has  (A major) never been  (D major) hard
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And I am almost seventeen  (B minor) 
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An (G major) d I'm not sure how to act  (D major) 
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 (A major) We're  (D major) staring  (B minor) at the stone
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an (D major) d  we're  (C major) sitting in rows  (E minor) 
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And wearing all black  (D major) 
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So  (A major) this  (B minor) is what it looks like
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 (A major) when you can't say  (E minor) goodbye
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This  (B minor) is what it looks like
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 (A major) when my grandmother cries  (E minor) 
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 (G major) Father, I see  (D major) the way
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you're stand (A major) ing
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Father,  (G major) please  (D major) don't
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feel aban (A major) doned
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Father (G major) , I've watched  (D major) you fall apart
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 (A major) So  (B minor) let us in, let  (A major) down your  (D major) guard
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Cause  (B minor) loving you has  (A major) never been  (D major) hard
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Today we are both 23  (A major)  (B minor) 
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Don't  (G major) ever think I  (D major) don't care
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For  (A major) all  (B minor) of my boring child (C major) hood stories
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 (E minor) You were  (D major) al ways there
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 (A major) So  (D major) this  (B minor) is what it looks like
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To  (A major) be out on our  (E minor) own
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This  (B minor) is what it looks like
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 (A major) When siblings are  (E minor) close
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 (G major) Sister, I see  (D major) the way you're stand (A major) ing
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Sis (G major) ter, please  (D major) don't feel aban (A major) doned
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Sis (G major) ter, I've watched  (D major) you fall apart
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 (A major) So  (B minor) let us in, let  (A major) down your  (D major) guard
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Loving  (B minor) you has  (A major) never
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been hard  (D major)  (G major)  (A major)  (D major)  (G major)  (A major) 
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