G C G C

[Verse 1]
     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                                     B7
I rode on trucks and trains and lived on nothing;
Em                                A7
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]
        G            C                G
And the biggest disappointment in the family was me;
                 C               D               D7
the only twisted branch upon our good old family tree
       G               B7            Em           A7
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

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[Verse 2]
  G               C                     D
A lot more dinner times than there were 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                                  B7
But I always spoke too loud and drank too often,
Em                           A7
Maybe drank too many glasses down
       G                    C            D
And perhaps my clothes were older than I realised
    C              D                  G
A relief to all concerned when I left town

[Chorus]
        G            C                G
And the biggest disappointment in the family was me;
                 C               D               D7
the only twisted branch upon our good old family tree
       G               B7            Em           A7
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

[Chorus]
        G            C                G
And the biggest disappointment in the family was me;
                 C               D               D7
the only twisted branch upon our good old family tree
       G               B7            Em           A7
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