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{title: The family tree} {artist: Venice} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 66} {key: Eb} {duration: 3:12} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {start_of_part: Intro} [Eb] [Eb/G] [Ab] [Eb/G] [Ab] [Eb/G] [Bbsus4] [Eb] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} [Eb]branches in the [Gm]wind, still [Ab]standing here to[Eb]gether [Ab]one more storm to [Eb]weather, we'll get [F]through it [Bb]yet [Eb]so we're gathered [Gm7]here, holding [Ab]on to each [Eb]other to [Ab]let go of an[Eb]other one we [Bb]won't [Ab] for[Eb]get {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 1} now as we [Cm]say good[Bb]bye to [Ab]one of our [Eb]own [Ab] we may be [Eb]lonely, but we're [F7]not a[Bb]lone though the [Cm]leaves will [Bb]fall and the [Ab]tears will [Eb]flow [F7]may it always [Bb]comfort us to [Cm]know [Bb] the [F]family tree will [Bb]always [Eb]grow {end_of_chorus} {start_of_part: Link} [Eb] [Eb/G] [Ab] [Eb/G] [Ab] [Eb/G] [Bbsus4] [Eb] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} [Eb]father down to [Gm]son, [Ab]mother to [Eb]daughter [Ab] thicker than [Eb]water, we are [F]made of [Bb]this [Eb]from the earth we [Gm7]rise, [Ab]to the earth re[Eb]turning we'll [Ab]keep a candle [Eb]burning for the [Bb]ones [Ab] we'll [Eb]miss {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 2} and when we [Cm]say good[Bb]bye to [Ab]one of our [Eb]own [Ab] we may be [Eb]lonely, but we're [F7]not a[Bb]lone though the [Cm]leaves will [Bb]fall and the [Ab]tears will [Eb]flow [F7]may it always [Bb]comfort us to [Cm]know [Bb] the [F]family tree will [Bb]always [Eb]grow it's [F7]stronger than the [Bb]wind can [Cm]blow [Cm/Bb] the [F]family tree will [Bb]always [Eb]grow {end_of_chorus} {start_of_part: End} [Eb] [Eb/G] [Ab] [Eb/G] [Ab] [Eb/G] [Bbsus4] [Eb] {end_of_part}