Family Portrait - Pink, ukulele chords

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

Cm                       Fm
Momma please stop cryin, I canʼt stand the sound
Eb                            D          G
Your pain is painful and its tearinʼ me down
Cm                        Fm
I hear glasses breakin as I sit up in my bed
Eb                                D              G
I told dad you didnʼt mean those nasty things you said

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

                Cm                Fm
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
                  Eb            D          G
I promise Iʼll be better, Mommy Iʼll do anything
               Cm                  Fm
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
                   Eb          D               G
I promise Iʼll be better, Daddy please donʼt  leave

Cm                        Fm
Daddy please stop yellin, I canʼt stand the sound
Eb                      D          G
Make mama stop cryin, cuz I need you around
Cm                       Fm
My mama she loves you, no matter what she says its true
Eb                          D                  G
I know that she hurts you, but remember I love you, too

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

                Cm                Fm
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
                  Eb            D          G
I promise Iʼll be better, Mommy Iʼll do anything
               Cm                  Fm
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
                   Eb          D               G
I promise Iʼll be better, Daddy please donʼt  leave

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

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

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

Cm
Daddy donʼt leave
Fm
Daddy donʼt leave
Eb
Daddy donʼt leave
D           G
Turn around please
Cm                      Fm        Eb        D
Remember that the night you left you took my
       G
shining star?
Cm
Daddy donʼt leave
Fm
Daddy donʼt leave
Eb
Daddy donʼt leave
D               G
Donʼt leave us here alone

Cm
Mom will be nicer
        Fm                 Eb
Iʼll be so much better, Iʼll tell my brother
           D                  G
Oh, I wonʼt spill the milk at dinner
 Cm                      Fm
Iʼll be so much better, Iʼll do everything right
              Eb
Iʼll be your little girl forever
D                 G
Iʼll go to sleep at night