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First Family Rich Mullins
DMy folks they were alwaysG/D the fiA/Drst faDmily to arrive Em7/sus4 D/F# G2 A7/sus4 A7 With seven people jammed into a car that seated five TherDe was one bathrG/Doom toA/D bathe aDnd shave in, six of us stood in line Em7/sus4 D/F# G2 A7/sus4 And hot water for only three but we all did just fine
Chorus: G2 D/F# Em7 A7 D Em7/sus4 D/F# Talk about your miracles, talk about your faith G D/F# E7sus E7 A7/sus4 A7 My dad he could make things grow out of Indiana clay
G2Mom couD/F#ld make a gouEm7rmet meal oAut oBmf just cornbread and beans Em7 D2/F# And they worked to give faith hands and feet G A7/sus4 D Dsus (G/D D2/A A7) And somehow gave it wings
I can still hear my dad cussin', he's working late out in the barn The spring planting's a coming and the tractors just won't run Mom she's done the laundry, I can see it waving on the line Now they've stayed together through the pain, the strain of those times Chorus D/C# Bm F#m G D F#m/C# And now they've raised five children, one winter they lost a son
BuBmt the pain diF#mdn't leave them crippled Em7 E7/G# A7/sus4 A7 And the scars have made them strong GNever picD/F#ture perfect,Em7 justA7 a plBmain man and his wife Em7 D2/F# G2 Em A7/sus4 G/A A Who somehow knew the value of hard work, good love, and real life
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