Family Portrait - Pink, ukulele chords

Published: 2015-11-20 18:50
Selection chords: Sofia Davis

Dm                       Gm
Momma please stop cryin, I canʼt stand the sound
F                            E          A
Your pain is painful and its tearinʼ me down
Dm                        Gm
I hear glasses breakin as I sit up in my bed
F                                E              A
I told dad you didnʼt mean those nasty things you said

Dm                      Gm
You fight about money, bout me and my brother
F                       E            A
And this I come home to, this is my shelter
Dm
It ainʼt easy growin up in World War III
Gm
Never knowin what love could be, youʼll see
F                               E                    A
I donʼt want love to destroy me like it has done my family

                Dm                Gm
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
                  F            E          A
I promise Iʼll be better, Mommy Iʼll do anything
               Dm                  Gm
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
                   F          E               A
I promise Iʼll be better, Daddy please donʼt  leave

Dm                        Gm
Daddy please stop yellin, I canʼt stand the sound
F                      E          A
Make mama stop cryin, cuz I need you around
Dm                       Gm
My mama she loves you, no matter what she says its true
F                          E                  A
I know that she hurts you, but remember I love you, too

Dm                Gm
I ran away today, ran from the noise, ran away
F                                     E                     A
Donʼt wanna go back to that place, but donʼt have no choice, no way
Dm
It ainʼt easy growin up in World War III
Gm
Never knowin what love could be, youʼll see
F                               E                    A
I donʼt want love to destroy me like it has done my family

                Dm                Gm
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
                  F            E          A
I promise Iʼll be better, Mommy Iʼll do anything
               Dm                  Gm
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
                   F          E               A
I promise Iʼll be better, Daddy please donʼt  leave

Dm                        Gm
In our family portrait, we look pretty happy
         F                    E             A
Letʼs play pretend, letʼs act like it comes naturally
               Dm
I donʼt wanna have to split the holidays
             Gm
I donʼt want two addresses
                F
I donʼt want a step-brother anyways
                 E                            F
And I donʼt want my mom to have to change her last name

       Dm                     Gm
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
         F              E                A
We look pretty normal, letʼs go back to that
            Dm                  Gm
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
             F             E            A
Letʼs play pretend, act like it goes naturally

       Dm                       Gm
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
Gm
(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)
          F              E              A
We look pretty normal, letʼs go back to that
A
(I promise Iʼll be better, Mommy Iʼll do anything)
       Dm                       Gm
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
Gm
(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)
           F                 E           A
Letʼs play pretend act and like it comes so naturally
A
(I promise Iʼll be better, Daddy please donʼt leave)
          Dm                    Gm
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
Gm
(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)
             F            E             A
We look pretty normal, letʼs go back to that
A
(I promise Iʼll be better, Daddy please donʼt leave)

Dm
Daddy donʼt leave
Gm
Daddy donʼt leave
F
Daddy donʼt leave
E           A
Turn around please
Dm                      Gm        F        E
Remember that the night you left you took my
       A
shining star?
Dm
Daddy donʼt leave
Gm
Daddy donʼt leave
F
Daddy donʼt leave
E               A
Donʼt leave us here alone

Dm
Mom will be nicer
        Gm                 F
Iʼll be so much better, Iʼll tell my brother
           E                  A
Oh, I wonʼt spill the milk at dinner
 Dm                      Gm
Iʼll be so much better, Iʼll do everything right
              F
Iʼll be your little girl forever
E                 A
Iʼll go to sleep at night