Mary Chapin Carpenter – Family Hands (Guitar)
Key
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Versions
(2)
Guitar Tab
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Chords
[Verse 1]
G G7 C Last Sunday we got in the car and we drove D D7 G To the town you were raised in, your boyhood home G G7 C Am The trees were just turning, up on the ridge D D7 G And this was your valley when you were a kid G G7 C Am You showed me the rail-road that your daddy worked on D D7 G As we neared the old house where your granny lives on G G7 C Am She's nearing ninety years now, with her daughters by her side D D7 G Who tend the places in the heart where loneliness can hide
[Chorus]
Em D C D G Raised by the women who are stronger than you know Em D Am D7 A patchwork quilt of memory only women could have sewn G G7 G6 C The threads were stitched by family hands, protected from the moth Am D Am D7 G By your mother and her mother, the weavers of your cloth
[Verse 2]
G G7 C Your grandmother owned a gun in 1932 D D7 G When times were bad just everywhere, you said she used it too G G7 C Am And the life and times of everyone are traced inside their palms D D7 G Her skin may be so weathered, but her grip is still so strong G G7 C Am And I see your eyes belong to her and to your mama too D D7 G A slice of Virginia sky, the clearest shade of blue
[Chorus]
Em D C D G Raised by the women who are stronger than you know Em D Am D7 A patchwork quilt of memory only women could have sewn G G7 G6 C The threads were stitched by family hands, protected from the moth Am D Am D7 G By your mother and her mother, the weavers of your cloth
[Verse 3]
G G7 C And a rich man you might never be, they'd love you just the same D D7 G They've handed down so much to you besides your Christian name G G7 C Am And the spoken word won't heal you like the laying on of hands D D7 G Belonging to the ones who raised you to a man
[Chorus]
Em D C D G Raised by the women who are stronger than you know Em D Am D7 A patchwork quilt of memory only women could have sewn G G7 G6 C The threads were stitched by family hands, protected from the moth Am D Am D7 G By your mother and her mother, the weavers of your cloth