Running This Family

F  Em


[Verse 1]
Em                                
I pulled your pants off in the 
         Am      G
back of a Corsair
And you looked at me like your 
       F         Em
father was there
And shrugged your shoulders when 
         Am          G
you’d had enough

You said you’d done this before
Am                   C           
But I can tell a bluff when it’s 
G
there!
           D                 Am
Now you’re shouting me up the stairs
         C                   G
And your father’s too old to care
        D                 Am
And you take off your own underwear
              C
Because we’re running a family.

F  Em


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[Verse 2]
Em
The miracle of life
             Am        G
What have we done?
                                F  
We made a baby from a bottle of rum
    Em

Doctor waved her at me saying “This 
        Am     G
child’s drunk!”
                            Am     
She fell asleep in hospital woke up
        C
 in the slum
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And I’m sad when this beautiful 
            Am
girl calls me Dad
  Am      C                     G
And she’s always too good to be bad
      D                       Am
But I have to get drunk to be glad
         C
That I’m running this family.


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[Verse 3]
Am             G               F
She looks more like you than you
            C        Am
 did
                G
And I won’t be surprised
   C        G
If some day soon
C           G
Some great baboon
           C     G
Will spend all afternoon
         C         G
Teaching baby new tunes
         C                         
With his trousers still strewn on 
 G
my couch
          D                   
When they kissed I almost said 
 Am
“Ouch!”
       C                       G
And she said “Me and Dwain are goin’
 out.”
    D                            
But if she keeps up that pitiful 
Am
pout
            C
She will be running this family