{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1097891,"song":"Family Portrait","artist":"Radical Face","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11243806-family-portrait-chords-by-radical-face/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1097891?type=chord","rating":4.76907,"votes":19,"content":"[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] (x2)\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo we start with my father as a boy barely spoke a word of English[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFell in love from a distance, he watched her working from the back fence[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe learned some words and some clever turns of phrase from his father's book of poets[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe wasn't taken in that instant, but grew impressed with his persistence[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey met each other out by moonlight, made love in the nearby woods[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nThen her folks became suspicious, when her cycle broke that settled it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                        [ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey stole away without their goodbyes, got married in a foreign town[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]C#m[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMade their way as best as they could. Found jobs and settled down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd then time moved on[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] (x2)\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI was born in a river of blood on sheets from the wedding day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe room was dark and the stench was thick, my father couldn't stand the smell of it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nMama died in the night cause the nearest doctor couldn't stem the blood loss[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFather cried out on the back porch. My sister held me at the neighbor's house[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh my there was a storm then, there was a flood of a different kind[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                [ch]C#m[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFather's eyes were often vacant, but his hands were rarely quiet[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSister learned to take her hits well, both from life and the physical kind[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]C#m[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I was never one to lie down, despite who picked the fight[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo we designed our hells[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] (x2)\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFather turned into a drinker, a dark bastard with a wooden heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C#m[/ch]                                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSister learned to be a mother, before she ever played another part[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]E[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I became a little terror, I lashed out at whatever's around[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C#m[/ch]                                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTook some time before I settled, to find a mind that was somewhat sound[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd like it always does, time rushed on[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nSix years later father died in the very same bedroom[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMany said it was the grief that did it[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI have to say it's cause he hung himself[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo be honest, neither sister nor myself ever much regret his passing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]E[/ch]                                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut I admit it was a nice thing, to always know that we could feed ourselves[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\nD A (x2)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n\nD A (x2)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n\nA D E (x2)","chords":["D","A","E","C#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}