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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Sly & The Family Stone ~ Family Affair 1971 Disco Purrfection Version chords
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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]
Key:  
C
3211
Gm
123111113
Bb
12341111
Dm
2311
F
134211111
C
3211
Gm
123111113
Bb
12341111
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Learn the basic chords of Sly & The Family Stone - Family Affair chords, with this master sequence: F, C, Gm and C. A good strategy is to initiate at 54 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 109 BPM. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of F Major in mind.

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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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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] _ _ _
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This song was written by Sylvester Stewart.

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