First Family Chords - Rich Mullins

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 {name: 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 {name: 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 {name: Chorus} C F/C G/C C