Dad Told Me

G C Em Em
G C Em Em
G C Em Em
G C Em Em


[Verse 1]
         G6             C         
There's sadness in the family, Dad
  Em
 told me
           G6              C 
Let's not speak of it, it only 
             Em
brings us down
             G6            C      
And there's sadness in the DNA, 
    Em
I've known it
      G6             C         
I've felt it in the pavements of 
        Em
this town


[Chorus]
               C                   
I've lived my life with a backpack 
          Dsus2         Em
that was never mine to carry
                     C           
Heard its constant whine, smelled 
                    Dsus2        Em
its body that was never mine to bury


[Verse 2]
         G6             C       
There's trouble in the genes, Dad 
   Em
told me
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      G6               C          
Don't ask again, best we don't 
      Em
bring it up


[Chorus 2]
But Dad, it seems you can't clear 
 C                 Dsus2        
away the smoke of fires you can't 
   Em
find
               C                 
I've lived my life with a longing 
         Dsus2      Em
that I can't identify
           C          Dsus2  
I've been kept from, held from 
    Em
knowing
                       C     Dsus2
Daddy, that's why it keeps growing


[Verse 3]
   G6               C           
I found the dead animal the smell 
   Em
stems from
   G6                   C      
I found the story from which the 
             Em
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     
There's trouble in the family, I 
   Em
tell you
   G6                  C         Em
I know and now that I do
          G6               C      
Kid, I'm passing it on to you
  Em



[Bridge 2]
                            C    
But let's not speak of it, son, 
Dsus2             Em
it only brings us down
                            C    
But let's not speak of it, son, 
Dsus2             Em
it only brings us down