How’s the Family – Elliott Murphy --------------------------------- visit www.elliottmurphy.com Chords A(barré): xx7655 C#m: x46654 Bm: x24432 Dm: xx0231 or x57765 Verse 1: A How's the wife with the husband C#m Who doesn't understand Bm Why she starts to cry each morning Dm And the coldness in her hands A And the cold cold ballerina C#m Whose thoughts of love and life Bm Have split her down the middle Dm Till she's cracked like walked on ice A And the prince of fifteen years C#m With no roof over his life Bm Cause his parents don't know of his meaning Dm Or his needle and his knife Chorus: A C#m E And how's the family A C#m E How's the family Verse 2: A How's the tired widowed grandmother C#m Who has lost half of her life Bm And the overweight aunt from nowhere Dm Who can cook but is no wife A And she thinks its so disgusting C#m About the movies that are made Bm And she sleeps with just a pillow Dm And a memory that fades A Of a husband who had tried C#m To do everything so right Bm Till his heart screamed and stopped beating Dm As he made love one last night Chorus A C#m E And how's the family A C#m E How's the family Verse 3: A How's the boy and the girl C#m And the lives that lie ahead Bm And from two they join as one Dm They say we'll love till we are dead A And the babies come and grow C#m And the mothers laugh and cry Bm And the men know who they're working for Dm And what's more they know why A Cause its happy to be said C#m When tears can laugh at pain Bm And if you love the thought of love Dm Your birth will never end Chorus A C#m E And how's the family A C#m E How's the family
