Runs In The Family chords by
Amanda Palmer

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Key: F major

Intro 1

Verse 1
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My friend has problems
Am Am 
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with winter and autumn
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They give him prescriptions
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and shine bright lights on him
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They say it's genetic,
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they say he can't help it,
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they say you can catch it
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but sometimes you're born with it

Verse 2
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My friend despite he gets shakes in the night
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and they say that there's no way
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that they could have caught it in time
takes his toll on him
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It  is traditional
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It is inherited
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Predispositional

Pre-chorus 1

All day I've been wondering

what is inside of me, who can I blame for it?

I say it runs in the

Chorus 1
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family
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This famine that carries me
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Bb Bb 
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to such great lengths to open my legs
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Up to anyone who'll have me
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It runs in the family,
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I come by it honestly,
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do what you want

Interlude 1

'Cause who knows it might

(fill me up)

Fill me up

Verse 3
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My friend's depressed
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she's a wreck, she's a mess
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They've done all sorts of tests
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and they guess it has something
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to do with her grandmother's
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grandfather's grandmother
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Civil war soldiers
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who badly infected her

Verse 4
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Am Am 
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My friend has maladies rickets and allergies
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Am Am 
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that she dates back to the 17th century
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Am Am 
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Somehow she manages in her misery
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Strips in the city
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and shares all her best tricks with

Verse 5
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Me? well, I'm well well I mean I'm in hell
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well I still have my health
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at least that's what they tell me
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If wellness is this
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what in hells name is sickness?
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But business is business and business

Chorus 2
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Runs in the family
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We tend to bruise easily
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Bad in the blood
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I'm telling you cause I just want
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F F 
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you to know me - know me and my family
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We're wonderful folks,
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but don't get too close to me cause you might

Interlude 2

(knock me up)

Knock me up

Verse 6
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Am Am 
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Mary have mercy now look what I've done
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Am Am 
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but don't blame me because I can't help
where I come from
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And running is something
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that we've always done well
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and mostly I can't even
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tell what I'm running from

Pre-chorus 2
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Run from their pity, from responsibility
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G G 
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Run from the country and run from the city
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Em Em 
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I can run from the law, I can run from myself
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G G 
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I can run from my life, I can run into debt
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Em Em 
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I can run from it all, I can run til I'm gone
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I can run for the office and run for my cause
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Em Em 
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I can run using every last ounce of energy
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I  cannot, I cannot
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I  cannot run from my

Chorus 3
Dm Dm 
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family
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They're hiding inside of me
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Corpses on ice
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Dm Dm 
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come in if you'd like but don't tell my family
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They'd never forgive me
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They'd say that I'm crazy
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But they would say anything if it would

Interlude 3

(shut me up)

Shut me up

Outro 1

Me up..

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