First Family by Rich MullinsKey: CC | Capo: 0fr | |C F G C My folks they were always the first family to arrive Dm/sus4 C F G7/sus4 G7 With seven people jammed into a car that seated five C F G C There was one bathroom to bathe and shave in, six of us stood in line Dm/sus4 C F G7/sus4 And hot water for only three but we all did just fine Chorus: F C Dm G7 C Dm/sus4 C Talk about your miracles, talk about your faith F C D7 D7 G7/sus4 G7 My dad he could make things grow out of Indiana clay F C Dm G Am Mom could make a gourmet meal out of just cornbread and beans Dm C2 And they worked to give faith hands and feet F G7/sus4 C C (G C2 G7) 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 C Am Em F C Em And now they've raised five children, one winter they lost a son Am Em But the pain didn't leave them crippled Dm D7 G7/sus4 G7 And the scars have made them strong F C Dm G7 Am Never picture perfect, just a plain man and his wife Dm C2 F Dm G7/sus4 F G Who somehow knew the value of hard work, good love, and real life Chorus C F G C