Jake Thackray - My family tree
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My Family Tree typical Jake witty, clever and frequently shocking.
[verse 1]
Am Up my, my family tree
F There hangs my curious pedigAmree,
AmMy long, my lurid ancestry
The prancing E7phantoms and ghosts Of my forefathers.
[chorus]
FNeverthGeless, despite theirAm sins,
Bless my Ckiths and Gbless my Amkins.
Am There theyG perch for all to Amsee
Am Up my, up my family tree.
[verse 2]
Am Up my, my family tree,
FNo blue blood, no nobAmility
AmNo trace of aristocracy
AmExcept for E7Uncle Sebastian Who once raped a duchess.
[chorus]
FNeverthGeless, despite theirAm sins,
Bless my kCiths and bGless my kAmins.
AmThere they Gperch for all to sAmee
AmUp my, up my family tree.
[verse 3]
AmWe've no ancestral halls
FNo haughty portraits on our walCls;
AmNo family monuments at all
E7Unless it's my cousin Sheila's Stupendous cleavage.
[chorus]
FNeverthGeless, despite theirAm sins,
Bless my Ckiths and Gbless my Amkins.
AmThere they Gperch for all to sAmee
AmUp my, up my family tree.
[verse 4]
AmMy great-great-uncle Sam
F A very tranquil sort of Cman,
CAmould not afford his wife a pram -
E7He pushed his babies round the park In a green wheelbarrow.
[chorus]
NFevertheGless, despite their Amsins,
Bless my Ckiths and Gbless my Amkins.
AmThere they Gperch for all to sAmee
AmUp my, up my family tree.
[verse 5]
Am My Uncle Will, my Auntie May
F Were very much in love, sCo they
GAmot married after some delay
E7 They dressed their kids up in white When they both went legal.
[CHORUS]
FNeverthGeless, despite theirAm sins,
Bless myC kiths andG bless myAm kins.
AmThere they Gperch for all to sAmee
AmUp my, up my family tree.
[VERSE 6]
Am When brother Richard was thirteen
FHe was a Boy Scout, keen and clean.
AmHe got presented to the Queen -
AE7nd then he went and spoiled it all When he offered her a Rolly!
[chorus]
NFevertheGless, despite their Amsins,
Bless my Ckiths and Gbless my Amkins.
AmThere they Gperch for all to sAmee
AmUp my, up my family tree.
[VERSE 7]
LAmet this be understood,
FThat our family name is mud,
AmOur sheep are black our cheqCues are dud
BE7ut we survive! We're alive! So it's up with the Thackrays!
[CHORUS]
FNeverthGeless, despite theirAm sins,
Bless my Ckiths and Gbless my Amkins.
AmThere they Gperch for all to sAmee
AmUp my, up my family tree.