The Biggest Disappointment Chords by Slim Dusty

[G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [G] They had my [C] future wrapped up [D] in a parcel And [C]
no one [D] even thought of [G] asking me
The day I [C] turned fifteen I caught [D] the mail train
To [C] find what else [D] might be in life [G] for me I [Em] rode on trucks and trains and lived [B] on nothing
_ [Em] Served me right for wanting to [A] be free Ah [G] well, that's the way [C] society [D] looked at
it But [C] it didn't [D] seem to be that way [G] to me
_ And the biggest [C] disappointment in [G] the family was me
The only [C] twisted branch [D] upon our good old [Am] family tree
I [G] just couldn't [B] be the person they [Em] expected me [A] to be
[G] And the biggest [C] disappointment in [D] the world [G] was me
[C]
A [G] _ _ [C] _ [G] lot more dinner [C] times [G] than there [D] were dinners I [C] learned a lot [D] that hurt me at [G] the time
Then this quiet [C] country boy went [D] home a different man
With [C] a memory [D] of distance on [G] my mind But [Em] I always spoke too loud and loud [B] too often
_ [Em] Maybe drank too many [A] glasses down And [G] perhaps my [C] clothes were older than [D] I [Dm] realized
[C] A relief to all [D]
concerned when I [G] left town
_ And the biggest [C] disappointment [G] in the family was me
The only [C] twisted branch [D] upon our good old family tree
I [G] just couldn't [B] be the person [Em] they expected [A] me to be
[G] And the biggest [C] disappointment [D] in the world [G] was me
_ And the biggest [C] disappointment in [G] the family was me
The only twisted [C] branch upon [D] our good old family tree
I [G] just couldn't be [B] the person they [Em] expected me [A] to be
[G] And the biggest [C] disappointment in [D] the world [G] was me _ _
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