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Family Tree

Belle And Sebastian
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 key:
 Intro.:
 ( )
 I've been feeling down
 I've been looking round the town
 For somebody just like me
 But the only ones i see
 Are the dummies in the window
 They spend their money on clothes
 It saddens me to think
 That the only ones I...
see  are  mannequins
 looking stupid, being used and being thin
 And i don't know why i hang around with them
 ( )  Chorus
 The way they act, i'd rather be fat than be confused
 The way they act, i'd rather be fat than be confused
 Than be me in a cage
 With a bottle of rage
 And a family like the mafia
 ( )
 ( )
 I've been feeling blue
 And i don't know what to do
 And i never get a thrill
 And they threw me out of school
 'cause i swore at all the teachers
 Because they never teach us
 A thing I want to know We do chemistry...
Biology  and  maths
 I want poetry and music and some laughs
 And i don't think it's an awful lot to ask
 ( )
 So won't you please get up off your knees, and let me go
 So won't you please get up off your knees, and let me go
 Than be me in a cage
 With a bottle of rage
 And a family like the mafia
 ( )
 ( )
 If my family tree goes back to the romans
 Then i will change my name to jones
 If my family tree goes back to napolean
 Then i will change my name to smith
 If my family tree goes back to the romans
 Then i will change my name to jones
 If you're looking at me to be an accountant
 Then you will look but you will never see
 If you're looking at me to start having babies
 Then you can wish because i'm not here to fool...
 ( )
 Around
 You can wish because i'm not here to fool around
 You can wish because i'm not here to fool around

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Readable chord sheet for Family Tree by Belle And Sebastian

key: [A]

Intro.: [A]

([A] [E] [G] [Bm])
I've been feeling down
I've been looking round the town
For somebody just like me
But the only ones i see
Are the dummies in the window
They spend their money on clothes
It saddens me to think
That the only ones I...

[E]se[F#m]e ar[Bm]e m[E]an[F#m]nequ[Bm]ins[E]
looking stupid, being used and being thin
And i don't know why i hang around with them

([A] [Em] [G] [Bm]) [A] [F#m] [E] Chorus
The way they act, i'd rather be fat than be confused
The way they act, i'd rather be fat than be confused
Than be me in a cage
With a bottle of rage
And a family like the mafia

([A] [Bm] [C#m] [D])

([A] [E] [G] [Bm])
I've been feeling blue
And i don't know what to do
And i never get a thrill
And they threw me out of school
'cause i swore at all the teachers
Because they never teach us
A thing I want to know We do chemistry...

[E]Bi[F#m]olog[Bm]y a[E]nd[F#m] mat[Bm]hs [E]
I want poetry and music and some laughs
And i don't think it's an awful lot to ask

([A] [Em] [G] [Bm]) [A] [F#m] [E]
So won't you please get up off your knees, and let me go
So won't you please get up off your knees, and let me go
Than be me in a cage
With a bottle of rage
And a family like the mafia

([A] [Bm] [C#m] [D])

([A] [Bm] [C#m] [D])
If my family tree goes back to the romans
Then i will change my name to jones
If my family tree goes back to napolean
Then i will change my name to smith
If my family tree goes back to the romans
Then i will change my name to jones
If you're looking at me to be an accountant
Then you will look but you will never see
If you're looking at me to start having babies
Then you can wish because i'm not here to fool...

([F#m] [Bm] [A] [D])
Around
You can wish because i'm not here to fool around
You can wish because i'm not here to fool around

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