G C Em Em
G C Em Em
G C Em Em
G C Em Em
[Verse 1]
G6 C Em
There's sadness in the family, Dad told me
G6 C Em
Let's not speak of it, it only brings us down
G6 C Em
And there's sadness in the DNA, I've known it
G6 C Em
I've felt it in the pavements of this town
[Chorus]
C Dsus2 Em
I've lived my life with a backpack that was never mine to carry
C Dsus2 Em
Heard its constant whine, smelled its body that was never mine to bury
[Verse 2]
G6 C Em
There's trouble in the genes, Dad told me
G6 C Em
Don't ask again, best we don't bring it up
[Chorus 2]
C Dsus2 Em
But Dad, it seems you can't clear away the smoke of fires you can't find
C Dsus2 Em
I've lived my life with a longing that I can't identify
C Dsus2 Em
I've been kept from, held from knowing
C Dsus2
Daddy, that's why it keeps growing
[Verse 3]
G6 C Em
I found the dead animal the smell stems from
G6 C Em
I found the story from which the shadow was cast
[Bridge]
Em
I searched and searched and now that I found it
C Dsus2 Em
I want to give it back
Em
I searched and searched and now that I found it
C Dsus2 Em
I want to give it back
[Verse 4]
G6 C Em
There's trouble in the family, I tell you
G6 C Em
I know and now that I do
G6 C Em
Kid, I'm passing it on to you
[Bridge 2]
C Dsus2 Em
But let's not speak of it, son, it only brings us down
C Dsus2 Em
But let's not speak of it, son, it only brings us down
