Intro:
Capo 4 Standard tuning
(he plays capo 5, half step down)
Em7 D/F# G x2

G  C9   D4               Em7 D/F# G
I've been working as a temp

G  C9   D4           Em7 D/F# G
At the local factory

G C9      D4           Em7
I hope they hire me on full time

D/F#
I've got shoes to buy

C9
And a mouth to feed

G   C9       D4             Em7 D/F# G
I drive a buy here, pay here truck

G   C9       D4          Em7
It ain't new but it is to me

G   C9       D4          Em7
It ain't much but it fires right up

D/F#                C9
And gets me from A to B


Pre-Chorus:
D4
What puts the dirt underneath my nails
F
What keeps the calluses on my hands
C
Family man

Chorus:

G
They're the world, my world revolves around

D4
My sacred piece of solid ground
Em7
The flesh and bone
D4                   C9
That gives me strength to stand


G
They are the fire in my drivin' on
D
The drive behind my comin' home
Em7                    D4          C9
The livin', breathin', reason that I am
G
A family man


G C9 D4           Em7 D/F# G
There's dirty shirts to wash

G C9 D4           Em7 D/F# G
Dishes in the sink to do

G Cadd  D4             Em7
And there's how many times

D/F#           C
Does 17 go into 52

G C9  D4               Em7 D/F# G
There's bedtime prayers to pray

G C9  D4             Em7 D/F# G
Sleep tights and I love you's

G C9  D4              Em7
And then there's a pair of eyes

D/F#                  C
I get to lose myself into

D4
What keeps me keepin' the faith
F
What makes me believe I can
C
Family man

G
They're the world, my world revolves around
D4
My sacred piece of solid ground
Em7           D4
The flesh and bone
C9
That gives me strength to stand

G
They are the fire in my drivin' on
D4
The drive behind my comin' home
Em7          D4            C9
The livin', breathin', reason that I am
G
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