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How’s the Family – Elliott Murphy
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Chords
A(barré): xx7655
C#m: x46654
Bm:   x24432
Dm: xx0231 or x57765
Verse 1:
AHow's the wife with the husband
C#mWho doesn't understand
BmWhy she starts to cry each morning
DmAnd the coldness in her hands
AAnd the cold cold ballerina
C#mWhose thoughts of love and life
BmHave split her down the middle
DmTill she's cracked like walked on ice
AAnd the prince of fifteen years
C#mWith no roof over his life
BmCause his parents don't know of his meaning
DmOr his needle and his knife
Chorus:
AAnd how's the C#mfamilyE  
AHow's the C#mfamilyE  
Verse 2:
AHow's the tired widowed grandmother
C#mWho has lost half of her life
BmAnd the overweight aunt from nowhere
DmWho can cook but is no wife
AAnd she thinks its so disgusting
C#mAbout the movies that are made
BmAnd she sleeps with just a pillow
DmAnd a memory that fades
AOf a husband who had tried
C#mTo do everything so right
BmTill his heart screamed and stopped beating
DmAs he made love one last night
Chorus
AAnd how's the C#mfamilyE  
AHow's the C#mfamilyE  
Verse 3:
AHow's the boy and the girl
C#mAnd the lives that lie ahead
BmAnd from two they join as one
DmThey say we'll love till we are dead
AAnd the babies come and grow
C#mAnd the mothers laugh and cry
BmAnd the men know who they're working for
DmAnd what's more they know why
ACause its happy to be said
C#mWhen tears can laugh at pain
BmAnd if you love the thought of love
DmYour birth will never end 
Chorus
AAnd how's the fC#mamilyE  
AHow's the C#mfamilyE  

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Hows The Family

by Elliott Murphy

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C#m

How’s the Family – Elliott Murphy

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Chords

A(barré): xx7655

C#m: x46654

Bm: x24432

Dm: xx0231 or x57765

Verse 1:

How's the wife with the husband

C#m

Who doesn't understand

Why she starts to cry each morning

And the coldness in her hands

And the cold cold ballerina

C#m

Whose thoughts of love and life

Have split her down the middle

Till she's cracked like walked on ice

And the prince of fifteen years

C#m

With no roof over his life

Cause his parents don't know of his meaning

Or his needle and his knife

Chorus:

A C#m E

And how's the family

A C#m E

How's the family

Verse 2:

How's the tired widowed grandmother

C#m

Who has lost half of her life

And the overweight aunt from nowhere

Who can cook but is no wife

And she thinks its so disgusting

C#m

About the movies that are made

And she sleeps with just a pillow

And a memory that fades

Of a husband who had tried

C#m

To do everything so right

Till his heart screamed and stopped beating

As he made love one last night

Chorus

A C#m E

And how's the family

A C#m E

How's the family

Verse 3:

How's the boy and the girl

C#m

And the lives that lie ahead

And from two they join as one

They say we'll love till we are dead

And the babies come and grow

C#m

And the mothers laugh and cry

And the men know who they're working for

And what's more they know why

Cause its happy to be said

C#m

When tears can laugh at pain

And if you love the thought of love

Your birth will never end

Chorus

A C#m E

And how's the family

A C#m E

How's the family

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