Our Family Chords
Our Family by Bellamy Brothers is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, E, E7, C#m, B7, F, Dm, F7, C7 and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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
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