INTRO C Am F G
Well I can ‘member my grandpa
when I was five years old.
He’d pull me upon his knee and I rem
ember every story that he ever told.
Him and my grandma, t
hey’d always be t
wo southern lovers just k
issin’
On each other so tenderly.
And he just said “
I just w
anna be your
fa[G/B]mily
man
. W
ork real h
ard, girl,
Yeah, I’ll g
ive you [G/B]everyt
hing I c
an.” He’d s
ay “I just wa
nna be
your f
am[G/B]ily
man
. T
ell the ch
ildren that I’ll al
ways l[G/B]end a h
elping h
and.
Just wanna
be your family
ma[G/B]n…
..j
ust wanna
be your family m
an.
”
Mom and dad worked real hard j
ust to raise us kids.
They were always there for me and d
idn’t matter what it was I did.
They’ve seen the hard times,
the sickness, and the hell.
Well,
it didn’t really take too long before they f
ound out money,
It don’t mean wealth.
And he just said
”I just
wanna be your
f[G/B]amily
ma
n.
Work real
hard, girl,
Yeah, I’ll g
ive you [G/B]everyt
hing I c
an.” He’d s
ay “I just wa
nna be
your f
am[G/B]ily
man
. T
ell the ch
ildren that I’ll al
ways l[G/B]end a h
elping h
and.
Just wanna
be your family
ma[G/B]n…
..j
ust wanna
be your family m
an.
”
Last night I ha
d a dream from H
eaven up ab
ove.
He taught me
how to win your h
eart and win your l
ove.
He said if I was g
onna love you, li
sten to what He said.
Do it His
way, oh yeah…
“
Well you just g
otta be her f
am[G/B]ily m
an.
Wo
rk real ha
rd, boy.
Yeah but li
ve your life a[G/B]ccording
to my pl
an. Y
ou just go
tta be her
Fa[G/B]mily
ma
n.
Tell the c
hildren, said t
ell ’em e[G/B]xactly
who I
am.
Just gotta
be her family
ma[G/B]n…
.ju
st gotta
be her family
ma[G/B]n…
Just gotta
be her family
m[G/B]an..
..j
ust gotta
be her family ma
n.
