Chorus
[Dm7] [BbM7] [Am7] [Gm7] [C7]
It's a family affair / It's a family af-fair
It's a family affair / It's a family af-fair
Verse
[Gm7] [C7]
One child / grows up to be
Somebody that / just loves to learn, and 'noth-
Er, 'nother / child grows up to
Be somebody you just / love to burn
[Gm7] [C7]
Mama loves / the both of
Them, you see, it's in the / blood
Both kids / are good to mom
Blood's thicker than the / mud. It's a fam'ly affair.
Chorus
[Gm7] [C7] [Gm7] [D7#9]
It's a family affair / It's a family af-fair
What of it, what of it?
[Gm7] [C7] [Gm7] [D7#9]
Verse
[Gm7] [C7]
Newlywed / a year a-
Go, but we're still just / checking each other out, hey
Nobody / wants to
Gloat, nobody wants to / be left out, uh-huh
[Gm7] [C7]
You can't / leave 'cause your heart is there
But, sure, you can't / stay 'cause you been somewhere else
You can't cry / 'cause you'll look broke
Down, but you're cryin' anyway 'cause you're
/ all broke down. It's a fam'ly affair.
Chorus
[Gm7] [C7] [Gm7] [C7]
It's a family affair / It's a family af-fair
[Gm7] [C7] [Gm7] [D7#9] [A7]
It's a family affair / It's a family af-fair
[Dm7] [BbM7] [Am7] [Gm7] [C7]
It's a family affair / It's a family af-fair
It's a family affair / It's a family af-fair
