Intro:
Capo 4 Standard tuning
(he plays capo 5, half step down)
E5 D5 G5 x2

G5  C5   D5               E5 D5 G5
I've been working as a temp

G5  C5   D5           E5 D5 G5
At the local factory

G5 C5      D5           E5
I hope they hire me on full time

D5
I've got shoes to buy

C5
And a mouth to feed

G5   C5       D5             E5 D5 G5
I drive a buy here, pay here truck

G5   C5       D5          E5
It ain't new but it is to me

G5   C5       D5          E5
It ain't much but it fires right up

D5                C5
And gets me from A to B


Pre-Chorus:
D5
What puts the dirt underneath my nails
F5
What keeps the calluses on my hands
C5
Family man

Chorus:

G5
They're the world, my world revolves around

D5
My sacred piece of solid ground
E5
The flesh and bone
D5                   C5
That gives me strength to stand


G5
They are the fire in my drivin' on
D5
The drive behind my comin' home
E5                    D5          C5
The livin', breathin', reason that I am
G5
A family man


G5 C5 D5           E5 D5 G5
There's dirty shirts to wash

G5 C5 D5           E5 D5 G5
Dishes in the sink to do

G5 Cadd  D5             E5
And there's how many times

D5           C5
Does 17 go into 52

G5 C5  D5               E5 D5 G5
There's bedtime prayers to pray

G5 C5  D5             E5 D5 G5
Sleep tights and I love you's

G5 C5  D5              E5
And then there's a pair of eyes

D5                  C5
I get to lose myself into

D5
What keeps me keepin' the faith
F5
What makes me believe I can
C5
Family man

G5
They're the world, my world revolves around
D5
My sacred piece of solid ground
E5           D5
The flesh and bone
C5
That gives me strength to stand

G5
They are the fire in my drivin' on
D5
The drive behind my comin' home
E5          D5            C5
The livin', breathin', reason that I am
G5
A family man

They're the fire in my drivin' on
The drive behind my comin' home
The livi'n, breathin, reason that I am
A family man, a family man