A                             Em7  D/G
Whoa, Jocko, don't expect me
   A                 Em7  D/G
to come out drinking,
   A          Em7  D/G
messing around
    A           Em7  D/G
Spending my time
           A             Em7  D/G
with a bunch of crazy people
A                       Em7  D/G
Yes, I been there before
             A                 Em7
I don't need to go back no more

[Chorus]

D/G         A         D
I'm just a family man, like it or not
       A                 D
I am a family man, I'm a-holding onto what I've got
       A         D
I'm a family man, right by damn
     E9                         N.C.             A   Em7  D/G   A  G/A  G/C
I finally find out that what I am is a family man

[Verse 2]

    D              D/C
And don't expect me
D/B             D/A  D/C
to hit the road
         D           D/C
At a moment's notice
      D/B          D/A
without my suitcase
D/C        D                D/C             D/B        D/A
With some crazy bunch of strangers in some unknown car
D/G       E9                              N.C.
Well, I'm just not willing to go that far

[Verse 3]

     A              Em7       D/G         A      Em7  D/G
The life I used to lead was a little too frantic
   A                Em7       D/G      A     Em7  D/G
I guess I just got eyes to grow old and gray
       A              Em7        D/G      A     Em7  D/G
And if what I have in mind isn't super romantic
   A                Em7      D/G
I guess I always saw   myself    this way

[Chorus]

D/G         A         D
I'm just a family man, like it or not
       A                 D
I am a family man, I'm a-holding onto what I've got
       A         D
I'm a family man, right by damn
     E9                         N.C.             A   Em7  D/G   A  G/A  G/C
I finally find out that what I am is a family man

[Outro]
D                D/C
Sears and Roebuck,
D/B             D/A  D/C
Howard Johnson
D               D/C
Colonel Sanders,
D/B          D/A  D/C
Station wagon
D                  D/C  D/B                  D/Bb  D/E
Briggs and Stratton,     second mortgage whoa

A     Em7  D/G   A  Em7   D/G
If I can ever lose my blues babe
A     Em7  D/G   A  Em7   D/G
Walk on over, turn on the TV
A     Em7  D/G   A  Em7   D/G
What I'd like to do is lie down on the sofa later on
A     Em7  D/G   A  Em7   D/G
I might walk my dog, baby whoa
A     Em7  D/G   A  Em7   D/G
Bo Diddley's a family man

[Outro]
A     Em7  D/G   A  Em7   D/G