Key: G
Introduction: C Am F G
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Well I can 'member my grandpa when I was five years old.
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He'd pull me upon his knee and I remember every story that he ever told.
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Him and my grandma, they'd always be two southern lovers just kissin'
On each other so tenderly.
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And he just said "I just wanna be your family man. Work real hard, girl,
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Yeah, I'll give you everything I can." He'd say "I just wanna be
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your family man. Tell the children that I'll always lend a helping hand.
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Just wanna be your family man.....just wanna be your family man."
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Mom and dad worked real hard just to raise us kids.
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They were always there for me and didn't matter what it was I did.
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They've seen the hard times, the sickness, and the hell.
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Well, it didn't really take too long before they found out money,
It don't mean wealth.
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And he just said "I just wanna be your family man. Work real hard, girl,
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Yeah, I'll give you everything I can." He'd say "I just wanna be
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your family man. Tell the children that I'll always lend a helping hand.
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Just wanna be your family man.....just wanna be your family man."
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Last night I had a dream from Heaven up above.
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He taught me how to win your heart and win your love.
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He said if I was gonna love you, listen to what He said.
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Do it His way, oh yeah...
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"Well you just gotta be her family man. Work real hard, boy.
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Yeah but live your life according to my plan. You just gotta be her
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Family man. Tell the children, said tell 'em exactly who I am.
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Just gotta be her family man....just gotta be her family man...
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Just gotta be her family man....just gotta be her family man.