Family Tree

Capo: 3rd fret Intro G Verse G Mama taught me early on when Christmas came around How to decorate the family tree and what it was really all about Cadd9 G It was lots of love, the Lord and family Am7 G Cadd9 Said if you wanna know what Christmas means to me Chorus G G D It's those boxes stuffed up in the loft dating back to '93 Em7 Cadd9 D And once a year we'd pull 'em out watching Macy's playing on TV Em7 Cadd9 And we'd dress it up with lights and life's long memories D G Cadd9 D With a star on top to praise the man who made it be Em D Cadd9 And we'd thank Him for the years before and a couple more G Cadd9 G Around the family tree Verse G Last night I sat on the floor, just me and the kids Staring at the times we had and all of the things we did Cadd9 G Scattered 'round the branches of that tree Am7 G Cadd9 And then I told them what my mama said to me Chorus G G D And 'bout those boxes stuffed up in the loft dating back to '93 Em7 Cadd9 D And once a year we'd pull 'em out watching Macy's playing on TV Em Cadd9 And we'd dress it up with lights and life's long memories D G Cadd9 D With a star on top to praise the man who made it be Em D Cadd9 And we'd thank Him for the years before and a couple more G D Em7 D Cadd9 Around the family treeeeeeeeeeeeee [Break] D Cadd9 Yeah, if the good Lord called and granted me one wish D Cadd9 It'd be to let 'em see the day my great-great-grandkids Chorus G Cadd9 G D Find those boxes stuffed up in the loft dating back to '93 Em Cadd9 D And once a year we'd pull 'em out watching Macy's playing on TV Em Cadd9 And we'd dress it up with lights and life's long memories D G Cadd9 G D With a star on top to praise the man who made it be Em D Cadd9 And we'd thank Him for the years before and a couple more G G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Around the family tree