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