Chords for Family Tree by Tom Chapin
Tempo:
113 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
Bm
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em] [D] [G] [F#m] [D]
[A] [C#] [D] Before the days of Jell-O, [A] lived a prehistoric fellow, who loved a maid and courted her beneath the [D] banyan tree.
And they had lots of [G#m] children, and [A] their children all had children, and they kept on [F#m] having children [G] until one [A] of them [D] had me.
We're a [Bm] family, [A] [G] and we're [D] a tree, our [A] roots [Bm] go deep [E] down in [A] history.
[G] My great [A]-great [D]-granddaddy, reaching up [F#m] to me, [D] we're a [G] green [D] and [A] growing [D] family tree.
[G] [D] My [A] [D]
grandpa came from Russia, [A] my grandma came from Prussia, they met in Nova Scotia, had my dad in [D] Tennessee.
Then they moved to Yokohama, [A] where daddy met my mama.
Her dad's from Alabama, [G] and her [A] mom's [D] part Cherokee.
We're a [Bm] family, [A] [G] and we're [D] a tree, our [A] roots [Bm] go deep [E] down in [A] history.
[G] From my great [A]-great [D]-granddaddy, reaching [F#m] up to me, [D] we're a green and [A] growing [D] family tree.
[G] [D]
[A] [D] [B] [D] Well, one fine day I may go, [A] to Tierra del Fuego.
Perhaps I'll meet my wife there, and we'll move to [D] Timbuktu.
And our kid will be [G] bilingual, [A] and though she may stay single, she could of course co-mingle [G] with the [A] king of [D] Kathmandu.
Cause we're a [Bm] family, [F#m] [G] and we're [D] a tree, our [A] roots [Bm] go deep [E] down in [A] history.
From [G] my great [A]-great [D]-granddaddy, reaching up [F#m] to me, [D] we're a [G] green [D] and [A] growing [D] family tree.
[A] [G] [D]
[A] [Bm] [A] [E] [A]
[G] [A] [D] [F#m]
[D] [G] [D] [A] [D]
The folks in Madagascar aren't [A] the same as in Alaska.
They got different foods, different moods, and different colored [D] skin.
You may have a different [A] name, but underneath we're much the same.
You're probably my cousin, [G] and the whole [A] world [D] is our kin.
We're a [Bm] family, [G] and we're [D] a tree, our [F#m] roots [Bm] go deep [E] down in [A] history.
From [G] my great [A]-great [D]-grandmother, reaching up to me, we're a [G] green [D] and growing [A] [D] family tree.
We're a [G] green [Bm] and [A] growing [D] family.
[A] [C#] [D] Before the days of Jell-O, [A] lived a prehistoric fellow, who loved a maid and courted her beneath the [D] banyan tree.
And they had lots of [G#m] children, and [A] their children all had children, and they kept on [F#m] having children [G] until one [A] of them [D] had me.
We're a [Bm] family, [A] [G] and we're [D] a tree, our [A] roots [Bm] go deep [E] down in [A] history.
[G] My great [A]-great [D]-granddaddy, reaching up [F#m] to me, [D] we're a [G] green [D] and [A] growing [D] family tree.
[G] [D] My [A] [D]
grandpa came from Russia, [A] my grandma came from Prussia, they met in Nova Scotia, had my dad in [D] Tennessee.
Then they moved to Yokohama, [A] where daddy met my mama.
Her dad's from Alabama, [G] and her [A] mom's [D] part Cherokee.
We're a [Bm] family, [A] [G] and we're [D] a tree, our [A] roots [Bm] go deep [E] down in [A] history.
[G] From my great [A]-great [D]-granddaddy, reaching [F#m] up to me, [D] we're a green and [A] growing [D] family tree.
[G] [D]
[A] [D] [B] [D] Well, one fine day I may go, [A] to Tierra del Fuego.
Perhaps I'll meet my wife there, and we'll move to [D] Timbuktu.
And our kid will be [G] bilingual, [A] and though she may stay single, she could of course co-mingle [G] with the [A] king of [D] Kathmandu.
Cause we're a [Bm] family, [F#m] [G] and we're [D] a tree, our [A] roots [Bm] go deep [E] down in [A] history.
From [G] my great [A]-great [D]-granddaddy, reaching up [F#m] to me, [D] we're a [G] green [D] and [A] growing [D] family tree.
[A] [G] [D]
[A] [Bm] [A] [E] [A]
[G] [A] [D] [F#m]
[D] [G] [D] [A] [D]
The folks in Madagascar aren't [A] the same as in Alaska.
They got different foods, different moods, and different colored [D] skin.
You may have a different [A] name, but underneath we're much the same.
You're probably my cousin, [G] and the whole [A] world [D] is our kin.
We're a [Bm] family, [G] and we're [D] a tree, our [F#m] roots [Bm] go deep [E] down in [A] history.
From [G] my great [A]-great [D]-grandmother, reaching up to me, we're a [G] green [D] and growing [A] [D] family tree.
We're a [G] green [Bm] and [A] growing [D] family.
Key:
D
A
G
Bm
F#m
D
A
G
[Em] _ [D] _ [G] _ [F#m] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] _ [C#] [D] Before the days of Jell-O, [A] lived a prehistoric fellow, who loved a maid and courted her beneath the [D] banyan tree.
And they had lots of [G#m] children, and [A] their children all had children, and they kept on [F#m] having children [G] until one [A] of them [D] had me.
_ We're a [Bm] family, [A] [G] and we're [D] a tree, our [A] roots [Bm] go deep [E] down in [A] history.
[G] My great [A]-great [D]-granddaddy, reaching up [F#m] to me, [D] we're a [G] green [D] and [A] growing [D] family tree. _ _ _
[G] [D] My _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ grandpa came from Russia, [A] my grandma came from Prussia, they met in Nova Scotia, had my dad in [D] Tennessee.
Then they moved to Yokohama, [A] where daddy met my mama.
Her dad's from Alabama, [G] and her [A] mom's [D] part Cherokee.
_ We're a [Bm] family, [A] [G] and we're [D] a tree, our [A] roots [Bm] go deep [E] down in [A] history.
[G] From my great [A]-great [D]-granddaddy, reaching [F#m] up to me, [D] we're a green and [A] growing [D] family tree.
_ _ _ [G] _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [B] [D] Well, one fine day I may go, [A] to Tierra del Fuego.
Perhaps I'll meet my wife there, and we'll move to [D] Timbuktu.
And our kid will be [G] bilingual, [A] and though she may stay single, she could of course co-mingle [G] with the [A] king of [D] _ Kathmandu.
Cause we're a [Bm] family, [F#m] [G] and we're [D] a tree, our [A] roots [Bm] go deep [E] down in [A] history.
From [G] my great [A]-great [D]-granddaddy, reaching up [F#m] to me, [D] we're a [G] green [D] and [A] growing [D] family tree.
_ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [D] _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ The folks in Madagascar aren't [A] the same as in Alaska.
They got different foods, different moods, and different colored [D] skin.
You may have a different [A] name, but underneath we're much the same.
You're probably my cousin, [G] and the whole [A] world [D] is our kin.
_ We're a [Bm] family, [G] and we're [D] a tree, our [F#m] roots [Bm] go deep [E] down in [A] history.
From [G] my great [A]-great [D]-grandmother, reaching up to me, we're a [G] green [D] and growing [A] [D] family tree.
We're a [G] green [Bm] and [A] growing _ [D] family. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ [C#] [D] Before the days of Jell-O, [A] lived a prehistoric fellow, who loved a maid and courted her beneath the [D] banyan tree.
And they had lots of [G#m] children, and [A] their children all had children, and they kept on [F#m] having children [G] until one [A] of them [D] had me.
_ We're a [Bm] family, [A] [G] and we're [D] a tree, our [A] roots [Bm] go deep [E] down in [A] history.
[G] My great [A]-great [D]-granddaddy, reaching up [F#m] to me, [D] we're a [G] green [D] and [A] growing [D] family tree. _ _ _
[G] [D] My _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ grandpa came from Russia, [A] my grandma came from Prussia, they met in Nova Scotia, had my dad in [D] Tennessee.
Then they moved to Yokohama, [A] where daddy met my mama.
Her dad's from Alabama, [G] and her [A] mom's [D] part Cherokee.
_ We're a [Bm] family, [A] [G] and we're [D] a tree, our [A] roots [Bm] go deep [E] down in [A] history.
[G] From my great [A]-great [D]-granddaddy, reaching [F#m] up to me, [D] we're a green and [A] growing [D] family tree.
_ _ _ [G] _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [B] [D] Well, one fine day I may go, [A] to Tierra del Fuego.
Perhaps I'll meet my wife there, and we'll move to [D] Timbuktu.
And our kid will be [G] bilingual, [A] and though she may stay single, she could of course co-mingle [G] with the [A] king of [D] _ Kathmandu.
Cause we're a [Bm] family, [F#m] [G] and we're [D] a tree, our [A] roots [Bm] go deep [E] down in [A] history.
From [G] my great [A]-great [D]-granddaddy, reaching up [F#m] to me, [D] we're a [G] green [D] and [A] growing [D] family tree.
_ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [D] _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ The folks in Madagascar aren't [A] the same as in Alaska.
They got different foods, different moods, and different colored [D] skin.
You may have a different [A] name, but underneath we're much the same.
You're probably my cousin, [G] and the whole [A] world [D] is our kin.
_ We're a [Bm] family, [G] and we're [D] a tree, our [F#m] roots [Bm] go deep [E] down in [A] history.
From [G] my great [A]-great [D]-grandmother, reaching up to me, we're a [G] green [D] and growing [A] [D] family tree.
We're a [G] green [Bm] and [A] growing _ [D] family. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _