Family portrait (Listen to midi) (Listen to sample)

Am - Dm - C - Dm - E (2x)

Am Dm

1. Momma please stop cryin, I can’t stand the sound,

C Dm E

your pain is painful and it’s tearin' me down.

Am Dm

I hear glasses breaking as I sit up in my bed,

C Dm E

I told dad you didn’t mean those nasty things you said.

Am - Dm

2. You fight about money, ‘bout me and my brother,

C - Dm E

and this I come home to, this is my shelter.

Am Dm

It ain’t easy growin’ up in World War III,

C

never knowin’ what love could be, you’ll see,

Dm E

I don’t want love to destroy me like it has done my family.

Am Dm

Can we work it out? Can we be a family?

C Dm E

I promise I’ll be better, Mommy, I’ll do anything.

Am Dm

Can we work it out? Can we be a family?

C Dm - E

I promise I’ll be better, Daddy, please don’t leave !

Am Dm

3. Daddy please stop yellin’, I can’t stand the sound,

C Dm E

make mama stop cryin’, cuz I need you around

Am - Dm

My mama, she loves you, no matter what she says, its true.

C Dm E

I know that she hurt you, but remember I love you, too

Am Dm

4. I ran away today, ran from the noise, ran away,

C Dm E

don’t wanna go back to that place, but don’t have no choice, no way.

Am Dm

It ain’t easy growin’ up in World War III,

C

never knowin’ what love could be, well I've seen,

Dm E

I don’t want love to destroy me like it did my family.

Am Dm

Can we work it out? Can we be a family?

C Dm E

I promise I’ll be better, Mommy, I’ll do anything.

Am Dm

Can we work it out? Can we be a family?

C Dm - E

I promise I’ll be better, Daddy, please don’t leave !

Am Dm

5. In our family portrait, we look pretty happy,

C Dm E

let’s play pretend, let's act like it comes naturally.

Am Dm

I don’t wanna have to split the holidays, I don’t want two addresses,

C

I don’t want a step-brother anyways,

Dm E

and I don’t want my mom to have to change her last name.

Am Dm

In our family portrait we look pretty happy,

C Dm E

we look pretty normal, let's go back to that.

Am Dm

In our family portrait we look pretty happy,

C Dm E

let's play pretend, act like it goes naturally.

(repeat these 4 lines 3 times)

Am - Dm

Daddy don’t leave, Daddy don’t leave,

C Dm E

Daddy don’t leave, turn around please !

Am Dm

Remember that the night you left

C Dm - E

you took my shining star?

Am Dm

Daddy don’t leave, Daddy don’t leave,

C Dm - E

Daddy don’t leave, don't leave us here alone !

Am Dm

Mom will be nicer, I’ll be so much better,

C Dm E

I’ll tell my brother, oh, I won’t spill the milk at dinner.

Am Dm

I’ll be so much better, I’ll do everything right ,

C Dm E

I’ll be your little girl forever, I’ll go to sleep at night.

Am - Dm - C - Dm - E

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