Runs In The Family chords by Amanda Palmer

Tuning: Standard EBGDAE

Difficulty: intermediate


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my friend has problems with winter and autumn
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they give him prescriptions they shine bright lights on him
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they say its genetic they say he cant help it
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they say you can catch it - but sometimes you're born with it

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my friend has blight he gets shakes in the night
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and they say there is no way that they could have caught it in
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time takes its toll on him it is traditional
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it is inherited predisposition

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all day i've been wondering what is inside of me who can i blame for it
G
i say:

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it runs in the family this famine that carries me
              C                  Bb
to such great lengths to open my legs
Dm
up to anyone who’ll have me
               F                   C
it runs in the family i come by it honestly
            Bb                            Dm   F    C    Bb
do what you want cause who knows it might fill me up

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my friends depressed she's a wreck she's a mess
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they’ve done all sorts of tests and they guess it has something to do with her grandmother
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grandfathers grandmother civil war soldiers who
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badly infected her
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my friend has maladies rickets and allergies that she dates back to the 17th century
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somehow she manages - in her misery - strips in the city
    Am
and shares all her best tricks with

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me? well, i'm well. well, i mean i'm in hell. well, i still have my health
          Am
(at least that's what they tell me)
   F                         Am
if wellness is this, what in hells name is sickness?
     F
but, business is business!

and business

            Dm                       F
runs in the family we tend to bruise easily
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bad in the blood i'm telling you ‘cause
i just want you to know me
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know me and my family
                C
we’re wonderful folks
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but don't get too close to me cause you might knock me up

F                   Am
mary have mercy now look what i've done
          F                       Am
but don't blame me because i cant tell where i come from
    F                         Am
and running is something that we’ve always done
         F                   Am
well and mostly i can’t even tell what i'm running from

Dm
i run from their pity
     E
from responsibility
F
run from the country
    G
and run from the city

      Dm
i can run from the law
      E
i can run from myself
      F
i can run for my life
      G
i can run into debt

      Dm
i can run from it all
      E
i can run 'till i'm gone
      F
i can run for the office
    G
and run from the cause

      Dm              E
i can run using every last ounce of energy
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i cannot
i cannot
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i cannot
            Dm
run from my family
               F
they're hiding inside me
           C
corpses on ice
                 Bb
come in if you'd like
                       Dm
but just don't tell my family
             F
they'd never forgive me
                     C
they’ll say that i'm crazy
                   Bb
but they would say anything if it would
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shut me up.....