Tom: G
Introdução:
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My father cut his toe off
G F# Am D
In a rotary lawn mower
G D Em
And my mother burst a blood vessel
Am D
When my younger brother went to jail
G D Em
So I told her not to worry
Am D
Not to get in such a flurry
G D Em
We're just an ordinary family
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With the usual calamity
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When I was just a virgin lad
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My mother faked a suicide
G D Em
Because she found the tell-tale sign
Am D
Of puberty upon the sheets
G DEm
So I told her not to worry
Am D
Not to get in such a flurry
G D Em
We're just an ordinary family
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With the usual calamity
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We always try to look our best
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We always take care when we dress
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We always wear clean underwear
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In case we're in an accident
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Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, true
True, true, true, true, true, true, true, true
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When I become a married man
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With children of my very own
G D Em
Will I lay my inhibitions on
Am D
And criticise their sexuality?
G D Em
Will I use them to protect respect?
Am D
Will I try to own them flesh and bone?
G D Em
Or will I be their equal friend
Am D
Encouraging their new ideas?
G D Em
For the future lies within their hands
Am D
And the salvation of all these lands
G D Em
Yes, the ordinary family
Am G D
Is the only way to set us freeeeee
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Set us free, set us freeeeee
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Set us free, set us freeeeeee
C D G
Set us free, set us free