G C G C
[Verse 1]
G C D
They had my future wrapped up in a parcel
C D G
and no one even thought of asking me.
C D
The day I turned fifteen I caught the mail train
C D G
To find what else might be in life for me.
Em B7
I rode on trucks and trains and lived on nothing;
Em A7
Served me right for wanting to be free
G C D
Ah well, that's the way society looked at it,
C D G
But it didn't seem to be that way to me.
[Chorus]
G C G
And the biggest disappointment in the family was me;
C D D7
the only twisted branch upon our good old family tree
G B7 Em A7
I just couldn't be the person they expected me to be
G C D G
And the biggest disappointment in the world was me
G C G C
[Verse 2]
G C D
A lot more dinner times than there were dinners
C D G
I learned a lot that hurt me at the time
C D
Then this quiet country boy came home a different man
C D G
with a memory of distance on my mind
Em B7
But I always spoke too loud and drank too often,
Em A7
Maybe drank too many glasses down
G C D
And perhaps my clothes were older than I realised
C D G
A relief to all concerned when I left town
[Chorus]
G C G
And the biggest disappointment in the family was me;
C D D7
the only twisted branch upon our good old family tree
G B7 Em A7
I just couldn't be the person they expected me to be
G C D G
And the biggest disappointment in the world was me
[Chorus]
G C G
And the biggest disappointment in the family was me;
C D D7
the only twisted branch upon our good old family tree
G B7 Em A7
I just couldn't be the person they expected me to be
G C D G
And the biggest disappointment in the world was me
