Family Tree Chords
Family Tree by Gerry Rafferty is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, Cadd9, C, F, G7, Dsus4, Gadd4, Cadd4, D7, Am and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
G – D - G – (Cadd9) – C -
G – D – Am – F –
G – D – Em – G7 –
C – Dsus4 – D - G -
G -
C
When we were young we used to sing
D - G Gadd4 G
And we could feel the har - mo - ny
D - C Cadd4 C
You’d sit there waiting in the wings
D G
How long have you been waitin’
D
To let your light shine
C Cadd4 C
Many years have gone since then
D - G Gadd4 G
Seen us go our differ - rent ways
G7 - C Cadd4 C
But now we sit here once a - gain
D G
To - ni - ight we’re gonna sing out
D D7 /
To - night our light will shine
G D G Cadd9 - C -
This is the time and place
G D Am F -
To bring out our memo - ries
G D Em
It’s written on every face
G7 C
I can see - ee it in you,
Dsus4 D G C -
You can see - ee it in me
G D G
In all the years we had
C - G D Am F -
As part of a family tree
G D Em
We knew the good and bad
G7 C
I can see - ee it in you,
Dsus4 D G G -
You can see - ee it in me
C
I know it’s left its mark on you
D - G Gadd4 G
I see the same things in my - self
C Cadd4 C
You know there’s nothin’ we can’t do
D G
We’ve been a long time waitin’
D
But some things never die.
C
It’s time to leave all that behind
D - G Gadd4 G
It’s time to lay that ghost to rest
C
We can’t deny the ties that bind
D G
To - night we’re gonna sing out
D D7 /
To - night our light will shine
G D G Cadd9 - C -
This is the time and place
G D Am F -
To bring out our memo - ries
G D Em
It’s written on every face
G7 C
I can see - ee it in you,
Dsus4 D G C -
You can see - ee it in me
G D G
In all the years we had
C - G D Am F -
As part of a family tree
G D Em
We knew the good and bad
G7 C
I can see - ee it in you,
Dsus4 D G C -
You can see - ee it in me
Break:
G – D - G – (Cadd9) – C -
G – D – Am – F –
G – D – Em – G7 –
C – Dsus4 – D - G -
C -
G – D - G – ( – C -
G – D – Am – F –
G – D – Em – G7 –
C – Dsus4 – D - G -
G -
Outro:
C /
When we were young we used to sing
G //