BPM: 126
Released: 11 July 1988
Album: Roachford (Expanded Edition)
Capo: 3 fret
Intro
[Am] [C] [Dsus4]
[Dsus4] [C] [Am]
[Am] [C] [Dsus4]
Whoo . . .
[Dsus4] [C] [Am]
Oooh . . .
Verse 1
[Am] [C] [D] [Dsus4] [D]
Well, you used to be a rogue and that's no lie,
[D] [C] [Am]
Couldn't care if you lived, couldn't care if you died,
[Am] [C] [D] [Dsus4] [D]
Gettin' high, gettin' drunk out with your gang,
[D] [C] [Am]
Man, you were so bad they should've made you hang,
[Am] [C] [D] [Dsus4] [D]
You used to be a swinger and that's no lie,
[D] [C] [Am]
You had umpteen women all at the same time,
[Am] [C] [D] [Dsus4] [D]
Never had no money but you lived like the rich,
[D] [C] [Am]
Poncing all your money off of some poor bitch.
Chorus
[G] [D/F#]
But now oh, whoa oh oh,
[G] [C] [Am]
Now you're tryin' to be a family man,
[G] [D/F#]
I said oh, whoa oh oh,
[G] [C] [Am]
Now you're tryin' to be a family man,
[Am]
Listen.
Interlude
[Am] [C] [D]
Wha . . .
[D] [C] [Am]
Oh, don't you sit it down,
[Am] [C] [D]
get up,
[D] [D] [C] [Am]
If you feel the hurt . . ..
Verse 2
[Am] [C] [D] [D]
You used to be a rogue and that's no lie,
[D] [C] [Am]
Couldn't care if you lived, couldn't care if you died,
[Am] [C] [D] [D]
Then you met a girl by the name of Sue,
[D] [C] [Am]
She looked just like your mother, she was badder than you.
Interlude
[Am] [C] [D]
Oh oh oh oh oh
[D] [C] [Am]
Verse 3
[Am] [C] [D] [D]
Nine months later you were totally changed,
[D] [C] [Am]
I saw you go to the church to be born again,
Chorus
[G] [D/F#]
And now oh, whoa oh oh,
[G] [C] [Am]
Now you're tryin' to be a family man,
[G] [D/F#]
I said oh, whoa oh oh,
[D/F#] [C] [Am]
Now you're tryin' to be a family man,
Bridge
[F#m] [D]
There's no way out, there's no turning back,
[Em7] [G] [Am7]
So keep it in the family.
Interlude
[G] [Am] [C] [D]
Hi ooh,
[D] [C] [Am]
[G] [Am] [C] [D]
[D] [C] [Am]
Chorus
[G] [D/F#]
I said oh, whoa oh oh,
[G] [C] [Am]
Now you're tryin' to be a family man,
[G] [D/F#]
I said oh, whoa oh oh,
[D/F#] [C] [Am]
Now you're tryin' to be a family man,
[G] [D/F#]
I said whoa, whoa oh oh,
[G] [C] [Am]
Now you're tryin' to be a family man,
[Am]
Could you be a family man?
[G]
Whoa oh oh,
[D/F#] [C] [Am]
Now you're tryin' to be a family man.
Outro
[Am]
Do you know what I mean?
[G] [D]
Oh oh,
[G] [C] [Am]
Tryin' to be a family man,
[G] [D]
Oh oh,
[G] [C] [Am]
Tryin' to be a family man,
[Am] [G] [D/F#]
Tr-tr-tr-tryin' to be, baby, whoa baby,
[G] [C] [Am]
Tryin' to be a family man,
[G] [Am] [G]
Do you know what I mean? Do you know what I mean, now?
[D/F#]
Oh oh oh,
[G] [C] [Am]
Now you're tryin' to be a family man,
[G] [D/F#]
Whoa baby, yeah, yeah, yeah,
[G] [C] [Am]
Tryin' to be a family man,
[G] [D/F#]
Alright now, said now whoa whoa, whoa whoa whoa,
[G] [D/F#] [C] [Am]
Take it down, take it down, take it down, take it down, take it down,
[G] [C] [Am]
Tryin' to be a family man,
(Fade Out)
