C		                    F/C    G/C   C  
My folks they were always the first family to arrive  
     Dm7/sus4        C/E          F2             G7/sus4  G7  
With seven people jammed into a car that seated five  
	  C				      F/C	 G/C	   C  
There was one bathroom to bathe and shave in, six of us stood in line  
   Dm7/sus4	 C/E	         F2		 G7/sus4  
And hot water for only three but we all did just fine  
  
Chorus:  
F2		C/E	 Dm7   G7	    C   Dm7/sus4 C/E  
Talk about your miracles, talk about your faith  
F		C/E		       D7sus D7  G7/sus4  G7  
My dad he could make things grow out of Indiana clay  
F2		 C/E		     Dm7        G	 Am  
Mom could make a gourmet meal out of just cornbread and beans  
          Dm7		      C2/E  
And they worked to give faith hands and feet  
     F	   G7/sus4     C     Csus  (G/C  C2/G  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/B   Am			Em	      F		         C  Em/B  
   And now they've raised five children, one winter they lost a son  
	Am		       Em  
But the pain didn't leave them crippled  
	Dm7        D7/F#     G7/sus4   G7  
And the scars have made them strong  
F	      C/E	       Dm7	G7	 Am  
Never picture perfect, just a plain man and his wife  
    Dm7		    C2/E           F2	       Dm            G7/sus4  F/G  G  
Who somehow knew the value of hard work, good love, and real life  
  
Chorus  
  C    F/C G/C	   C