Chords for Jimmy Driftwood - Mixed-Up Family
Tempo:
91.825 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
Bm
F
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Now this is a song about a young girl who wants to get married.
And you'll have to listen very closely to tell when the singer is the young girl,
and when the singer is her father, and even when the singer is her mother who gets into the act on the last.
And the name of the song is The Mixed-Up Family.
[Bm]
[F] [F#m] [G] [D]
Father, oh dear father, [G] get off your [D] lazy bones.
Tomorrow I will marry my [G] lover Billy [D] Jones.
Daughter, oh dear daughter, [G] you'll have to [D] find another.
You cannot marry Billy [G] Jones, for he is [D] your half-brother.
Well this just broke the poor girl's heart.
And they couldn't get her to go anywhere for a long time.
But finally her girlfriend persuaded her to go with another boy.
After this, in about a year, she came back to her father and sung something like this.
Father, oh dear father, [G] I hope that [D] you won't care.
Tomorrow I will marry [G] my lover [D] John O'Dare.
Daughter, oh dear daughter, [G] you'll have to [D] find another.
You cannot marry John O'Dare, [G] for he is your [D] half-brother.
Well if her heart was broken the first time, certainly she lost it entirely the second time.
And she just swore that she'd never have anything to do with men as long as she lived.
But after a time her girlfriend came back to her and she said,
I'll tell you what let's do.
Next Sunday bright and early let's get on our horses and ride over yonder high mountain.
Down in Tudor Valley where your pappy ain't never been.
[Bm]
Well [D] they did.
And in about a year she came back singing something like this.
Father, oh dear father, [G] I hope that [D] you won't frown.
Tomorrow I will marry [G] my lover [D] Jimmy Brown.
Daughter, oh dear daughter, [G] you'll have to [D] find another.
You cannot marry Jimmy Brown, [G] for he [D] is your half-brother.
Well this time she ran straight to her mother.
She sung something like [G] this.
Mother, oh dear [D] mother, [G] my poor [Bm] heart is undone.
[G] Every [D] boy I love [A] turns out to be my [D] father's son.
Well the mother who knew what a liar the old man was
[Bm] looked across the room over towards where he was [D] sat and whittling on an axe handle
and she sung big and loud something like this.
Daughter, oh dear daughter, [G] go on and [D] make your vow.
It ain't no sin for you, ain't no [G] kin to your pappy [D]
anyhow.
[G] [D]
And you'll have to listen very closely to tell when the singer is the young girl,
and when the singer is her father, and even when the singer is her mother who gets into the act on the last.
And the name of the song is The Mixed-Up Family.
[Bm]
[F] [F#m] [G] [D]
Father, oh dear father, [G] get off your [D] lazy bones.
Tomorrow I will marry my [G] lover Billy [D] Jones.
Daughter, oh dear daughter, [G] you'll have to [D] find another.
You cannot marry Billy [G] Jones, for he is [D] your half-brother.
Well this just broke the poor girl's heart.
And they couldn't get her to go anywhere for a long time.
But finally her girlfriend persuaded her to go with another boy.
After this, in about a year, she came back to her father and sung something like this.
Father, oh dear father, [G] I hope that [D] you won't care.
Tomorrow I will marry [G] my lover [D] John O'Dare.
Daughter, oh dear daughter, [G] you'll have to [D] find another.
You cannot marry John O'Dare, [G] for he is your [D] half-brother.
Well if her heart was broken the first time, certainly she lost it entirely the second time.
And she just swore that she'd never have anything to do with men as long as she lived.
But after a time her girlfriend came back to her and she said,
I'll tell you what let's do.
Next Sunday bright and early let's get on our horses and ride over yonder high mountain.
Down in Tudor Valley where your pappy ain't never been.
[Bm]
Well [D] they did.
And in about a year she came back singing something like this.
Father, oh dear father, [G] I hope that [D] you won't frown.
Tomorrow I will marry [G] my lover [D] Jimmy Brown.
Daughter, oh dear daughter, [G] you'll have to [D] find another.
You cannot marry Jimmy Brown, [G] for he [D] is your half-brother.
Well this time she ran straight to her mother.
She sung something like [G] this.
Mother, oh dear [D] mother, [G] my poor [Bm] heart is undone.
[G] Every [D] boy I love [A] turns out to be my [D] father's son.
Well the mother who knew what a liar the old man was
[Bm] looked across the room over towards where he was [D] sat and whittling on an axe handle
and she sung big and loud something like this.
Daughter, oh dear daughter, [G] go on and [D] make your vow.
It ain't no sin for you, ain't no [G] kin to your pappy [D]
anyhow.
[G] [D]
Key:
D
G
Bm
F
F#m
D
G
Bm
Now this is a song about a young girl who wants to get married.
And you'll have to listen very closely to tell when the singer is the young girl,
and when the singer is her father, and even when the singer is her mother who gets into the act on the last.
And the name of the song is The Mixed-Up Family.
_ [Bm] _
_ _ [F] _ [F#m] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
Father, oh dear father, [G] get off your [D] lazy bones.
Tomorrow I will marry my [G] lover Billy [D] Jones.
_ Daughter, oh dear daughter, [G] you'll have to [D] find another.
You cannot marry Billy [G] Jones, for he is [D] your half-brother.
_ Well this just broke the poor girl's heart.
And they couldn't get her to go anywhere for a long time.
But finally her girlfriend persuaded her to go with another boy.
After this, in about a year, she came back to her father and sung something like this.
_ _ Father, oh dear father, [G] I hope that [D] you won't care.
Tomorrow I will marry [G] my lover [D] John O'Dare.
Daughter, oh dear daughter, [G] you'll have to [D] find another.
You cannot marry John O'Dare, [G] for he is your [D] half-brother.
_ Well if her heart was broken the first time, certainly she lost it entirely the second time.
And she just swore that she'd never have anything to do with men as long as she lived.
But after a time her girlfriend came back to her and she said,
I'll tell you what let's do.
Next Sunday bright and early let's get on our horses and ride over yonder high mountain.
Down in Tudor Valley where your pappy ain't never been.
[Bm]
Well [D] they did.
And in about a year she came back singing something like this.
Father, oh dear father, [G] I hope that [D] you won't frown.
Tomorrow I will marry [G] my lover [D] Jimmy Brown.
Daughter, oh dear daughter, [G] you'll have to [D] find another.
You cannot marry Jimmy Brown, [G] for he [D] is your half-brother.
_ Well this time she ran straight to her mother.
She sung something like [G] this.
Mother, oh dear [D] mother, [G] my poor [Bm] heart is undone.
[G] Every [D] boy I love [A] turns out to be my [D] father's son.
_ Well the mother who knew what a liar the old man was
[Bm] looked across the room over towards where he was [D] sat and whittling on an axe handle
and she sung big and loud something like this.
Daughter, oh dear daughter, [G] go on and [D] make your vow.
It ain't no sin for you, ain't no [G] kin to your pappy [D]
anyhow.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And you'll have to listen very closely to tell when the singer is the young girl,
and when the singer is her father, and even when the singer is her mother who gets into the act on the last.
And the name of the song is The Mixed-Up Family.
_ [Bm] _
_ _ [F] _ [F#m] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
Father, oh dear father, [G] get off your [D] lazy bones.
Tomorrow I will marry my [G] lover Billy [D] Jones.
_ Daughter, oh dear daughter, [G] you'll have to [D] find another.
You cannot marry Billy [G] Jones, for he is [D] your half-brother.
_ Well this just broke the poor girl's heart.
And they couldn't get her to go anywhere for a long time.
But finally her girlfriend persuaded her to go with another boy.
After this, in about a year, she came back to her father and sung something like this.
_ _ Father, oh dear father, [G] I hope that [D] you won't care.
Tomorrow I will marry [G] my lover [D] John O'Dare.
Daughter, oh dear daughter, [G] you'll have to [D] find another.
You cannot marry John O'Dare, [G] for he is your [D] half-brother.
_ Well if her heart was broken the first time, certainly she lost it entirely the second time.
And she just swore that she'd never have anything to do with men as long as she lived.
But after a time her girlfriend came back to her and she said,
I'll tell you what let's do.
Next Sunday bright and early let's get on our horses and ride over yonder high mountain.
Down in Tudor Valley where your pappy ain't never been.
[Bm]
Well [D] they did.
And in about a year she came back singing something like this.
Father, oh dear father, [G] I hope that [D] you won't frown.
Tomorrow I will marry [G] my lover [D] Jimmy Brown.
Daughter, oh dear daughter, [G] you'll have to [D] find another.
You cannot marry Jimmy Brown, [G] for he [D] is your half-brother.
_ Well this time she ran straight to her mother.
She sung something like [G] this.
Mother, oh dear [D] mother, [G] my poor [Bm] heart is undone.
[G] Every [D] boy I love [A] turns out to be my [D] father's son.
_ Well the mother who knew what a liar the old man was
[Bm] looked across the room over towards where he was [D] sat and whittling on an axe handle
and she sung big and loud something like this.
Daughter, oh dear daughter, [G] go on and [D] make your vow.
It ain't no sin for you, ain't no [G] kin to your pappy [D]
anyhow.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _