riff
1.
| F#m | D | |
| You were a | child |
| A | E | ||
| Crawling on your | knees | toward | it |
| F#m | D | |
| Making momma so | proud |
| A | E | F#m | D | |
| But your voice is too | loud |
| A | E | ||
| We like to watch | you | laughing |
| F#m | D | |
| You pick the insects off | plants |
| A | E | ||
| No time to think of conse | quen | ces |
chorus
| F#m | D | ||
| 𝄆 | Control yourself |
| A | E | ||
| Take only what you | need | from it |
| F#m | D | A | E | ||||
| A family of | trees | wanting | to be haunted | 𝄇 |
2.
| F#m | D | |
| The water is | warm |
| A | E | ||
| But it’s sending | me | shivers |
| F#m | D | |
| A baby is | born |
| A | E | ||
| Crying out for at | ten | tion |
| F#m | D | |
| The memories | fade |
| A | E | ||
| Like looking through a | fog | ged mirror |
| F#m | D | ||
| Decisi | on to decisions are | made | and not bought |
| A | E | |||
| But I | thought | this wouldn’t hurt a | lot, | I guess not |
chorus
| F#m | D | ||
| 𝄆 | Control yourself |
| A | E | ||
| Take only what you | need | from it |
| F#m | D | A | E | ||||
| A family of | trees | wanting | to be haunted | 𝄇 |
instrumental
| \nb | D | | | E | | | F#m | | | G#m | \nb |
| \nb | A | | | Bm | | | D | | | E F#m | \nb |
| \leftrepeat | A | | | A | | | A | | | A | \rightrepeat |
| \nb | N.C. | | | N.C. | | | N.C. | | | N.C. | \nb |
chorus
| F#m | D | ||
| 𝄆 | Control yourself |
| A | E | ||
| Take only what you | need | from it |
| F#m | D | A | E | |||||
| 1.2.3. | A family of | trees | wanting | to be haunted | 𝄇 |
| F#m | D | A | E | F#m | ||
| 4. | A family of | tree- | ees |