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First Family 
Rich Mullins
DMy folks they were alwaG/Dys the A/Dfirst Dfamily to arrive 
     Em7/sus4                  D/F#               G2  A7/sus4   A7  
With seven people jammed into a car that seated five 
TheDre was one G/DbathrA/Doom to Dbathe and shave in, six of us stood in line 
   Em7/sus4	 	         D/F#  		 G2  A7/sus4 
And hot water for only three but we all did just fine 
Chorus: 
		G2  	 D/F#     Em7  	    A7     D  Em7/sus4  D/F#  
Talk about your miracles, talk about your faith 
		G  		       D/F#   E7sus    E7  A7/sus4   A7  
My dad he could make things grow out of Indiana clay 
G2Mom cD/F#ould make a Em7gourmet meAal Bmout of just cornbread and beans 
          		      Em7  D2/ F#  
And they worked to give faith hands and feet 
     	   G  A7/sus4          D    Dsus(G/  D  D2/  A  A7) 
And somehow gave it wings 
I can still hear my dad cussin', he's working late out in the barn 
The spring planting's a coming and the tractors just won't run 
Mom she's done the laundry, I can see it waving on the line 
Now they've stayed together through the pain, the strain of those times 
Chorus 
   D/C#  			Bm  	      F#m  		         G    D  F#m/ C#  
   And now they've raised five children, one winter they lost a son 
BBmut the pain F#mdidn't leave them crippled 
	        Em7  E7/     G#  A7/sus4    A7  
And the scars have made them strong 
GNever piD/F#cture perfecEm7t, jA7ust Bma plain man and his wife 
    		    Em7  D2/           F#  	       G2              Em  A7/sus4    G/A   A  
Who somehow knew the value of hard work, good love, and real life 
Chorus 
{ D/ / / / }{ / / / / }{ G/D/ / A/D/ / }{ D/ / / / } 

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First Family

by Rich Mullins

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Chords in this song · guitar

G/D

A/D

Em7

D/F#

E7sus

Dsus

D/C#

F#m

G/A

First Family

Rich Mullins

D G/D A/D D

My folks they were always the first family to arrive

Em7 D/F# G2 A7 A7

/sus4 /sus4

With seven people jammed into a car that seated five

D G/D A/D D

There was one bathroom to bathe and shave in, six of us stood in line

Em7 D/F# G2 A7

/sus4 /sus4

And hot water for only three but we all did just fine

Chorus:

G2 D/F# Em7 A7 D Em7 D/F#

/sus4

Talk about your miracles, talk about your faith

G D/F# E7sus E7 A7 A7

/sus4

My dad he could make things grow out of Indiana clay

G2 D/F# Em7 A Bm

Mom could make a gourmet meal out of just cornbread and beans

Em7 D2 F#

And they worked to give faith hands and feet

G A7 D Dsus D D2 A A7

/sus4 (G/ / )

And somehow gave it wings

I can still hear my dad cussin', he's working late out in the barn

The spring planting's a coming and the tractors just won't run

Mom she's done the laundry, I can see it waving on the line

Now they've stayed together through the pain, the strain of those times

Chorus

D/C# Bm F#m G D F#m C#

And now they've raised five children, one winter they lost a son

Bm F#m

But the pain didn't leave them crippled

Em7 E7 G# A7 A7

/ /sus4

And the scars have made them strong

G D/F# Em7 A7 Bm

Never picture perfect, just a plain man and his wife

Em7 D2 F# G2 Em A7 G/A A

/ /sus4

Who somehow knew the value of hard work, good love, and real life

Chorus

D G/D A/D D

{ / / / / }{ / / / / }{ / / / / }{ / / / / }

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