Chords for Sly & The Family Stone ~ Family Affair 1971 Disco Purrfection Version
Tempo:
108.75 bpm
Chords used:
C
Gm
Bb
Dm
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D]
Whoops!
[Bb] Hello!
[C] Hello!
[G] [Bb]
[C] [Bb] [C]
[Gm] [F]
[D]
[Dm] It's a family [G] [Dm] affair
[Bb] It's a family [C]
[Dm] affair
It's a family [G] [Dm] affair
[Bb] [C]
[Gm] [C] One child grows up to [Gm] be [C] somebody that just loves to [Gm] learn.
And another [F] [C] child grows [Gm] up to be somebody [C] who just loves to burn.
[Gm]
Mom [C] loves the [Gm] both of them.
You see [C] it's in the blood.
[Gm] [C] Both kids are [Am] good and [Gm] wrong.
Blood's [C] thicker than mud.
It's a family [Gm] affair.
[C] [Dm] It's a [Gm] family affair.
[Dm] All's well.
[G] All's [D] well.
[Bb]
[C] [G] [Dm] [Gm] [F]
[C] [Bb]
[C] [Bb] It's
[C] [Gm] [F]
[Dm] [D]
[Dm] a family [G] affair.
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Dm] It's a family [G] affair.
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Bb] Newly [C] wed a [Gm] year ago.
But [C] you're still checking each other out.
[Gm] [C] Nobody wants [Bb] to blow.
[C] Nobody wants to be left [D] out.
[Bb] [C] You can't leave cause your heart is [Gm] there.
But you [C] can't stay cause you've been [Gm] somewhere else.
You can't [C] cry cause you're [Gm] looking broke down.
But you're crying [C] anyway cause you're all broke down.
It's [Gm] a family affair.
[C]
[Gm] It's a family affair.
[F] [C]
[Gm] Yeah, a family affair.
[Am] [C]
[Gm] [D]
[Gm] [C] One child grows [Gm] up to be [C] somebody that just loves to learn.
[Gm] [F] And another [C] child [Gm] grows up to be [C] somebody who just loves to [Gm] burn.
[C] Mom [Gm] loves the both of them.
[C] You see it's in the blood.
[Gm] [C] Both kids are good [Am] and [Gm] wrong.
[C] Blood's thicker than mud.
It's a [Gm] family affair.
[C] It's [F] a [Gm] family affair.
[Dm] It's a family affair.
[D]
[Gm] [Dm] [G] [A]
[Dm]
[Bb] [Gm] It's a family [C] [Dm] affair.
It's a [G] [Dm] family [Bb] [Am] affair. All's well. [Gm] Well.
[Bb]
[C] [Am] [Gm]
[C] [Gm] [Bb]
[C] [Gm]
[C] [Gm] [Bb]
[C] [Am] [Gm]
[C] [Gm] [F]
[D]
[Bb] [D]
[Bb]
[C] [Gm]
[Am] Well.
Newly [Gm]
[C]
[Gm] [Dm] [D]
[Bb] [F]
[C] wed a [Gm] year ago.
[F] But you're [C] still checking each other out.
[Gm] [F]
[C] Nobody [Bb] wants to blow.
[F] Nobody [C] wants to be left [D] out.
[Bb] [Dm] You [Am] can't leave cause your heart [Gm] is there.
But you [F]
[C] can't stay cause you've been [F] somewhere [Bb] else.
You [F] can't [C] cry cause you're looking [Gm] broke down.
But you're crying [F] anyway [C] cause you're all broke down.
It's a [Gm] family affair.
[C] It's a [Gm] family affair.
[F] [C] Yeah, [Gm] a family affair.
[C] [Gm] [Dm]
[D] [G] [Dm]
[A]
[Dm] [G] [Dm]
[Bb] It's a [Gm] family affair.
[F] [Dm]
It's a family affair.
[Bb] [Am] All's well.
[Bb] [C]
[Gm] You're looking broke.
[Eb] [G]
[D]
[G]
Whoops!
[Bb] Hello!
[C] Hello!
[G] [Bb]
[C] [Bb] [C]
[Gm] [F]
[D]
[Dm] It's a family [G] [Dm] affair
[Bb] It's a family [C]
[Dm] affair
It's a family [G] [Dm] affair
[Bb] [C]
[Gm] [C] One child grows up to [Gm] be [C] somebody that just loves to [Gm] learn.
And another [F] [C] child grows [Gm] up to be somebody [C] who just loves to burn.
[Gm]
Mom [C] loves the [Gm] both of them.
You see [C] it's in the blood.
[Gm] [C] Both kids are [Am] good and [Gm] wrong.
Blood's [C] thicker than mud.
It's a family [Gm] affair.
[C] [Dm] It's a [Gm] family affair.
[Dm] All's well.
[G] All's [D] well.
[Bb]
[C] [G] [Dm] [Gm] [F]
[C] [Bb]
[C] [Bb] It's
[C] [Gm] [F]
[Dm] [D]
[Dm] a family [G] affair.
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Dm] It's a family [G] affair.
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Bb] Newly [C] wed a [Gm] year ago.
But [C] you're still checking each other out.
[Gm] [C] Nobody wants [Bb] to blow.
[C] Nobody wants to be left [D] out.
[Bb] [C] You can't leave cause your heart is [Gm] there.
But you [C] can't stay cause you've been [Gm] somewhere else.
You can't [C] cry cause you're [Gm] looking broke down.
But you're crying [C] anyway cause you're all broke down.
It's [Gm] a family affair.
[C]
[Gm] It's a family affair.
[F] [C]
[Gm] Yeah, a family affair.
[Am] [C]
[Gm] [D]
[Gm] [C] One child grows [Gm] up to be [C] somebody that just loves to learn.
[Gm] [F] And another [C] child [Gm] grows up to be [C] somebody who just loves to [Gm] burn.
[C] Mom [Gm] loves the both of them.
[C] You see it's in the blood.
[Gm] [C] Both kids are good [Am] and [Gm] wrong.
[C] Blood's thicker than mud.
It's a [Gm] family affair.
[C] It's [F] a [Gm] family affair.
[Dm] It's a family affair.
[D]
[Gm] [Dm] [G] [A]
[Dm]
[Bb] [Gm] It's a family [C] [Dm] affair.
It's a [G] [Dm] family [Bb] [Am] affair. All's well. [Gm] Well.
[Bb]
[C] [Am] [Gm]
[C] [Gm] [Bb]
[C] [Gm]
[C] [Gm] [Bb]
[C] [Am] [Gm]
[C] [Gm] [F]
[D]
[Bb] [D]
[Bb]
[C] [Gm]
[Am] Well.
Newly [Gm]
[C]
[Gm] [Dm] [D]
[Bb] [F]
[C] wed a [Gm] year ago.
[F] But you're [C] still checking each other out.
[Gm] [F]
[C] Nobody [Bb] wants to blow.
[F] Nobody [C] wants to be left [D] out.
[Bb] [Dm] You [Am] can't leave cause your heart [Gm] is there.
But you [F]
[C] can't stay cause you've been [F] somewhere [Bb] else.
You [F] can't [C] cry cause you're looking [Gm] broke down.
But you're crying [F] anyway [C] cause you're all broke down.
It's a [Gm] family affair.
[C] It's a [Gm] family affair.
[F] [C] Yeah, [Gm] a family affair.
[C] [Gm] [Dm]
[D] [G] [Dm]
[A]
[Dm] [G] [Dm]
[Bb] It's a [Gm] family affair.
[F] [Dm]
It's a family affair.
[Bb] [Am] All's well.
[Bb] [C]
[Gm] You're looking broke.
[Eb] [G]
[D]
[G]
Key:
C
Gm
Bb
Dm
F
C
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Bb
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_ Whoops!
[Bb] Hello! _ _
[C] Hello!
_ [G] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] It's a family [G] [Dm] affair _ _
[Bb] _ It's a family _ _ [C] _ _
[Dm] affair
It's a family [G] [Dm] affair _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ One child grows up to [Gm] be _ [C] somebody that just loves to [Gm] learn.
And another _ [F] _ [C] child grows [Gm] up to be somebody [C] who just loves to burn.
[Gm] _
_ _ Mom [C] _ _ loves the [Gm] both of them.
You see [C] it's in the blood. _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [C] Both kids are [Am] good and [Gm] wrong.
_ Blood's [C] thicker than mud.
It's a family [Gm] affair.
_ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] It's a [Gm] family affair.
_ [Dm] All's well. _
[G] All's [D] well.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ It's _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Dm] _ a family [G] affair.
[Dm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Dm] _ It's a family [G] affair.
[Dm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Bb] _ _ Newly [C] wed a [Gm] year ago.
But [C] you're still checking each other out.
[Gm] _ _ _ [C] Nobody _ wants [Bb] to blow.
_ [C] Nobody wants to be left [D] out.
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] You can't leave cause your heart is [Gm] there.
But you _ [C] can't stay cause you've been [Gm] somewhere else.
You can't [C] cry cause you're [Gm] looking broke down.
But you're crying [C] anyway cause you're all broke down.
It's [Gm] a family affair.
_ [C] _ _ _
[Gm] It's a family affair.
_ [F] _ _ [C]
[Gm] Yeah, a family affair.
[Am] _ [C] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [C] One child grows [Gm] up to be _ [C] somebody that just loves to learn.
[Gm] _ _ _ [F] And another [C] child [Gm] grows up to be [C] somebody who just loves to [Gm] burn.
_ _ _ [C] Mom _ _ [Gm] loves the both of them.
[C] You see it's in the blood. _
_ [Gm] _ _ [C] Both kids are good [Am] and [Gm] wrong.
_ [C] Blood's thicker than mud.
It's a [Gm] family affair.
_ _ _ [C] It's [F] a [Gm] family affair.
_ [Dm] It's a family affair.
_ [D] _
_ _ [Gm] _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Gm] It's a family _ [C] _ [Dm] _ affair.
It's a _ [G] [Dm] family _ _ [Bb] _ [Am] affair. All's well. [Gm] Well.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ [Gm] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
[C] _ _ _ [Am] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [Am] Well.
Newly _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F]
[C] wed a [Gm] year ago.
[F] But you're [C] still checking each other out.
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ Nobody [Bb] wants to blow.
_ [F] Nobody [C] wants to be left [D] out.
[Bb] _ _ _ [Dm] You [Am] can't leave cause your heart [Gm] is there.
But you [F]
[C] can't stay cause you've been [F] somewhere [Bb] else.
You [F] can't [C] cry cause you're looking [Gm] broke down.
But you're crying [F] anyway [C] cause you're all broke down.
It's a [Gm] family affair. _ _
[C] _ _ It's a [Gm] family _ affair.
[F] _ _ [C] Yeah, [Gm] a family affair.
[C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Bb] _ It's a [Gm] family affair.
[F] _ [Dm] _
_ It's a family _ affair. _
[Bb] _ [Am] All's well.
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _
[Gm] _ _ You're looking broke. _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Whoops!
[Bb] Hello! _ _
[C] Hello!
_ [G] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] It's a family [G] [Dm] affair _ _
[Bb] _ It's a family _ _ [C] _ _
[Dm] affair
It's a family [G] [Dm] affair _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ One child grows up to [Gm] be _ [C] somebody that just loves to [Gm] learn.
And another _ [F] _ [C] child grows [Gm] up to be somebody [C] who just loves to burn.
[Gm] _
_ _ Mom [C] _ _ loves the [Gm] both of them.
You see [C] it's in the blood. _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [C] Both kids are [Am] good and [Gm] wrong.
_ Blood's [C] thicker than mud.
It's a family [Gm] affair.
_ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] It's a [Gm] family affair.
_ [Dm] All's well. _
[G] All's [D] well.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ It's _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Dm] _ a family [G] affair.
[Dm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Dm] _ It's a family [G] affair.
[Dm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Bb] _ _ Newly [C] wed a [Gm] year ago.
But [C] you're still checking each other out.
[Gm] _ _ _ [C] Nobody _ wants [Bb] to blow.
_ [C] Nobody wants to be left [D] out.
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] You can't leave cause your heart is [Gm] there.
But you _ [C] can't stay cause you've been [Gm] somewhere else.
You can't [C] cry cause you're [Gm] looking broke down.
But you're crying [C] anyway cause you're all broke down.
It's [Gm] a family affair.
_ [C] _ _ _
[Gm] It's a family affair.
_ [F] _ _ [C]
[Gm] Yeah, a family affair.
[Am] _ [C] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [C] One child grows [Gm] up to be _ [C] somebody that just loves to learn.
[Gm] _ _ _ [F] And another [C] child [Gm] grows up to be [C] somebody who just loves to [Gm] burn.
_ _ _ [C] Mom _ _ [Gm] loves the both of them.
[C] You see it's in the blood. _
_ [Gm] _ _ [C] Both kids are good [Am] and [Gm] wrong.
_ [C] Blood's thicker than mud.
It's a [Gm] family affair.
_ _ _ [C] It's [F] a [Gm] family affair.
_ [Dm] It's a family affair.
_ [D] _
_ _ [Gm] _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Gm] It's a family _ [C] _ [Dm] _ affair.
It's a _ [G] [Dm] family _ _ [Bb] _ [Am] affair. All's well. [Gm] Well.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ [Gm] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
[C] _ _ _ [Am] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [Am] Well.
Newly _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F]
[C] wed a [Gm] year ago.
[F] But you're [C] still checking each other out.
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ Nobody [Bb] wants to blow.
_ [F] Nobody [C] wants to be left [D] out.
[Bb] _ _ _ [Dm] You [Am] can't leave cause your heart [Gm] is there.
But you [F]
[C] can't stay cause you've been [F] somewhere [Bb] else.
You [F] can't [C] cry cause you're looking [Gm] broke down.
But you're crying [F] anyway [C] cause you're all broke down.
It's a [Gm] family affair. _ _
[C] _ _ It's a [Gm] family _ affair.
[F] _ _ [C] Yeah, [Gm] a family affair.
[C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Bb] _ It's a [Gm] family affair.
[F] _ [Dm] _
_ It's a family _ affair. _
[Bb] _ [Am] All's well.
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _
[Gm] _ _ You're looking broke. _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
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