Bastille - Family Ties: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "Family Ties" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.
B I can picture your driveway I remember the house upon the hill G#m F# Hear the rain falling on tinned roof (Hey, hey) B All the trees that have woven E In and out of your bedroom, and the hole B G#m F# Brought the light that you made around you G#m F# Time stopped E In the space between your breathing G#m F# Caught up E In the sounds the house was making Chorus: B E G#m F# Family ties and all of our strangeness (Hey, hey) B E G#m But there's love in your eyes, it breaks me to F# pieces (Hey, hey) B E G#m F# And the sun won't go down on all of your memories (hey, hey) B E You know we got, we got these (We got, we got these) G#m F# We got these family ties (Hey, hey) I remember your stories, I can picture the garden that you grew How we spoke when you passed on through I still think of your kindness and the way that your hair would tumble down All the people who lent on you 'Cause time stopped like it left you in the sixties Caught up in a life outside the city Chorus B E G#m F# No way we're ever gonna let the sun go down B E G#m F# No way we're ever gonna let the sun go down B E G#m F# No way we're ever gonna let the sun go down B E G#m F# B No way we're ever gonna let the sun go down Chorus: We got these family ties and all of our strangeness But there's love in your eyes, it breaks me to pieces And the sun won't go down in all of your memories You know we got, we got these (We got, we got these) We got these family ties (Hey, hey) (Hey, hey) La-da-da-da-da (Hey, hey) We got, we got these, we got these family ties (Hey, hey) (Hey, hey) We got, we got, we got, we got these (Hey, hey) We got, we got these, we got these family ties You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsB  E  F#  G#m  Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play "Family Ties" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Family Ties" by Bastille.