Family Reunion Chords by Jill Scott

[Am] You know that ain't John [D] LeRoy, y'all. _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ [G] _ [D] We _ _ _
_ [D] _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ at the family reunion, _ [G] _ _ telling jokes and playing [Am] spades.
[G] _ [Am] Uncle Dave is on the [G] barbecue grill, _ Grandma bragging about the blanket she [D] [Am] made
_ For the new baby on [G] her way, _ even though the daddy ain't really [Am] ready
_ _ This [D]
child [Am] [G] is coming _ anyway, _ _ [Am] yeah
_ Nissi made her famous [G] potato salad, _ _ somehow it turns out [Am] green
_ [G] _ Maybe it's [Dm] all [Am] the [G] scallions, _ _ could be the [D] celery
[Am] _ _ [G] _ [D] But oh, Uncle [G] Jerome loves it _ _
Mmm, [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ [Am] baby, here comes [G] my favorite, my _ cousin
_ [Am] _ He says he's doing fine, [D] [G] taking it one step a day
But in my heart I know it [D] ain't [C] that way
[Dm] Can't [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ say it's that [D] way
[C] [Am] And [Dm] oh, _ [D] _ _
[A] _ [G] what can you say
And we, [C] _ our juice he been drinking [E] again
[Am] _ _ [G] _ It's only 1.30 in the afternoon, [D] _ [Am] _ _ [D] everybody _ [Am] tiptoeing round
And [G] _ we all know she's gonna be [D] toe up [Am] soon
_ [G] [Am] Saying all the things [D] we like [G] to say
_ Hope she gets around her [D] cousin [Am] Lonnie
[E] Cause we all know he [Am] got a little [G] extra somebody _ on the side
[Am] But [D] oh, _ _ _
[Am] _ [G] _ what can you [D] say
It's been [Em] [D] way, what can [Am] you say
[G] Oh, _ [D] _ _
_ [Am] [G] what can you say
And [D] we, [C] oh [D] shit
_ Mickey and Stephen are fine [G] again
_ Move out the way, somebody might get [C] hurt
Oh, look at that, what [D] happened is [Am] worse
[G] _ They knocked over Helen O's lemon [Am] cake
[G] You know [C] the one she [D]
barely ever [G] makes
_ I'm getting riled up, [D] I want them [Am] to burn
[G] But [Am] somebody [D] turned Frankie [Am] Beverly on the [G] stereo
_ Cousin Ruby starts rocking, shaking her good [Am] hip and bottom
[G] _ [Am] So [Gm] we [Am] all fall into [G] place, _ smiling and laughing
[C] And _ _ [Am] oh, [Bm] _
[C] _ [G] what can [D] you say
It's been way, what [G] can you [Bm] [C] say
_ [G] [D] Oh, _ [Am] what [D] can you say
[G] _ My family, [Am] yeah
_ What [C] _
[D] can you [G] say
What can you [D] say
It's been [G] way, [D] [C] what can [Em] you say
Oh, [D] _ [G] what can you say _ _ _
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