Verse 1
C            G       Em 
Started when I was 23 
            Bm 
Acting like my daddy 
  C G     Em Bm 
I know, I know 
C           G                  Em 
I recognize parts of you in me 
               Bm 
The parts that can't find peace 
   C G        Em Bm 
My soul feels old 
 
Pre-Chorus
C                   D 
I made decisions to prove I was different 
    Em 
But you follow me like a ghost 
C                    D                        Em 
Now I'm a little bit lit and I'm pleading the fifth 
N.C. 
As I'm making a toast 
 
Chorus
Em            C           G 
People say I look like you 
     Am                   G 
They say that I got your eyes 
                   C          Em 
My mother says I'm tough like you 
            Am                  Em 
Even in the ways that she don't like 
        C                 G 
I can't change it, didn't choose my blood 
    Am           Em 
But I made up my mind 
                C         G 
I don't want to be like you 
           Am                     C   G Am Em 
But either way, I got you in my DNA 
       C G Am 
My DNA 
 
Verse 2
C             G                   Em 
I try to just play pretend like I didn't fall apart again 
    C    G       Em 
I'm lonely, like am I the only one? 
C                     G                   Em 
When blocking out the pain stops working 
 
Can't you tell, can't you tell that I'm hurting? 
C  G           Em 
Hold me if you love me, come show me 
 
Pre-Chorus
C                        G 
Found myself down on the pavement 
                Em 
No matter which way that I turned, I was low 
    C                      G 
But you went before me and traveled the stories 
   Em 
Of places that I shouldn't go 
 
Chorus
Em            C           G 
People say I look like you 
     Am                   G 
They say that I got your eyes 
                   C          Em 
My mother says I'm tough like you 
            Am                  Em 
Even in the ways that she don't like 
        C                 G 
I can't change it, didn't choose my blood 
    Am           Em 
But I made up my mind 
                C         G 
I don't want to be like you 
           Am                     C   G Am Em 
But either way, I got you in my DNA 
       C G Am 
My DNA 
       C G Am Em 
My DNA 
       C G Am Em 
My DNA 
       C G Am Em 
My DNA 
       C G Am 
My DNA 
 
Bridge
C                 G 
  The T-shirt you gave me in '96 
Am 
  It's bleached and it's faded, but it still fits 
C                     G 
  And I know that you thought that you f*cked up 
Am                              C 
Cause I used to too, but then I grew up 
            G 
Now I'm the same age you were when you had me 
            Am                    C 
And I'm not ready to be anybody's daddy 
G                                Am 
You and I, we both sing the same blues 
                                     Am 
I wish that you were here so I could thank you 
 
Chorus
               C        G 
I know that I look like you 
  Am                   Em 
I see it in my own two eyes 
                   C          G 
My mother says I'm tough like you 
            Am 
Even in the ways I know she likes 
        C             G 
I'm not angry, didn't choose my blood 
    Am           Em 
But I made up my mind 
                C         G 
I know that I'm just like you 
             Am                    C   G Am Em 
Cause either way, I got you in my DNA 
   C   G Am Em 
My DNA 
   C   G Am Em 
My DNA 
   C   G Am Em 
My DNA 
   C   G Am Em 
My DNA