Family Man chords by Colin Hay
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Intro 1
(C major) (C minor) (G major) (E minor) (G major) (C major) (C minor) (G major)
(E minor) (C major)
Verse 1
Back in (C minor) (G major) (E minor) (G major) (E minor) (C major) 1934
He came (C minor) bangin' on the
back (G major) stage door (C major)
Askin' for (C minor) my hard
earned pay (G major) (E minor) (G major) (C major)
Then he (C minor) drank it all away
(E minor) you know (G major)
That's the way (A major) it goes (C major)
It was (Bsus4) come what (B major) may
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Verse 2
(C major)
Off we all (C minor) went to the
war (G major) (E minor) (G major) (C major)
They stole five (C minor) years,
and so much more (G major) you know (C major)
I was a stranger (C minor) to my wife (G major) (E minor) (G major) (C major)
This is the story (C minor) of my
(E minor) life you know (G major)
Slow slow quick (A major) quick slow (C major)
Then we were (Bsus4) on (B major) our way
Verse 3
I (E major) looked through my window (G major)
and the slate (F sharp major) was gray (A major)
(E major) Over the rooftops (G major) (E minor) and far (F sharp major) away (B major)
(E major) I had a secret (G major) (F sharp major) I had a plan (A major)
(E major) One day I'll (G major) be a family (F sharp major) man (B major)
Verse 4
(C major)
And on that (C minor) Butlins holi (G major) day
(C major) I heard a call (C minor) ing seems like (G major) yesterday
(C major) We sailed off (C minor) to that distant
shore (G major) (E minor) (G major) (C major)
40 years (C minor) and maybe (E minor) more you know (G major)
On and (A major) on we go (C major)
Then it (Bsus4) all (B major) fades away
Verse 5
(E major) Out through (G major) my window and (F sharp major) into (A major) the gray
(E major) Over (G major) the rooftops and (F sharp major) far (B major) away
(E major) This was (G major) my secret (F sharp major) this was (A major) my plan
(E major) Now I'm (G major) remembered as a (F sharp major) family (B major) man
Verse 6
(E major) Out through (G major) my window and (F sharp major) into (A major) the gray
(E major) Over (G major) the rooftops and (F sharp major) far (B major) away
(E major) I had (G major) a secret (F sharp major) I had a plan (A major)
(E major) One day (G major) I'd be a (F sharp major) family (B major) man
Outro 1
(B major) (C major) (C minor) (G major) (E minor) (G major) (C major) (C minor) (G major)
(C major) (C minor)
(G major) (E minor) (G major) (C major) (C minor) (G major) (C major)
(C minor) (G major) (E minor) (G major) (C major) (C minor) (E minor) (G major) (A major)
(C major) (Bsus4) (B major)
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