Adam Raised A Cain Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Dm][Am][Dm]
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[Verse 1]
In the [Am]summer [Dm]that I was bap[Am]tized[Dm]
My father [Am]held [Dm]me to his s[Am]ide
As they put me [Dm]into the [Am]water[Dm]
He said how [Am]on t[Dm]hat day I cr[Am]ied

[Pre-chorus 1]
We were [Dm]were of love, a [F]love in chains
He was [Dm]standin' in the door,
I was [F]standin' in the rain
With the [Dm]same hot blood burning [E]in our veins

[Chorus 1]
Adam [Am]raised a Cain (yeah)
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)

[Verse 2]
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)
[Am]All [Dm]of the old fa[Am]ces[Dm]
[Am]Asked [Dm]you why you're b[Am]ack
They fit [Dm]you with po[Am]sition[Dm]
And the keys [Am]to your d[Dm]addy's C[Am]adillac

[Pre-chorus 2]
In the [Dm]darkness of your room
Your mother calls [F]you by your true name
You re[Dm]mem ber the faces,
the [F]places, the names
You [Dm]know it's never over,
it's re[E]lentless as the rain

[Chorus 2]
Adam [Am]raised a Cain (yeah)
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)

[Solo 1]
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)
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[Verse 3]
In the [Am]Bible [Dm]Cain slew A bel[Am][Dm]
And East of [Am]Eden [Dm]mama he was [Am]cast
You're born [Dm]into this life [Am]paying[Dm]
For the sins of [Am]somebody[Dm] else's pas[Am]t

[Pre-chorus 3]
Well Daddy [Dm]worked his whole life
for [F]nothing but the pain
Now he [Dm]walks these empty rooms
looking for [F]something to blame
You in[Dm]her it the sins, you inh[E]erit the flames

[Chorus 3]
Adam [Am]raised a Cain (yeah)
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)

[Bridge 1]
[Dm]Lost but not forgotten,
from the [F]dark heart of a dream
Adam [Am]raised a Cain (yeah)
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)

[Outro 1]
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)
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[Repeat and fade]