Chords for Family Affair - Sly & Family Stone (UK#15 USA#01) 1972

_ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ family of five
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ one [C] child grows up to be
somebody [C] who just loves life
[Bb] that other _ [C] child _ grows up [Bb] to be
_ somebody [C] you just love to burn
_ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] mom loves the both [Bb] of them _ _
[C] you see it's in the blood
_ [Bb] _ _ both [C] _ kids are good
[Bb] the _ mom's blood's tickled in the mud
it's a [Gm] family affair _ [F] family affair
_ [Bb] family affair
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ knew you [B] well a year [Bb] ago
still [C] checking each other out
[Bb] oh, _ _ nobody [F] _ _ wants to [Bb] blow
_ nobody [C] wants to be left out _
_ _ can't leave
cause your heart is there
_ and [C] you, you can't say
cause you've been [Bb] somewhere else
you can't [B] cry
cause you look [Gm] broke down
but you're crying anyway
cause your heart broke down
it's a [Gm] family affair
it's a family [F] affair _ _
[Gm] family affair
it's a family affair
[G] _ _
it's a family affair
it's a [F] family affair
[C] _
[Bb] family _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[A] _ affair
_ [Bb] _ it's a family affair
[Db] _ _ [Dm] _ it's a family [D] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] affair
[F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ _
[C] _ _ cause [Dm] you, _ [Gm] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] you, _ you [Gm] know
_ _ [A] you're still [C] checking each other [G] out
oh, [Gm] _ _ nobody [C] _ wants to [Gm] blow
_ [Bb] nobody [D] wants to be left out
_ _ [F] _ can't leave
[Am] cause your heart [Gm] is there
and you, you [C] can't say
cause you've been [Gm] somewhere else
you can't [C] cry
cause you look [Bb] broke down
but you're crying anyway
[C] cause your heart broke down
it's a [Bb] family affair
it's a [G] family affair
_ _ [Bb] it's a [C] family affair
_ [Bb] it's a family affair _
[F] it's a family affair
[C] _ [Gm] it's a family affair
it's [Dm] a family _ affair
[D] _ _ _ _