Family Affair Chords by Sly & The Family Stone

Tempo:
108.4 bpm
Chords used:

Gm

C

F

Dm

Bb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Sly & the Family Stone - Family Affair chords
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It's a family affair.
[A] It's a family [Gm] affair.
[Dm] It's a family [D] affair.
[Bb] It's a family affair.
[Gm] [C] One child grows [Gm] up to be
[C] Somebody that just loves to learn.
[Gm] And another [F] [C] child [Gm] grows up to be
[C] Somebody who just loves to burn.
[Gm]
[C] Mom loves [Gm] the both of them.
You [C] see it's in the blood.
[Gm] [C] Both kids are good [Gm] and bound.
[C] Blood's thicker than the mud.
It's a [G] family affair.
[C] It's [Gm] a family affair.
[Dm] One or bad.
One or [Gm] bad.
[F] [C] [Gm]
[F] [C] [Bb]
[C] [Gm]
[F] [Dm]
[Gm] Newly [F] wed [C] a [Gm] year ago.
[C] We're still checking each other out.
[Gm] [F] [C] Nobody [Bb] wants to blow.
[C] Nobody wants to be left out.
[Bb] [F] You can't [C] leave cause your heart is [Gm] there.
But you [F] [C] can't stay cause you've been [Dm] somewhere [Gm] else.
You can't [F] [C] cry cause you look [Gm] broke down.
But you're crying [G] anyway [C] cause you're all broke down.
It's [Gm] a family affair.
[C]
[Gm] It's a family [C] affair.
[Gm] Family [C] affair.
[Gm] [Dm]
[A]
[Dm]
[G] [Dm] [Bb] Family [Gm] affair.
[Dm] Family affair.
It's a family [Bb] affair.
Family [Gm] affair.
[C] [C] [Gm]
[C] [Gm]
[A] [Gm]
[A]
Key:  
Gm
123111113
C
3211
F
134211111
Dm
2311
Bb
12341111
Gm
123111113
C
3211
F
134211111
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To start learning Sly & The Family Stone - Family Affair chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: Bb, C, Bb, C, Gm and C. Kick off your practice at a gentle 54 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 108 BPM. Considering your vocal pitch and chord choices, adjust the capo in accordance with the key: D Minor.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ It's a family affair. _ _
[A] _ It's a family [Gm] affair. _ _
[Dm] _ It's a family [D] affair. _
[Bb] _ It's a family affair. _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [C] One child grows [Gm] up to be
_ [C] Somebody that just loves to learn.
[Gm] And another _ [F] _ [C] child [Gm] grows up to be
[C] Somebody who just loves to burn.
[Gm] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ Mom loves [Gm] the both of them.
You [C] see it's in the blood. _
[Gm] _ _ _ [C] Both kids are good [Gm] and bound.
_ [C] Blood's thicker than the mud.
It's a [G] family affair.
_ _ _ [C] _ It's [Gm] a family affair.
_ _ [Dm] One or bad.
One or [Gm] bad. _ _ _
[F] _ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[F] _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[F] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ Newly [F] wed [C] _ a [Gm] year ago.
_ [C] We're still checking each other out.
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [C] Nobody [Bb] wants to blow.
_ [C] Nobody wants to be left out.
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] You can't [C] leave cause your heart is [Gm] there.
But you _ [F] [C] can't stay cause you've been [Dm] somewhere [Gm] else.
You can't [F] [C] cry cause you look [Gm] broke down.
But you're crying [G] anyway [C] cause you're all broke down.
It's [Gm] a family affair.
_ _ [C] _ _ _
[Gm] It's a family _ [C] affair. _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ Family [C] affair. _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Bb] _ _ Family [Gm] affair.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ Family affair.
It's a family [Bb] _ affair.
Family [Gm] affair.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Facts about this song

It's Sylvester Stewart who authored this song.

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