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Verse 1:
D
Feels like I want you to hurt me
Gmaj7
Feels like your hand on my throat
Em7
Lie on my back feeling dirty
A
My mum thinks I'm coming home
D
Feels like I said I won't stay here
Gmaj7
Feels like you know that I will
Em7
Feels like you're always complaining
A
Except when I'm lying still
Verse 2:
D
And then I'm falling to pieces
Gmaj7
And then you're cleaning me up
Em7
And then I'm talking to Jesus
A
He says, "I think you're a slut"
D
And then I stare at your father
Gmaj7
He just called your mother a bitch
Em7
I take a knife made for butter
A
And I carve my pain in his lips
D
You're out here raising a kid, you should know better than this
Chorus:
D
So you're the reason that he's watching me bleed
Gmaj7
He's digging in his fingernails, soaking through the sheets
Em7
Stitching up my wounds, calling me pathetic
A A7
I can't help but think that it's somewhat genetic
D
Daddy's little soldier's got me begging for peace
Gmaj7
Got me working with bullets, says I'm earning my keep
Em7
I see it's just a family business
A A7
I'd blame you but your daddy did this
Verse 2:
D
Not trying to paint you the victim
Gmaj7
I know you know what you've done
Em7
It's sorta slightly sadistic
A
Killing me is your kind of fun
D
He helped you bury the body
Gmaj7
And driving 'til you reached Illinois
Em
And then he'd pay all the jury
A
And then he'd say, "That's my boy, that's my boy"
Chorus:
D
So you're the reason that he's watching me bleed
Gmaj7
He's digging in his fingernails, soaking through the sheets
Em7
Stitching up my wounds, calling me pathetic
A A7
I can't help but think that it's somewhat genetic
D
Daddy's little soldier's got me begging for peace
Gmaj7
Got me working with bullets, says I'm earning my keep
Em7
I see it's just a family business
A A7
I'd blame you but your daddy gave you
Bridge:
G Gm
Hand-me-downs, make your family proud
D A Em
You're gonna be a man and this is how
G Gm
Modern history, let me plant the seed
D A Em
This is how my son's supposed to be
D A Gm
Making sure he clones right into me
Chorus:
D
Daddy's little soldier's got me begging for peace
Gmaj7
Got me working with bullets, says I'm earning my keep
Em7
I see it's just a family business
A A7
I'd blame you but your daddy did this
D
So you're the reason that he's watching me bleed
Gmaj7
He's digging in his fingernails, soaking through the sheets
Em7
Stitching up my wounds, calling me pathetic
A A7
I can't help but think that it's somewhat genetic
D
Daddy's little soldier's got me begging for peace
Gmaj7
Got me working with bullets, says I'm earning my keep
Em7
I see it's just a family business
A A7 D
I'd blame you but your daddy did this
Song History
Published: June 19, 2024
Last Updated: September 10, 2025