Chords for Family Affair - Lalah Hathaway
Tempo:
108 bpm
Chords used:
C
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Dm
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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It's [Dm] a family affair.
[Bb] It's a family [Gm] affair.
[Dm] It's a family affair.
[Bb] It's a family [Gm] affair.
[Bb] [F] One [C] child grows up to [Gm] be somebody [C] who just loves a man.
[Gm] [C] Another child grows up to [Gm] be somebody who [C] just loves a friend.
[Gm] Mom [C] loves the both of them.
[Gm] You see it [C] in the blood.
[Bb] It's a family [Gm] affair.
[Dm] It's a family affair.
[Bb] It's a family [Gm] affair.
[Bb] [F] One [C] child grows up to [Gm] be somebody [C] who just loves a man.
[Gm] [C] Another child grows up to [Gm] be somebody who [C] just loves a friend.
[Gm] Mom [C] loves the both of them.
[Gm] You see it [C] in the blood.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ It's [Dm] _ _ a family affair. _ _
[Bb] _ It's a family [Gm] affair. _ _
[Dm] _ It's a family affair. _ _
[Bb] _ It's a family [Gm] affair. _ _
[Bb] _ _ [F] One _ [C] child grows up to [Gm] be _ somebody [C] who just loves a man.
[Gm] _ _ _ [C] Another child grows up to [Gm] be _ somebody who [C] just loves a friend.
[Gm] _ _ Mom [C] loves the both of them.
[Gm] _ _ You see it [C] in the blood. _ _
[Gm] _ _ Both [C] kids are good to [Gm] Mom.
Nobody's thicker [C] than the mud.
It's a family [Bb] affair.
It's a family [C] affair. _ _
[Gm] _ It's a family [D] _ _ _ [D]
affair.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ You leave [C] her and the year will [Gm] go.
But you're still [C] checking each other out.
[Gm] _ _ _ [C] Nobody wants to blow [Bb] it.
Nobody [C] wants to be left out.
[Gm] _ But you _ can't leave cause your heart is [Gm] there.
But you can't [C] stay cause you've been somewhere _
[Gm] else.
You can't [C] cry cause you look from down.
[Gm] _ But you're crying [C] and acting cause you're all [Bb] broken down.
It's a family [C] affair. _ _
[Gm] _ It's a family [C] affair. _ _
[Gm] _ It's a family [C] affair. _ _
[Gm] _ It's a family [D] affair. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ It's a family affair.
_ _ [Bb] _ It's a family [Gm] affair.
_ _ [Dm] _ It's a [D] family affair.
_ _ [Bb] _ It's a family [Gm] affair.
_ _ _ One [C] child grows up to be
_ [Gm] Somebody who just [C] loves to learn.
[Bb] _ _ Another [C] child grows up to be
[Bb] _ Somebody who just [C] loves to learn.
_ Mom loves the both of them.
[Bb] _ You see it [C] in the blood.
_ _ [Bb] The most is [C] hard to mama
_ Let us think of that in blood.
It's a family affair. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ It's a family [C] affair.
_ _ [Bb] _ It's a family affair.
_ [Gm] _ _ It's a family [C] affair.
[Gm] It's a family affair.
_ It's a family [C] affair.
_ _ [Gm] We'll fix the family [C] affair
_ [Bb] _ _ We'll fix the family [C] affair
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ Family [C] affair
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ It's a family [Gm] affair. _ _
[Dm] _ It's a family affair. _ _
[Bb] _ It's a family [Gm] affair. _ _
[Bb] _ _ [F] One _ [C] child grows up to [Gm] be _ somebody [C] who just loves a man.
[Gm] _ _ _ [C] Another child grows up to [Gm] be _ somebody who [C] just loves a friend.
[Gm] _ _ Mom [C] loves the both of them.
[Gm] _ _ You see it [C] in the blood. _ _
[Gm] _ _ Both [C] kids are good to [Gm] Mom.
Nobody's thicker [C] than the mud.
It's a family [Bb] affair.
It's a family [C] affair. _ _
[Gm] _ It's a family [D] _ _ _ [D]
affair.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ You leave [C] her and the year will [Gm] go.
But you're still [C] checking each other out.
[Gm] _ _ _ [C] Nobody wants to blow [Bb] it.
Nobody [C] wants to be left out.
[Gm] _ But you _ can't leave cause your heart is [Gm] there.
But you can't [C] stay cause you've been somewhere _
[Gm] else.
You can't [C] cry cause you look from down.
[Gm] _ But you're crying [C] and acting cause you're all [Bb] broken down.
It's a family [C] affair. _ _
[Gm] _ It's a family [C] affair. _ _
[Gm] _ It's a family [C] affair. _ _
[Gm] _ It's a family [D] affair. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ It's a family affair.
_ _ [Bb] _ It's a family [Gm] affair.
_ _ [Dm] _ It's a [D] family affair.
_ _ [Bb] _ It's a family [Gm] affair.
_ _ _ One [C] child grows up to be
_ [Gm] Somebody who just [C] loves to learn.
[Bb] _ _ Another [C] child grows up to be
[Bb] _ Somebody who just [C] loves to learn.
_ Mom loves the both of them.
[Bb] _ You see it [C] in the blood.
_ _ [Bb] The most is [C] hard to mama
_ Let us think of that in blood.
It's a family affair. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ It's a family [C] affair.
_ _ [Bb] _ It's a family affair.
_ [Gm] _ _ It's a family [C] affair.
[Gm] It's a family affair.
_ It's a family [C] affair.
_ _ [Gm] We'll fix the family [C] affair
_ [Bb] _ _ We'll fix the family [C] affair
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ Family [C] affair
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _