Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
♫ Intro:
G+G E minorEm C majorC D MajorD G+G E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
♫ Verse 1:
G+G E minorEm
Well, my mama and her mama drove my daddy and my granddaddy
C majorC
Crazy, I guess you could say
G+G E minorEm
It was a long line of women with some real strong opinions
C majorC G+G
That made me, Yeah, baby
C majorC
You can't change what's in my veins
D MajorD
It ain't my fault, so boy
♫ Chorus:
G+G E minorEm
Don't blame it on me, blame it on the tree
C majorC D MajorD
That I fell from, you know I come by it honestly
G+G E minorEm C majorC
My roots run way too deep to be pulling them up
D MajorD
They're stuck where they oughta be
G+G E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
You can't just bury what's hereditary
G+G C majorC G+G E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
So, don't blame it on the apple, blame it on the tree
♫ Verse 2:
G+G E minorEm
Well, my daddy and his daddy were some hard-loving,
C majorC
Hard-headed son of a guns and I'm another one
G+G E minorEm
Of a fifth generation with a stubborn reputation
C majorC
So just know, it's a family thing
C majorC
And I can't change what's in my name
D MajorD
It ain't my fault, so boy
♫ Chorus:
G+G E minorEm
Don't blame it on me, blame it on the tree
C majorC D MajorD
That I fell from, you know I come by it honestly
G+G E minorEm C majorC
My roots run way too deep to be pulling them up
D MajorD
They're stuck where they oughta be
G+G E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
You can't just bury what's hereditary
G+G C majorC G+G E minorEm
So, don't blame it on the apple, blame it on the tree
♫ Solo:
| C majorC D MajorD | G+G E minorEm | C majorC D MajorD |
♫ Bridge:
G+G E minorEm G+G
So don't blame it on the apple, blame it on the tree
G+G
The heart that I was given, blame it on the tree
C majorC G+G
The way that I'm living, blame it on the tree
♫ Chorus:
G+G E minorEm
So don't blame it on me, blame it on the tree
C majorC D MajorD
That I fell from, you know I come by it honestly
G+G E minorEm C majorC
My roots run way too deep to be pulling them up
D MajorD
They're stuck where they oughta be
G+G E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
You can't just bury what's hereditary
G+G C majorC G+G E minorEm
So, don't blame it on the apple, blame it on the tree
♫ Outro:
C majorC D MajorD G+G E minorEm C majorC D MajorD G+G
Oh, blame it on the tree