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