Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
C majorC G+G E minorEm
Started when I was 23
B minorBm
Acting like my daddy
C majorC G+G E minorEm B minorBm
I know, I know
C majorC G+G E minorEm
I recognize parts of you in me
B minorBm
The parts that can't find peace
C majorC G+G E minorEm B minorBm
My soul feels old
Pre-Chorus:
C majorC G+G
I made decisions to prove I was different
E minorEm G minorGm
But you follow me like a ghost
C majorC D MajorD E MajorE
Now I'm a little bit lit and I'm pleading the fifth
N.C.
As I'm making a toast
Chorus:
C majorC D MajorD
People say I look like you
E minorEm
They say that I got your eyes
C majorC G+G
My mother says I'm tough like you
A minorAm E minorEm
Even in the ways that she don't like
C majorC G+G
I can't change it, didn't choose my blood
A minorAm
But I made up my mind
C majorC G+G
I don't want to be like you
A minorAm E minorEm C majorC G+G A minorAm
But either way, I got you in my DNA
C majorC G+G A minorAm E minorEm
My DNA
Verse 2:
C majorC G+G A minorAm
I try to just play pretend like I didn't fall apart
C majorC G+G E MajorE
I'm lonely, like am I the only one?
When blocking out the shame stops working
Can't you tell, can't you tell that I'm hurting?
C majorC G+G E MajorE
Hold me if you love me, come show me
Pre-Chorus:
C majorC G+G
Found myself down on the pavement
E minorEm G minorGm
No matter which way that I turned, I was low
C majorC G+G
But you went before me and traveled the stories
E minorEm
Of places that I shouldn't go
Chorus:
C majorC D MajorD
People say I look like you
E minorEm
They say that I got your eyes
C majorC G+G
My mother says I'm tough like you
A minorAm E minorEm
Even in the ways that she don't like
C majorC G+G
I can't change it, didn't choose my blood
A minorAm
But I made up my mind
C majorC G+G
I don't want to be like you
A minorAm E minorEm C majorC G+G A minorAm
But either way, I got you in my DNA
C majorC G+G A minorAm E minorEm
My DNA
C majorC G+G A minorAm E minorEm
My DNA
C majorC G+G A minorAm E minorEm
My DNA
C majorC G+G A minorAm E minorEm
My DNA
Bridge:
C majorC G+G
The T-shirt you gave me in '96
A minorAm E minorEm
It's bleached and it's faded, but it still fits
C majorC G+G
And I know that you thought that you fucked up
A minorAm C majorC
Cause I used to too, but then I grew up
G+G
Now I'm the same age you were when you had me
A minorAm
And I'm not ready to be anybody's daddy
C majorC G+G
You and I, we both sing the same blues
A minorAm
I wish that you were here so I could thank you
Chorus:
C majorC D MajorD
I know that I look like you
E minorEm
I see it in my own two eyes
C majorC G+G
My mother says I'm tough like you
A minorAm E minorEm
Even in the ways I know she likes
C majorC G+G
I'm not angry, didn't choose my blood
A minorAm
But I made up my mind
C majorC G+G
I know that I'm just like you
A minorAm E minorEm C majorC G+G A minorAm
Cause either way, I got you in my DNA
C majorC G+G A minorAm E minorEm
My DNA
C majorC G+G A minorAm E minorEm
My DNA
C majorC G+G A minorAm E minorEm
My DNA
C majorC G+G A minorAm E minorEm
My DNA
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