Chords for Family Hands

_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Last Sunday we got in the car and we drove _ [Gm] To the [C] town you were [C] raised in, [F] your boyhood
[Bb] home [G] The _ [F] trees were just turning [Bb] up [Gm] on the ridge
_ And this was your valley [F] when you were a kid [Bb] You _ [F]
showed me the railroad [Bb] that your daddy
[F] worked [Gm] on [C] As we neared the old house where your granny
lives [Bb] on _ [F]
She's nearing ninety years now [Bb] with her daughters
[Gm] by her side Who [G] tend the places in the [C] heart where [F] loneliness
can hide _
_ [D] _ _ [Dm] Raised by [C] the women [Bb] who were stronger than
you [F] know [Dm] A patchwork [C] quilt of memory [Gm] only women [C] could
have sewn _ The threads were stitched by family hands
[Eb] _ Protected [Bb] from the moths [Gm] by her mother [Bb] and her mother
[Gm] The [C] weavers [F] of your club [C] Your _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
grandmother owned a gun [Bb] in 1932
_ [Gm] _
_ When [C] times were bad just everywhere you [F] said she used it [Bb] too
And [F]
the life and times of [Bb] everyone are traced inside [Gm] their palms
[C] Her skin may be so weathered [G] but her grip [F] is still so [Bb] strong
_ [C] _
[F] And I see your eyes belong to [Bb] her and to your [Gm] mama too
_ [C] A slice of Virginia sky the [F] clearest shade of [Bb] blue
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ Raised [C] by the women who [Bb] were stronger than [F] you know
[Dm] A patchwork quilt [C] of memory [Gm] only women could [C] have sewn
[F] The threads were stitched [C] by family hands [Eb] Protected [Dm] from the [Gm] moths by your [F] mother and
[Bb] her mother [C] The weavers of [F] your club _
And _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] a rich man you might never be [Bb] they'd love you [Dm] just the same
[C] They've handed down so much to you [F] besides your [Bb] Christian name
[C] And the spoken word won't [Am] heal you like the [F] laying on [Gm] of hands
[C] _ Belonging to the ones who raised [F] you to a man
[C] _
_ [Dm] _ Raised [C] by the women [Bb] who were stronger [F] than you [C] know
[Dm] A patchwork quilt [C] of memory [Gm] only women could [C] have sewn
And the threads were stitched by family hands [Eb] Protected from [Dm] the moths [Gm] by your mother [Bb] and
her [Gm] mother The [C] weavers [F] of your club
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _