Our Family
written by David Bellamy and Bobby Braddock
tabbed 8/15/05
One of my new favorites of theirs.   THere are lots of walk-ups and walk-downs in this song.


INTRO: A  E  E7

              E                            C#m
well they let Bubba out of prison, well he paid for his crime
E                                                       E7                                    
He didn't know them bad checks could get him so much time
     E                                        C#m
And sister's getting married, well there's a shotgun on the groom
E                                      B7               E  E7
I hope they finish the weddings vows before the baby's due


And Harry's in the closet, well he's been there all his life
And everybody wonders why he never took a wife
And we owe a lot of bills and try to live beyond our meals
We ain't got a pot, but we've got cable TV



CHORUS:
          A                    E               E7
But it's our family full of skeletons and ghosts
     C#m                                      E
And even with our strange relatives it's the one we love the most
 A                           E
There may be a bunch of nuts up our family tree
          C#m                          E         B7  E
Yeah and we may all be crazy, but it's still our family


INTRO


Grandpa got a girlfriend, a woman half his age
Grandma laughs about it but I sense a silent rage
And Uncle Bert still thinks he's on the Grand Ole Opery
Well that fever from the war left him livin' in a dream


(key change to F)

F                                        Dm
Well we burried great Aunt Martha out at Forest Lawn today
F                                                        F7
Now I think I know why they called Great Aunt Martha great
F                                         Dm
The church was full of strange men, Mama called it a disgrace
     F                                             C7                  F
She said they should have wiped that smile off of Great Aunt Martha's face


F7


CHORUS:
         Bb                   F
But it's our family full of skeletons and ghosts
    Dm                                        F                    F7
And even with our strange relatives it's the one we love the most
Bb                            F
There may be a bunch of nuts up our family tree
         Dm                            F        C7  F
Yeah and we may all be crazy but it's still our family



OUTRO: Bb  F  C7  F