Family Tree chords
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Family Tree: Loretta Lynn
Album: Van Lear Rose
Chorded by Gary W, 29Apr07
Note 1: / marks just mean a basic strum. Play along with recording to get proper timing.
Note 2: Sing CAPITALIZED words without strumming.
Intro: [D]//// //// //// //
[D] Woman, YOU DON’T KNOW ME, BUT YOU CAN [G] bet that I know [D] you ////
Everybody in this whole darn town knows you [A] too //// [A7]////
I brought a-[D]-long our little babies, ‘cause I [G] wanted them to [D] see ////
The woman that’s burnin’ [A] down our [A7] family [D] tree //// ////
No I [A] didn’t come to [A7] fight //
If he was a [G] better man I [D] might ////
But I [G] wouldn’t dirty my hands on trash like [A] you, no //// [A7]////
Bring [D] out the babies’ daddy, that’s [G] who they’ve come to [D] see
Not the woman that’s burnin’ [A] down our [A7] family [D] tree //// ////
Instrumental: Follow pattern of first verse
[D] Their daddy once….WAS A GOOD MAN, UNTIL HE [G] ran into trash like [D] you ////
Take a look at the baby’s face and tell me who loves [A] who //// [A7]////
I brought a-[D]-long his old dog Charlie and the [G] bills that’s over-[D]-due ///
The job you’re workin’...Lord, [A] we need [A7] money, [D] too //// ////
No I [A] didn’t come to [A7] fight //
If he was a [G] better man I [D] might ////
But I [G] wouldn’t dirty my hands on trash like [A] you, no //// [A7]////
Bring [D] out the babies’ daddy, that’s [G] who they’ve come to [D] see //
Not the woman that’s burnin’ [A] down our [A7] family [D] tree //// ////
No not the woman that’s burnin’ [A] down our [A7] family tree // [G]// [D]///
[Thanks to Gary W for tabs]