Runs In The Family Chords

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[Verse 1]
[F]My friend has problems
with [Am]winter and autumn
They [F]give him prescriptions
and [Am]shine bright lights on him
They [F]say it's genetic,
they [Am]say he can't help it,
they [F]say you can catch it
but [Am]sometimes you're born with it

[Verse 2]
[F]My friend despite he gets [Am]shakes in the night
and they [F]say that there's no way
that [Am]they could have caught it in [F]time
takes his toll on him
[Am]It is traditional
[F]It is inherited
[Am]Predispositional

[Pre-chorus 1]
All [Dm]day I've been wondering
[Em]what is inside of me, [F]who can I blame for it?
[G]I say it runs in the

[Chorus 1]
[Dm]family
This famine that [F]carries me
to such great [C]lengths to open my [Bb]legs
Up to anyone who'll [Dm]have me
It runs in the [F]family,
I come by it [C]honestly,
do what you [Bb]want

[Interlude 1]
'Cause who knows it might
[Dm](fill me [F]up)[C][Bb]
[Dm]Fill me [F]up[C][Bb]

[Verse 3]
[F]My friend's depressed
she's a [Am]wreck, she's a mess
They've done [F]all sorts of tests
and they [Am]guess it has something
to [F]do with her grandmother's
[Am]grandfather's grandmother
[F]Civil war soldiers
who [Am]badly infected her

[Verse 4]
[F]My friend has maladies [Am]rickets and allergies
[F]that she dates back to the [Am]17th century
[F]Somehow she [Am]manages in her misery
[F]Strips in the city
and [Am]shares all her best tricks with

[Verse 5]
[F]Me? well, I'm well well I [Am]mean I'm in hell
well I [F]still have my health
at least [Am]that's what they tell me
If [F]wellness is this
what in [Am]hells name is sickness?
But [F]business is business and business

[Chorus 2]
Runs in the [Dm]family
We tend to bruise [F]easily
Bad in the [C]blood
I'm telling you [Bb]cause I just want
you to [Dm]know me - know me and my [F]family
We're wonderful [C]folks,
but don't get too [Bb]close to me cause you might

[Interlude 2]
[Dm](knock me [F]up)[C][Bb]
[Dm]Knock me [F]up[C][Bb]

[Verse 6]
[F]Mary have mercy now [Am]look what I've done
but don't [F]blame me because I can't [Am]help
where I come from
And [F]running is something
that [Am]we've always done well
and [F]mostly I can't even
[Am]tell what I'm running from

[Pre-chorus 2]
[Dm]Run from their pity, from resp[Em]onsibility
[F]Run from the country and [G]run from the city
I can [Dm]run from the law, I can [Em]run from myself
I can [F]run from my life, I can [G]run into debt
I can [Dm]run from it all, I can r[Em]un til I'm gone
I can [F]run for the office and [G]run for my cause
I can [Dm]run using every [Em]last ounce of energy
[F]I cannot, I cannot
[G]I cannot run from my

[Chorus 3]
[Dm]family
They're hiding in[F]side of me
Corpses on [C]ice
come in if you'd [Bb]like but don't tell my [Dm]family
They'd never for[F]give me
They'd say that I'm [C]crazy
But they would say [Bb]anything if it would

[Interlude 3]
[Dm](shut me [F]up)[Am][Bb]
[Dm]Shut me [F]up[Am][Bb]

[Outro 1]
[Dm]Me up..[F][C][Bb]
[Dm][F][C][Bb]