GCEmEmGCEmEmGCEmEmGCEmEmG6CEm
There's sadness in the family, Dad told me
G6CEm
Let's not speak of it, it only brings us down
G6CEm
And there's sadness in the DNA, I've known it
G6CEm
I've felt it in the pavements of this town
CDsus2Em
I've lived my life with a backpack that was never mine to carry
CDsus2Em
Heard its constant whine, smelled its body that was never mine to bury
G6CEm
There's trouble in the genes, Dad told me
G6CEm
Don't ask again, best we don't bring it up
CDsus2Em
But Dad, it seems you can't clear away the smoke of fires you can't find
CDsus2Em
I've lived my life with a longing that I can't identify
CDsus2Em
I've been kept from, held from knowing
CDsus2
Daddy, that's why it keeps growing
G6CEm
I found the dead animal the smell stems from
G6CEm
I found the story from which the shadow was cast
Em
I searched and searched and now that I found it
CDsus2Em
I want to give it back
Em
I searched and searched and now that I found it
CDsus2Em
I want to give it back
G6CEm
There's trouble in the family, I tell you
G6CEm
I know and now that I do
G6CEm
Kid, I'm passing it on to you
CDsus2Em
But let's not speak of it, son, it only brings us down
CDsus2Em
But let's not speak of it, son, it only brings us down
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