Family Portrait

Fm - 133111
Eb - x68886
 D - x57775 or xx0232
 G - 355433 or 320033


[Verse 1]

Cm                       Fm
Momma please stop cryin, I can't 
stand the sound
Eb                            D  
Your pain is painful and its 
        G
tearin' me down
Cm                        Fm
I hear glasses breakin as I sit up 
in my bed
Eb                             
I told dad you didn't mean those 
   D              G
nasty things you said


Cm                      Fm
You fight about money, bout me and 
my brother
Eb                       D       
And this I come home to, this is 
     G
my shelter
Cm
It ain't easy growin up in World War
 III
Fm
Never knowin what love could be, 
you'll see
Eb                               
I don't want love to destroy me 
D                    G
like it has done my family


[Chorus]

                Cm             
Can we work it out? Can we be a 
   Fm
family?
                  Eb            D 
I promise I'll be better, Mommy 
         G
I'll do anything
               Cm              
Can we work it out? Can we be a 
    Fm
family?
                   Eb          
I promise I'll be better, Daddy 
D               G
please don't  leave


[Verse]

Cm                        Fm
Daddy please stop yellin, I can't 
stand the sound
Eb                      D         
Make mama stop cryin, cuz I need you
 G
 around
Cm                       Fm
My mama she loves you, no matter 
what she says its true
Eb                          
I know that she hurts you, but 
D                  G
remember I love you, too


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Cm                Fm
I ran away today, ran from the 
noise, ran away
Eb                                
Don't wanna go back to that place,
     D                     G
 but don't have no choice, no way
Cm
It ain't easy growin up in World War
 III
Fm
Never knowin what love could be, 
you'll see
Eb                               
I don't want love to destroy me 
D                    G
like it has done my family


[Chorus]

                Cm             
Can we work it out? Can we be a 
   Fm
family?
                  Eb            D 
I promise I'll be better, Mommy 
         G
I'll do anything
               Cm              
Can we work it out? Can we be a 
    Fm
family?
                   Eb          
I promise I'll be better, Daddy 
D               G
please don't  leave


[Verse]

Cm                        Fm
In our family portrait, we look 
pretty happy
         Eb                    D  
Let's play pretend, let's act like
           G
 it comes naturally
               Cm
I don't wanna have to split the 
holidays
             Fm
I don't want two addresses
                Eb
I don't want a step-brother anyways
                 D                 
And I don't want my mom to have to 
           Eb
change her last name


[Bridge]

       Cm                     
In our family portrait we look 
Fm
pretty happy
         Eb              D        
We look pretty normal, let's go 
        G
back to that
            Cm                
In our family portrait we look 
  Fm
pretty happy
             Eb             D     
Let's play pretend, act like it 
       G
goes naturally


       Cm                     
In our family portrait we look 
  Fm
pretty happy
(Can we work it out? Can we be a 
family?)
          Eb              D       
We look pretty normal, let's go 
       G
back to that
(I promise I'll be better, Mommy 
I'll do
anything)
       Cm                     
In our family portrait we look 
  Fm
pretty happy
(Can we work it out? Can we be a 
family?)
           Eb                 D   
Let's play pretend act and like it
        G
 comes so naturally
(I promise I'll be better, Daddy 
please don't
leave)
          Cm                  
In our family portrait we look 
  Fm
pretty happy
(Can we work it out? Can we be a 
family?)
             Eb            D      
We look pretty normal, let's go 
       G
back to that
(I promise I'll be better, Daddy 
please don't
leave)

Cm
Daddy don't leave
Fm
Daddy don't leave
Eb
Daddy don't leave
D           G
Turn around please
Cm                      Fm        
Remember that the night you left 
Eb        D
you took my
       G
shining star?
Cm
Daddy don't leave
Fm
Daddy don't leave
Eb
Daddy don't leave
D               G
Don't leave us here alone

Cm
Mom will be nicer
        Fm                 Eb
I'll be so much better, I'll tell my
 brother
           D                  G
Oh, I won't spill the milk at dinner
 Cm                      Fm
I'll be so much better, I'll do 
everything right
              Eb
I'll be your little girl forever
D                 G
I'll go to sleep at night