Family Tree chords

Gerry Rafferty

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Intro: 
GD - G – (Cadd9) – C - 
GD – Am – FGD – Em – G7CDsus4D - 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: 
GD - G – (Cadd9) – C - 
GD – Am – FGD – Em – G7CDsus4D - G -  
C -  
GD - G – ( – C - 
GD – Am – FGD – Em – G7CDsus4D - G -  
G -  


Outro: 
C /                                                                
    When we were young we used to sing 
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