James Taylor – Family Man (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
A                             Em7  D/G
Whoa, Jocko, don't expect me

   A                 Em7  D/G
to come out drinking,

   A          Em7  D/G
messing around

    A           Em7  D/G
Spending my time

           A             Em7  D/G
with a bunch of crazy people

A                       Em7  D/G
Yes, I been there before

             A                 Em7
I don't need to go back no more
[Chorus]
D/G         A         D
I'm just a family man, like it or not

       A                 D
I am a family man, I'm a-holding onto what I've got

       A         D
I'm a family man, right by damn

     E9                         N.C.             A   Em7  D/G   A  G/A  G/C
I finally find out that what I am is a family man
[Verse 2]
    D              D/C
And don't expect me

D/B             D/A  D/C
to hit the road

         D           D/C
At a moment's notice

      D/B          D/A
without my suitcase

D/C        D                D/C             D/B        D/A
With some crazy bunch of strangers in some unknown car

D/G       E9                              N.C.
Well, I'm just not willing to go that far
[Verse 3]
     A              Em7       D/G         A      Em7  D/G
The life I used to lead was a little too frantic

   A                Em7       D/G      A     Em7  D/G
I guess I just got eyes to grow old and gray

       A              Em7        D/G      A     Em7  D/G
And if what I have in mind isn't super romantic

   A                Em7      D/G
I guess I always saw   myself    this way
[Chorus]
D/G         A         D
I'm just a family man, like it or not

       A                 D
I am a family man, I'm a-holding onto what I've got

       A         D
I'm a family man, right by damn

     E9                         N.C.             A   Em7  D/G   A  G/A  G/C
I finally find out that what I am is a family man
[Outro]
D                D/C
Sears and Roebuck,

D/B             D/A  D/C
Howard Johnson

D               D/C
Colonel Sanders,

D/B          D/A  D/C
Station wagon

D                  D/C  D/B                  D/Bb  D/E
Briggs and Stratton,     second mortgage whoa

A     Em7  D/G   A  Em7   D/G
If I can ever lose my blues babe

A     Em7  D/G   A  Em7   D/G
Walk on over, turn on the TV

A     Em7  D/G   A  Em7   D/G
What I'd like to do is lie down on the sofa later on

A     Em7  D/G   A  Em7   D/G
I might walk my dog, baby whoa

A     Em7  D/G   A  Em7   D/G
Bo Diddley's a family man
[Outro] A Em7 D/G A Em7 D/G A Em7 D/G A Em7 D/G