Dad Told Me chords by Hello Saferide

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 9th

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: G+G

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G+G C majorC E minorEm Em
G+G C majorC E minorEm Em
G+G C majorC E minorEm Em
G+G C majorC E minorEm Em


Verse 1:
     G6G6       C majorC      E minorEm
There's sadness in the family, Dad told me
      G6G6       C majorC       E minorEm
Let's not speak of it, it only brings us down
       G6G6      C majorC     E minorEm
And there's sadness in the DNA, I've known it
   G6G6       C majorC         E minorEm
I've felt it in the pavements of this town

Chorus:
        C majorC               Dsus2Dsus2     E minorEm
I've lived my life with a backpack that was never mine to carry
           C majorC                Dsus2Dsus2    E minorEm
Heard its constant whine, smelled its body that was never mine to bury


Verse 2:
     G6G6       C majorC     E minorEm
There's trouble in the genes, Dad told me
   G6G6        C majorC        E minorEm
Don't ask again, best we don't bring it up


Chorus 2:
                  C majorC         Dsus2Dsus2      E minorEm
But Dad, it seems you can't clear away the smoke of fires you can't find
        C majorC             Dsus2Dsus2   E minorEm
I've lived my life with a longing that I can't identify
      C majorC     Dsus2Dsus2   E minorEm
I've been kept from, held from knowing
            C majorC   Dsus2Dsus2
Daddy, that's why it keeps growing


Verse 3:
  G6G6        C majorC       E minorEm
I found the dead animal the smell stems from
  G6G6          C majorC          E minorEm
I found the story from which the shadow was cast

Bridge:
E minorEm
I searched and searched and now that I found it
  C majorC Dsus2Dsus2     E minorEm
I want to give it back
E minorEm
I searched and searched and now that I found it
  C majorC Dsus2Dsus2     E minorEm
I want to give it back


Verse 4:

     G6G6       C majorC    E minorEm
There's trouble in the family, I tell you
  G6G6         C majorC     E minorEm
I know and now that I do
     G6G6        C majorC    E minorEm
Kid, I'm passing it on to you


Bridge 2:
              C majorC  Dsus2Dsus2       E minorEm
But let's not speak of it, son, it only brings us down
              C majorC  Dsus2Dsus2       E minorEm
But let's not speak of it, son, it only brings us down

Outro:
E minorEm  C majorC Dsus2Dsus2 G+G