Текст песни с аккордами
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Brilliant Mod found this :- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgS4lCT2F4c
last seen in 1971 I suspect. thanks
My Family Tree typical Jake witty, clever and frequently shocking.
[verse 1]
Am
Up my, my family tree
F Am
There hangs my curious pedigree,
Am
My long, my lurid ancestry
E7
The prancing phantoms and ghosts Of my forefathers.
[chorus]
F G Am
Nevertheless, despite their sins,
C G Am
Bless my kiths and bless my kins.
Am G Am
There they perch for all to see
Am
Up my, up my family tree.
[verse 2]
Am
Up my, my family tree,
F Am
No blue blood, no nobility
Am
No trace of aristocracy
Am E7
Except for Uncle Sebastian Who once raped a duchess.
[chorus]
F G Am
Nevertheless, despite their sins,
C G Am
Bless my kiths and bless my kins.
Am G Am
There they perch for all to see
Am
Up my, up my family tree.
[verse 3]
Am
We've no ancestral halls
F C
No haughty portraits on our walls;
Am
No family monuments at all
E7
Unless it's my cousin Sheila's Stupendous cleavage.
[chorus]
F G Am
Nevertheless, despite their sins,
C G Am
Bless my kiths and bless my kins.
Am G Am
There they perch for all to see
Am
Up my, up my family tree.
[verse 4]
Am
My great-great-uncle Sam
F C
A very tranquil sort of man,
Am
Could not afford his wife a pram -
E7
He pushed his babies round the park In a green wheelbarrow.
[chorus]
F G Am
Nevertheless, despite their sins,
C G Am
Bless my kiths and bless my kins.
Am G Am
There they perch for all to see
Am
Up my, up my family tree.
[verse 5]
Am
My Uncle Will, my Auntie May
F C
Were very much in love, so they
Am
Got married after some delay
E7
They dressed their kids up in white When they both went legal.
[CHORUS]
F G Am
Nevertheless, despite their sins,
C G Am
Bless my kiths and bless my kins.
Am G Am
There they perch for all to see
Am
Up my, up my family tree.
[VERSE 6]
Am
When brother Richard was thirteen
F
He was a Boy Scout, keen and clean.
Am
He got presented to the Queen -
E7
And then he went and spoiled it all When he offered her a Rolly!
[chorus]
F G Am
Nevertheless, despite their sins,
C G Am
Bless my kiths and bless my kins.
Am G Am
There they perch for all to see
Am
Up my, up my family tree.
[VERSE 7]
Am
Let this be understood,
F
That our family name is mud,
Am C
Our sheep are black our cheques are dud
E7
But we survive! We're alive! So it's up with the Thackrays!
[CHORUS]
F G Am
Nevertheless, despite their sins,
C G Am
Bless my kiths and bless my kins.
Am G Am
There they perch for all to see
Am
Up my, up my family tree.
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