Family Tree (acoustic) Chords

KeyEm Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays335

Family Tree (acoustic) by Meadowlark is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords Em, D/A, Am, C/G and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Em
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16
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Verse: 

Em          D/A                   Am    C/G 
    I woke up when I was Twenty-Two 
       G              D/A                Am    C/G 
    My mother said to me, what will you do? 
Em            D/A                  Am    C/G   
    She woke up when she was Forty-Eight 
            G            D/A       Am    C/G 
    I never asked her, why did you wait? 

Guitar I: 

Em    D/A    C/G    C/G    x2 

Guitar II: 
                                                             x2 
e|------------------------------------------------------------| 
b|------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--2--2--2--2h4h5--0--0--0--4p2-----------0h2-----------0h2--| 
A|--------------------------------3--3--3-------3--3--3-------| 
E|------------------------------------------------------------| 


Em            D/A               Am    C/G 
    I messed up when I was Seventeen 
    G           D/A           C/G 
    Karma has a way of coming clean 


Chorus:

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante