Family Tree Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][G]
[Em]Here's a little

[Verse 1]
[Em]spoken
[G]word [Em]for you
It's [G]coffee and [Em]the tree
[G][Em]

[Verse 2]
[Em]He w[G]as a[Em] beautiful
shade of [D]chocolate[G][Em]
She [G]was [Em]a beautiful
shade [G]of red[Em]
And under the watchful
[G]eyes of [Em]Heaven
Afro Indian [D]girl, [G]boy were [Em]wed

[Verse 3]
Little did they know [G]so long [Em]ago
Flowers would come
From [D]the [G]seed they'd [Em]sown? Yeah
Little did they know
What [G]would come [Em]to be?

[Verse 4]
[D]A forest would grow
From the soil and the seed, [Em]now

[Verse 5]
These are the [G]branches[Em]
In my family [G]tree[Em]
Napoleon, [G]Bet[Em]sy, Isaac, [G]Eloise
[Em]And under their [G]branches[Em]
I can feel a [D]breeze[G]
[Em]Where the

[Verse 6]
leaves from the trees
[G]Make a canopy [Em]for me to
Live [G]in [Em]the shade, yeah
The leaves from their [D]trees[G][Em]
Made a canopy for [G]me
[Em]To live in the s[G]hade
[Em]Live in the shade

[Verse 7]
[G]
[Em]Live in the shade
[G]

[Verse 8]
[Em]I wanna I, I wanna[D][G]
[Em]I wanna thank you
[G]'Cause you took the [Em]heat for [G]me
You, [Em]you took the heat for m[G]e
[Em]You took the heat for me[G]
You, [Em]you took the

[Verse 9]
heat for [G]me
[Em]Papa, you took the heat for me
[G]Man, you, you, [Em]you,
you took the heat for me
[G]Grandpa, [Em]you took
the heat for [D]me[G]
[Em]You took the heat for me[G]
You, [Em]you took the

[Verse 10]
heat for [D]me[G]
[Em]You took the heat for me[G]
You, [Em]you took the heat for m[G]e
[Em]You took the heat for me
[G]You, you, you, [Em]you,

[Outro 1]
you took the heat for me
[G][Em][Em]