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Family Man by James Taylor
Family Man
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: A
[Verse 1]
A Em7 D/G
Whoa, Jocko, don't expect me
A Em7 D/G
to come out drinking,
A Em7 D/G
messing around
A Em7 D/G
Spending my time
A Em7 D/G
with a bunch of crazy people
A Em7 D/G
Yes, I been there before
A Em7
I don't need to go back no more
[Chorus]
D/G A D
I'm just a family man, like it or not
A D
I am a family man, I'm a-holding onto what I've got
A D
I'm a family man, right by damn
E9 N.C. A Em7 D/G A G/A G/C
I finally find out that what I am is a family man
[Verse 2]
D D/C
And don't expect me
D/B D/A D/C
to hit the road
D D/C
At a moment's notice
D/B D/A
without my suitcase
D/C D D/C D/B D/A
With some crazy bunch of strangers in some unknown car
D/G E9 N.C.
Well, I'm just not willing to go that far
[Verse 3]
A Em7 D/G A Em7 D/G
The life I used to lead was a little too frantic
A Em7 D/G A Em7 D/G
I guess I just got eyes to grow old and gray
A Em7 D/G A Em7 D/G
And if what I have in mind isn't super romantic
A Em7 D/G
I guess I always saw myself this way
[Chorus]
D/G A D
I'm just a family man, like it or not
A D
I am a family man, I'm a-holding onto what I've got
A D
I'm a family man, right by damn
E9 N.C. A Em7 D/G A G/A G/C
I finally find out that what I am is a family man
[Outro]
D D/C
Sears and Roebuck,
D/B D/A D/C
Howard Johnson
D D/C
Colonel Sanders,
D/B D/A D/C
Station wagon
D D/C D/B D/Bb D/E
Briggs and Stratton, second mortgage whoa
A Em7 D/G A Em7 D/G
If I can ever lose my blues babe
A Em7 D/G A Em7 D/G
Walk on over, turn on the TV
A Em7 D/G A Em7 D/G
What I'd like to do is lie down on the sofa later on
A Em7 D/G A Em7 D/G
I might walk my dog, baby whoa
A Em7 D/G A Em7 D/G
Bo Diddley's a family man
[Outro]
A Em7 D/G A Em7 D/G
A Em7 D/G A Em7 D/G
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