Family Portrait(Chords)

	        Intro:  Cm Fm Eb Dm G
 
Cm     Fm
 Oh Oh    Oh Oh 
Eb           Dm    G 
  Look At Me Oh Oh 
    Cm   Fm     Eb                      Dm            G
Oooh  Ooouhh  Ooouuhh Ooouuh Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah 


Cm
Mama please stop cryin' 
Fm
I can't stand the sound 
Eb          
  Your pain is painful and it's 
 Dm         G
Tearing me down 

Cm
I hear glasses breaking 
      Fm
As I sit up in my bed 
Eb
I told God you didn't mean 
       Dm               G
Those nasty things you said 

Cm
 You fight about money 
Fm
 About me and my brother 
Eb
  And this I come home to 
Dm            G 
 This is my shelter 

Cm                                     Fm
It ain't easy, growin' up in World War 3 
                             

Never knowin' what love could be 
        Eb  
You'll see, I don't want love to destroy me 
     Dm              G
Like it has done my family 

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

Cm 
Daddy please stop yellin' 
Fm
I can't stand the sound 
Eb 
 Make mama stop cryin' 
       Dm           G 
'Cause I need you around 

Cm
  My mama she loves you 
Fm
  No matter what she says is true 
Eb
  I know that she hurts you 
       Dm            G   
But remember I love you too! 

Cm                Fm
I ran away today, ran from the noise 

Ran away (ran away) 
Eb         
  Don't wanna go back to that place 
     Dm                    G
But don't have no choice, no way 

Cm                                     Fm
It ain't easy, growin' up in World War 3 
                             

Never knowin' what love could be 
        Eb  
You'll see, I don't want love to destroy me 
     Dm              G
Like it has done my family
 
        Cm
Can we work it out 
             Fm 
Can we be a family 
                   Eb
I promise I'll be better 
       Dm          G   
Mommy I'll do anything 
        Cm
Can we work it out 
             Fm
Can we be a family 
                   Eb
I promise I'll be better 
        Dm              G
Daddy please don't leave
 
Cm
 In our family portrait 
Fm
 We look pretty happy 
Eb 
 Let's play pretend, let's act like it 
 Dm            G
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 stepbrother anyway 
                     Dm                        G
And I don't want my mom to have to change her last name! 

 
(Children) 
        Cm
In our family portrait 
         Fm
We look pretty happy 
          Eb
We look pretty normal 
 Dm                 G
Lets go back to that 
        Cm
In our family portrait 
          Fm
We look pretty happy 
        Eb                         Dm
Let's play pretend, let's act like it 
               G 
Comes naturally 

(Pink ) 
        Cm
In our family portrait 
         Fm 
We look pretty happy 
          Eb
We look pretty normal 
 Dm                 G
Lets go back to that
        Cm
In our family portrait 
          Fm
We look pretty happy 
        Eb                         Dm
Let's play pretend, let's act like it 
               G 
Comes naturally 
        Cm
In our family portrait 
         Fm 
We look pretty happy 
          Eb
We look pretty normal 
 Dm                 G
Lets go back to that
        Cm
In our family portrait 
         Fm 
We look pretty happy 
          Eb
We look pretty normal 
 Dm                 G
Lets go back to that (Daddy don´t leave)
 
Cm             Fm                       Eb
  Daddy don't leave... daddy don't leave 
                                   Dm  G
Daddy don't leave... daddy don't leave.. 
              Cm
Turn around please 
                   Fm
Remember that the night you left 
     Eb         Dm       G
you took my shining star? 

       Cm                   Fm    
Daddy don't leave... daddy don't leave 
       Eb                          Dm        G
Daddy don't leave. Don't leave us here alone 
 
         Cm 
Mama'll be nicer 
         Fm 
I'll be so much better 
           Eb 
I'll tell my brother 
          Dm               G
I won't spill the milk at dinner 
         Cm
I'll be so much better 
        Fm 
I'll do everything right 
              Eb
I'll be your little girl forever 
             Dm      G
I'll go to sleep at night 

(fade)
Cm Fm Eb  Dm G 
Oouuh Oouuh..
	        

Written by Alecia Beth Moore, Scott Spencer Storch