Intro:
Capo 4 Standard tuning
(he plays capo 5, half step down)
Em7 D/F# G x2
[G]I'v[Cadd9]e been w[Dsus4]orking as a temp[Em7][D/F#][G]
[G]At [Cadd9]the loca[Dsus4]l factory[Em7][D/F#][G]
[G]I [Cadd9]hope they h[Dsus4]ire me on full t[Em7]ime
[D/F#]I've got shoes to buy
[Cadd9]And a mouth to feed
[G]I dr[Cadd9]ive a buy he[Dsus4]re, pay here truck[Em7][D/F#][G]
[G]It a[Cadd9]in't new but[Dsus4] it is to me[Em7]
[G]It a[Cadd9]in't much bu[Dsus4]t it fires righ[Em7]t up
[D/F#]And gets me from A t[Cadd9]o B
Pre-Chorus:
[Dsus4]What puts the dirt underneath my nails
[F]What keeps the calluses on my hands
[C]Family man
Chorus:
[G]They're the world, my world revolves around
[Dsus4]My sacred piece of solid ground
[Em7]The flesh and bone
[Dsus4]That gives me strength t[Cadd9]o stand
[G]They are the fire in my drivin' on
[D]The drive behind my comin' home
[Em7]The livin', breathin', [Dsus4]reason that I a[Cadd9]m
[G]A family man
[G]Th[Cadd9]ere's [Dsus4]dirty shirts to [Em7]wash[D/F#][G]
[G]Di[Cadd9]shes i[Dsus4]n the sink to do[Em7][D/F#][G]
[G]An[Cadd]d ther[Dsus4]e's how many times[Em7]
[D/F#]Does 17 go into[C] 52
[G]Th[Cadd9]ere's b[Dsus4]edtime prayers to pr[Em7]ay[D/F#][G]
[G]Sl[Cadd9]eep tig[Dsus4]hts and I love you[Em7]'s[D/F#][G]
[G]An[Cadd9]d then [Dsus4]there's a pair of e[Em7]yes
[D/F#]I get to lose myself i[C]nto
[Dsus4]What keeps me keepin' the faith
[F]What makes me believe I can
[C]Family man
[G]They're the world, my world revolves around
[Dsus4]My sacred piece of solid ground
[Em7]The flesh and [Dsus4]bone
[Cadd9]That gives me strength to stand
[G]They are the fire in my drivin' on
[Dsus4]The drive behind my comin' home
[Em7]The livin', b[Dsus4]reathin', reason [Cadd9]that I am
[G]A family man
They're the fire in my drivin' on
The drive behind my comin' home
The livi'n, breathin, reason that I am
A family man, a family man
Capo 4 Standard tuning
(he plays capo 5, half step down)
Em7 D/F# G x2
[G]I'v[Cadd9]e been w[Dsus4]orking as a temp[Em7][D/F#][G]
[G]At [Cadd9]the loca[Dsus4]l factory[Em7][D/F#][G]
[G]I [Cadd9]hope they h[Dsus4]ire me on full t[Em7]ime
[D/F#]I've got shoes to buy
[Cadd9]And a mouth to feed
[G]I dr[Cadd9]ive a buy he[Dsus4]re, pay here truck[Em7][D/F#][G]
[G]It a[Cadd9]in't new but[Dsus4] it is to me[Em7]
[G]It a[Cadd9]in't much bu[Dsus4]t it fires righ[Em7]t up
[D/F#]And gets me from A t[Cadd9]o B
Pre-Chorus:
[Dsus4]What puts the dirt underneath my nails
[F]What keeps the calluses on my hands
[C]Family man
Chorus:
[G]They're the world, my world revolves around
[Dsus4]My sacred piece of solid ground
[Em7]The flesh and bone
[Dsus4]That gives me strength t[Cadd9]o stand
[G]They are the fire in my drivin' on
[D]The drive behind my comin' home
[Em7]The livin', breathin', [Dsus4]reason that I a[Cadd9]m
[G]A family man
[G]Th[Cadd9]ere's [Dsus4]dirty shirts to [Em7]wash[D/F#][G]
[G]Di[Cadd9]shes i[Dsus4]n the sink to do[Em7][D/F#][G]
[G]An[Cadd]d ther[Dsus4]e's how many times[Em7]
[D/F#]Does 17 go into[C] 52
[G]Th[Cadd9]ere's b[Dsus4]edtime prayers to pr[Em7]ay[D/F#][G]
[G]Sl[Cadd9]eep tig[Dsus4]hts and I love you[Em7]'s[D/F#][G]
[G]An[Cadd9]d then [Dsus4]there's a pair of e[Em7]yes
[D/F#]I get to lose myself i[C]nto
[Dsus4]What keeps me keepin' the faith
[F]What makes me believe I can
[C]Family man
[G]They're the world, my world revolves around
[Dsus4]My sacred piece of solid ground
[Em7]The flesh and [Dsus4]bone
[Cadd9]That gives me strength to stand
[G]They are the fire in my drivin' on
[Dsus4]The drive behind my comin' home
[Em7]The livin', b[Dsus4]reathin', reason [Cadd9]that I am
[G]A family man
They're the fire in my drivin' on
The drive behind my comin' home
The livi'n, breathin, reason that I am
A family man, a family man