Family Tree Chords & Tabs

by Ethel Cain

[Verse]
Am            Em          G   
These crosses all over my body
Am            Em          G  
Remind me of who I used to be
Am            Em          G      
Give myself up to him in offering
Am            Em          G   
Let him make a woman out of me
Am                     Em          G       
I'm just a child but I'm not above violence
Am      Em                    G   
My mama raised me better than that
Am                             Em              G     
When the preacher talks, that man demands his silence
Am                                 Em                 G    
And daddy said, "Shoot first, then run and don't look back"

[Chorus]
            Am         Em   G                  Am
So take me down to the river and bathe me clean
              Am                  Em       G  
Put me on the back of your white horse to ride
                    Am             Em            G 
All the way to the chapel, let you wash all over me

[Solo]
Am Em G D

[Verse]
Am          Em                   G    D
I've killed before and I'll kill again
Am                          Em             G  D 
Take the noose off, wrap it tight around my hand
Am                       Em               G      D
They say heaven hath no fury like a woman scorned
Am                             Em                   GD
And baby, hell don't scare me, I've been times before

[Chorus]
            Am         Em   G    D             Am
So take me down to the river and bathe me clean
              Am                  Em       G  
Put me on the back of your white horse to ride
D                    Am             Em            GD
All the way to the chapel, let you wash all over me

[Solo]
Am Em G D

[Bridge]
Am*           Em*         G*   D*
These crosses all over my body
Am*           Em*          G* D*
Remind me of who I used to be
Am*            Em*                        G*
And Christ, forgive these bones I've been hiding
Am*         Em*                 G*      D
Oh, and the bones I'm about to leave, yeah

[Chorus]
             Am         Em   G    D               AmEm
And take me down to the river and bathe me clean, oh
              Am                  Em       G  
Put me on the back of your white horse to ride
D                    Am             Em             G D   
All the way to the chapel, let you wash all over me, yeah

[Solo]
Am Em G D