Am
 Up my, my family tree
F                            Am
 There hangs my curious pedigree,
Am
My long, my lurid ancestry
              E7
 The prancing phantoms and ghosts Of my forefathers.


F      G                   Am
Nevertheless, despite their sins,
          C         G        Am
 Bless my kiths and bless my kins.
Am         G                 Am
 There they perch for all to see
Am
 Up my, up my family tree.

[verse 2]
Am
 Up my, my family tree,
 F                    Am
 No blue blood, no nobility
 Am
 No trace of aristocracy
Am         E7
Except for Uncle Sebastian Who once raped a duchess.


F      G                   Am
Nevertheless, despite their sins,
          C         G        Am
Bless my kiths and bless my kins.
Am         G                 Am
There they perch for all to see
Am
Up my, up my family tree.

 [verse 3]
Am
We've no ancestral halls
F                              C
No haughty portraits on our walls;
Am
No family monuments at all
E7
Unless it's my cousin Sheila's Stupendous cleavage.


F      G                   Am
Nevertheless, despite their sins,
         C         G        Am
Bless my kiths and bless my kins.
Am         G                 Am
There they perch for all to see
Am
Up my, up my family tree.

[verse 4]
Am
My great-great-uncle Sam
F                        C
 A very tranquil sort of man,
 Am
Could not afford his wife a pram -
E7
He pushed his babies round the park In a green wheelbarrow.


 F      G                   Am
Nevertheless, despite their sins,
         C         G        Am
Bless my kiths and bless my kins.
Am         G                 Am
There they perch for all to see
Am
Up my, up my family tree.

[verse 5]
Am
 My Uncle Will, my Auntie May
F                         C
 Were very much in love, so they
 Am
Got married after some delay
E7
 They dressed their kids up in white When they both went legal.

[CHORUS]
F      G                   Am
Nevertheless, despite their sins,
        C         G        Am
Bless my kiths and bless my kins.
Am         G                 Am
There they perch for all to see
Am
Up my, up my family tree.

[VERSE 6]
Am
 When brother Richard was thirteen
F
He was a Boy Scout, keen and clean.
Am
He got presented to the Queen -
 E7
And then he went and spoiled it all When he offered her a Rolly!


 F      G                   Am
Nevertheless, despite their sins,
         C         G        Am
Bless my kiths and bless my kins.
Am         G                 Am
There they perch for all to see
Am
Up my, up my family tree.

[VERSE 7]
 Am
Let this be understood,
F
That our family name is mud,
Am                          C
Our sheep are black our cheques are dud
 E7
But we survive! We're alive! So it's up with the Thackrays!

[CHORUS]
F      G                   Am
Nevertheless, despite their sins,
         C         G        Am
Bless my kiths and bless my kins.
Am         G                 Am
There they perch for all to see
Am
Up my, up my family tree.