The Family Of Man - The Spinners (UK)
Capo: Fret 5
Tuning: C, E A D G B E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll4xVSGVDik
[Verse 1]
I belong to a
family, the bi
ggest on the e
arth
Ten thousand e
very day are c
oming to birth
Our name isn't
Davis, Hall,
Groves, or Jon
es
It's a name ev
ery man should
be proud he o
wns
[Chorus]
The family of
Man keeps grow
ing
The family of
Man keeps sowi
ng
The seeds of a
new life ever
y day
[Verse 2]
I've got a sis
ter in Melbour
ne, a brother
in Paree
The whole wide
world is dad
and mum to me
Wherever you g
o you'll find
my kin
What-ever the
creed or the c
olour of the s
kin
[Chorus]
It's the famil
y of Man keeps
growing
The family of
Man keeps sowi
ng
The seeds of a
new life ever
y day
[Verse 3]
The miner in t
he Rhondda, th
e coolie in Pe
king
The men across
the ocean who
plough, reap
and spin
They've got a
life and other
s to share it
So let's bridg
e the oceans a
nd declare it
[Chorus]
It's the famil
y of Man keeps
growing
The family of
Man keeps sowi
ng
The seeds of a
new life ever
y day
[Verse 4]
From the North
Pole ice to t
he snow at the
other
There is not a
man I wouldn'
t call brother
But there isn'
t much time, I
've had my fil
l
Of the men of
war who intend
to kill
[Chorus]
It's the famil
y of Man keeps
growing
The family of
Man keeps sowi
ng
The seeds of a
new life ever
y day
[Verse 5]
Some people sa
y the world's
a horrible pla
ce
But it's just
as good or bad
as the human
race
Dirt and miser
y or health an
d joy
Man can build
or can destroy
[Chorus]
It's the famil
y of Man keeps
growing
The family of
Man keeps sowi
ng
The seeds of a
new life ever
y day