Family Portrait Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]Uh, uh, some[Dm] deep shit,
[C][Bm][E][Am][Dm]
uh, uh
[C][Bm][E]

[Verse 2]
[Am]Momma please stop crying,
[Dm]I can't stand the sound
[C]Your pain is painful and
its [Bm]tearin' me [E]down
[Am]I hear glasses breaking
as [Dm]I sit up in my bed
[C]I told dad you didn't mean
those [Bm]nasty things [E]you said

[Verse 3]
[Am]You fight about money,
[Dm]'bout me and my brot[C]her
And this I come home to,
[Bm]this is my s[E]helter
[Am]It ain't easy growing up
in World War [Dm]III
Never knowing what love could be,
you'll [C]see
I don't want love to destroy me like
[Bm]it has done my famil[E]y

[Verse 4]
Can we [Am]work it out? Can we be a [Dm]family?
I promise [C]I'll be better,
[Bm]Mommy I'll do [E]anything
Can we [Am]work it out? Can we be a [Dm]family?
I promise [C]I'll be better,
Daddy [Bm]please don't [E]leave

[Verse 5]
[Am]Daddy please stop yellin',
[Dm]I can't stand the sound
[C]Make mama stop cryin',
'cause [Bm]I need you ar[E]ound[Am]
My mama she loves you,
[Dm]no matter what she says, its true[C]
I know that she hurts you,
but [Bm]re member I love y[E]ou, too[Am]

[Verse 6]
I ran away today, [Dm]ran from the noise,
ran [C]away
Don't wanna go back to that place,
[Bm]but don't have no choice, [E]no way
[Am]It ain't easy growin' up
in World War [Dm]III
Never knowin' what love could be,
well I've [C]seen
I don't want love to destroy
me [Bm]like it did my fam[E]ily

[Verse 7]
Can [Am]we work it out? Can we be a [Dm]family?
I promise [C]I'll be better,
Mommy [Bm]I'll do anything
[E]Can we wor[Am]k it out? Can
we be a [Dm]family?
I promise I'll [C]be better,
Daddy [Bm]please don't [E]leave

[Verse 8]
[Am]In our family portrait,
[Dm]we look pretty happy
[C]Let's play pretend,
let's act like [Bm]it comes naturally
[E]I don't wanna hav[Am]e to split the holidays
I don't want [Dm]two addresses
I don't want a [C]step- brother anyways
And I don't want [Bm]my mom to
have to change [E]her last [Am]name

[Verse 9]
In our family portrait [Dm]we look pretty happy
We look [C]pretty normal, [Bm]let's go back to [E]that
In our [Am]family portrait we
look [Dm]pretty happy
Let's [C]play pretend,
act like [Bm]it goes naturally
[E]In

[Verse 10]
[Am]our family portrait we
[Dm]look pretty happy
(Can we work it out? Can
we be a family?)
We look [C]pretty normal,
[Bm]let's go back to that
[E](I promise I'll be better, Mommy
I'll do anything)
In our [Am]family portrait we look
[Dm]pretty happy
(Can we work it out? Can
we be [C]a family?)
Let's play pretend act [Bm]and like
[E]it comes so nat[Am]urally
(I prom[Dm]ise I'll be better,
[C]Daddy please don't leave)
[Bm]In our [E]fam[Am]ily portrait we look
[Dm]pretty happy
(Can we work it out? Can
we be a family?)
We look [C]pretty normal,
let's [Bm]go back to[E] that[Am]
(I promise I'll be [Dm]better,
Daddy please don't leave)

[Verse 11]
Daddy don't [C]leave
Daddy don't leave
[Bm]Daddy don't leave
[E]Turn around [Am]please
Remember that [Dm]the night you left
[C]you took [Bm]my shining [E]star?
Daddy [Am]don't leave
Daddy [Dm]don't leave
Daddy [C]don't leave
Don't leave us [Bm]here [E]alone

[Verse 12]
Mum will [Am]be nicer
I'll be [Dm]so much better,
I'll tell my [C]brother
Oh, I won't [Bm]spill the milk at din[E]ner
I'll be [Am]so much better,
I'll do [Dm]everything right
I'll be your [C]little girl forever
[Bm]I'll go to sleep [E]at night

[Outro 1]
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