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