Intro: G C G C G C D
C G C D
They had my future wrapped up in a parcel
C D G
And no one even thought of asking me.
C D
The day I turned fifteen I caught the mail train
C D G
To find what else might be in life for me.
Em B
I rode on trucks and trains and lived on nothing;
Em A
Served me right for wanting to be free-
G C D
Ah well that’s the way society looked at it,
C D G
But it didn’t seem to be that way to me.
Chorus:
D G C G D G
And the biggest disappointment in the family was me;
C D
The only twisted branch upon our good old famly tree
G B Em A
I just couldn’t be the person they expected me to be
G C D G
And the biggest disappointment in the world was me
G C D
А lot more dinner times than there dinners
C D G
I learned a lot that hurt me at the time
C D
Then this quiet country boy came home a different man
C D G
With a memory of distance on my mind
Em B
But I always spoke to loud and drank too often,
Em A
Maybe drank to many glasses down
G C D
And perhaps my clothes were older that I realized
C D G
А relief to all concerned when I left town
Chorus: x2
D C G D G
And the biggest disappointment in the family was me;
C D
The only twisted branch upon our good old famly tree
G B Em A
I just couldn’t be the person they expected me to be
G C D G
And the biggest disappointment in the world was me
C G C D
They had my future wrapped up in a parcel
C D G
And no one even thought of asking me.
C D
The day I turned fifteen I caught the mail train
C D G
To find what else might be in life for me.
Em B
I rode on trucks and trains and lived on nothing;
Em A
Served me right for wanting to be free-
G C D
Ah well that’s the way society looked at it,
C D G
But it didn’t seem to be that way to me.
Chorus:
D G C G D G
And the biggest disappointment in the family was me;
C D
The only twisted branch upon our good old famly tree
G B Em A
I just couldn’t be the person they expected me to be
G C D G
And the biggest disappointment in the world was me
G C D
А lot more dinner times than there dinners
C D G
I learned a lot that hurt me at the time
C D
Then this quiet country boy came home a different man
C D G
With a memory of distance on my mind
Em B
But I always spoke to loud and drank too often,
Em A
Maybe drank to many glasses down
G C D
And perhaps my clothes were older that I realized
C D G
А relief to all concerned when I left town
Chorus: x2
D C G D G
And the biggest disappointment in the family was me;
C D
The only twisted branch upon our good old famly tree
G B Em A
I just couldn’t be the person they expected me to be
G C D G
And the biggest disappointment in the world was me
