Family Tree

[Verso 1]
 
C 
Mom married young cause she had to get out 
                                          F 
Daddy got drunk cause he wanted to drown 
     C 
Grandpa smokes pot and grandpa won't fly 
                                           F 
He's been like that since my grandma died 
 


[Verso 2]
 
  C 
I never lived anywhere more than one year 
C 
And dad would do anything after one beer 
    Am7 
And mama got good at not shedding one tear 
    F 
And sister would ask "What are we doing here?" 
    C 
And people I know don't know my last name 
                                        E/G#  F 
Go by the one in the middle these days 
 


[Refrão]
 
     Am7                          F 
This family tree used to stand at 50 feet 
                 C 
But the bark got thin and the limbs got tangled 
        G/B                             Am7 
And the apples all got strangled by the family tree 
                  F 
Lately we've been losing leaves 
C                              G/B 
Who they are ain't who I wanna be 
                               Am7 
I hope my roots don't run that deep 
 


[Verso 3]
 
C 
Hole In the cabinet since I was two 
                                   F 
Dad said he hit a bug with a shoe 
   C 
So I don't drink liquor, I don't go out 
                                   E/G#  F 
Sit with my cat alone on my couch 
 


[Refrão]
 
     Am7                          F 
This family tree used to stand at 50 feet 
                 C 
But the bark got thin and the limbs got tangled 
        G/B                             Am7 
And the apples all got strangled by the family tree 
                  F 
Lately we've been losing leaves 
C                              G/B 
Who they are ain't who I wanna be 
                               Am7         F 
I hope my roots don't run that deep, deep, deep, deep 
 

Interlude 
C     G 


[Ponte]
 
Am7 
Got my father's eyes and my mother's mouth 
D 
Daddy's sense of pride and my momma's doubt 
C                                     G 
Don't know if I should water it or if I should be chopping down 
 


[Refrão]
 
     Am7                          F 
This family tree used to stand at 50 feet 
                 C 
But the bark got thin and the limbs got tangled 
        G/B                             Am7 
And the apples all got strangled by the family tree 
                  F 
Lately we've been losing leaves 
C                              G/B 
Who they are ain't who I wanna be 
                               Am7 
I hope my roots don't run that deep 
      F 
Deep, deep, deep 
C  G 
Ooooh