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Family Tree (acoustic)

 
3 
capo 3 




Verse: 

Em          D/A                   Am    C/G 
    I woke up when I was Twenty-Two 
       G              D/A                Am    C/G 
    My mother said to me, what will you do? 
Em            D/A                  Am    C/G   
    She woke up when she was Forty-Eight 
            G            D/A       Am    C/G 
    I never asked her, why did you wait? 

Guitar I: 

Em    D/A    C/G    C/G    x2 

Guitar II: 
                                                             x2 


Em            D/A               Am    C/G 
    I messed up when I was Seventeen 
    G           D/A           C/G 
    Karma has a way of coming clean 


Chorus: 

Guitar I: 
                 D/A           Em 
    'Cause if my father hadn't loved her 
            Am                C/G           G 
    Then my God what would my mother have become 
              D/A            Em 
    And if my brother hadn't fought it 
            Am              C/G        D/A 
    Then my sister wouldn't turn and run 
       D/A           Em     Am            C/G      D/A 
    So go on let him leave, go on let him leave we said 
                D/A         Em            Am            C/G 
    'Cause if I ever have a lover like my father had my mother 
           G 
    I will say 
G          D/A    G      D/A    G 
    Let me go,      let me go 


Guitar II:(from 'father') 
                     x2                   x2  

Verse: Em D/A Am C/G If he wakes up before the year is out G D/A Am C/G He'll rid his sons and daughters of their doubt Em D/A Am C/G And in the light of your tired eyes G D/A Am C/G Your tears will speak of love and better times Chorus: Guitar I: D/A Em 'Cause if my father hadn't loved her Am C/G G Then my God what would my mother have become D/A Em And if my brother hadn't fought it Am C/G D/A Then my sister wouldn't turn and run D/A Em Am C/G D/A So go on let him leave, go on let him leave we said D/A Em Am C/G 'Cause if I ever have a lover like my father had my mother G I will say G D/A G D/A G Let me go, let me go Guitar II:(from 'father')
                     x2                   x2  



Bridge: 
     
Guitar I: 

    D/A    Em    Am    C/G    G    G    G    G    x4 


(Guitar II and Glockenspiel come in on 3rd Guitar I repeat) 

Guitar II: 
                                                    x2 


Glockenspiel: (Tabbed for Guitar Like in the live version) 
                                                    x2 
                                ^2nd time only 
(I like to add a 0 on the G string at the end of the 2nd time) 
(But it's not actually in the song) 


Chorus: 

Guitar I: 
                 D/A           Em 
    'Cause if my father hadn't loved her 
            Am                C/G           G 
    Then my God what would my mother have become 
              D/A            Em 
    And if my brother hadn't fought it 
            Am              C/G        D/A 
    Then my sister wouldn't turn and run 
       D/A           Em     Am            C/G      D/A 
    So go on let him leave, go on let him leave we said 
                D/A         Em            Am            C/G 
    'Cause if I ever have a lover like my father had my mother 
           G 
    I will say 
G          D/A    G      D/A    G 
    Let me go,      let me go 
G          D/A    G      D/A    G 
    Let me go,      let me go 
G          D/A    G 
    Let me go 


Guitar II:(from 'father') 
                     x2                   x2  

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