Intro:
Capo 4 Standard tuning
(he plays capo 5, half step down)
Em7 D/F# G x2
G Cadd9 Dsus4 Em7 D/F# G
I've been working as a temp
G Cadd9 Dsus4 Em7 D/F# G
At the local factory
G Cadd9 Dsus4 Em7
I hope they hire me on full time
D/F#
I've got shoes to buy
Cadd9
And a mouth to feed
G Cadd9 Dsus4 Em7 D/F# G
I drive a buy here, pay here truck
G Cadd9 Dsus4 Em7
It ain't new but it is to me
G Cadd9 Dsus4 Em7
It ain't much but it fires right up
D/F# Cadd9
And gets me from A to 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 Cadd9
That gives me strength to stand
G
They are the fire in my drivin' on
D
The drive behind my comin' home
Em7 Dsus4 Cadd9
The livin', breathin', reason that I am
G
A family man
G Cadd9 Dsus4 Em7 D/F# G
There's dirty shirts to wash
G Cadd9 Dsus4 Em7 D/F# G
Dishes in the sink to do
G Cadd Dsus4 Em7
And there's how many times
D/F# C
Does 17 go into 52
G Cadd9 Dsus4 Em7 D/F# G
There's bedtime prayers to pray
G Cadd9 Dsus4 Em7 D/F# G
Sleep tights and I love you's
G Cadd9 Dsus4 Em7
And then there's a pair of eyes
D/F# C
I get to lose myself into
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 Dsus4
The flesh and 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 Dsus4 Cadd9
The livin', breathin', reason 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
