Family Is Family Chords

4/4
 
Capo on third fret
 
 
[Intro]
 
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[Verse]
 
        D
They're there for your first year, they give you your first beer
     Em
When you get your heart broke, they're there for your worst year
      A                                                 D
Don't get you at all, but your apple don't fall too far from 'em
 
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     D
They own too much wicker and drink too much liquor
      Em
You'd wash your hands of them, but blood's always thicker
    A
You might look just like 'em; that don't mean you're like 'em
        D
But you love 'em
 
 
[Chorus]
 
D                    Em
Family is family, in church or in prison
    A                         G            A
You get what you get, and you don't get to pick 'em
     D                              Em
They might smoke like chimneys, but give you their kidneys
      A                          G         A N.C.
Yeah, friends come in handy, but family is family
 
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[Verse]
 
        D
They're there when you're married, divorced, and remarried
    Em
You fall out of touch, but then someone gets buried
           A                                              D
And you're right back together like no time has ever gone by
 
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           D
Can't live with or without 'em; you might talk about 'em
       Em
But if someone else does, well, then you'll knock 'em out cause
     A                                                      D
When it's all said and done, they're the only ones that you got
 
 
[Chorus]
 
D                    Em
Family is family, in church or in prison
    A                         G            A
You get what you get, and you don't get to pick 'em
     D                              Em
They might smoke like chimneys, but give you their kidneys
      A                          G         A N.C.
Yeah, friends come in handy, but family is family
 
 
[Middle 8]
 
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[Chorus]
 
      D                        Em
Yeah, family is funny, they'll ask you for money
A                         G N.C.       A N.C.
Even though they know you ain't got no money
     D                         Em
They show up at Christmas, get up in your business
     A                       G         A N.C.
They might not be fancy, but family is family
 
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[Outro]
 
    A
You might look just like 'em; that don't mean you're like 'em
        D N.C.
But you love 'em
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