Runs In The Family chords by Amanda Palmer (Official Version)
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Intro 1
Verse 1
(F major) My friend has problems
with (A minor) winter and autumn
They (F major) give him prescriptions
and (A minor) shine bright lights on him
They (F major) say it's genetic,
they (A minor) say he can't help it,
they (F major) say you can catch it
but (A minor) sometimes you're born with it
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Verse 2
(F major) My friend despite he gets (A minor) shakes in the night
and they (Fsus2) say that there's no way
that (A minor) they could have caught it in (F major) time
takes his toll on him
(A minor) It is traditional
(F major) It is inherited
(A minor) Predispositional
Pre-chorus 1
All (D minor7) day I've been wondering
(C/E) what is inside of me, (F major) who can I blame for it?
(Gsus4) I say it runs in the
Chorus 1
(D minor) family
This famine that (F major) carries me
to such great (C major) lengths to open my (B flat major) legs
Up to anyone who'll (D minor) have me
It runs in the (F major) family,
I come by it (Csus2) honestly,
do what you (B flat major) want
Interlude 1
'Cause who knows it might
(D minor) (fill me up) (F major) (C major) (B flat major)
(D minor) Fill me up (F major) (C major) (B flat major)
Verse 3
(F major) My friend's depressed
she's a (A minor) wreck, she's a mess
They've done (F major) all sorts of tests
and they (A minor) guess it has something
to (F major) do with her grandmother's
(A minor) grandfather's grandmother
(F major) Civil war soldiers
who (A minor) badly infected her
Verse 4
(F major) My friend has maladies (A minor) rickets and allergies
(F major) that she dates back to the (A minor) 17th century
(F major) Somehow she manages (A minor) in her misery
(F major) Strips in the city
and (A minor) shares all her best tricks with
Verse 5
(F major) Me? well, I'm well well I (A minor) mean I'm in hell
well I (F major) still have my health
at least (A minor) that's what they tell me
If (F major) wellness is this
what in (A minor) hells name is sickness?
But (F major) business is business and business
Chorus 2
Runs in the (D minor) family
We tend to bruise (F major) easily
Bad in the (C major) blood
I'm telling you (B flat major) cause I just want
you to (D minor) know me - know me and my (F major) family
We're wonderful (C major) folks,
but don't get too (B flat major) close to me cause you might
Interlude 2
(D minor) (knock me up) (F major) (C major) (B flat major)
(D minor) Knock me up (F major) (C major) (B flat major)
Verse 6
(F major) Mary have mercy now (A minor) look what I've done
but don't (F major) blame me because I can't (A minor) help
where I come from
And (F major) running is something
that (A minor) we've always done well
and (F major) mostly I can't even
(A minor) tell what I'm running from
Pre-chorus 2
(D minor7) Run from their pity, from (C/E) responsibility
(F major) Run from the country and (G major) run from the city
I can (D minor7) run from the law, I can (C/E) run from myself
I can (F major) run from my life, I can (G major) run into debt
I can (D minor7) run from it all, I can (C/E) run til I'm gone
I can (F major) run for the office and (G major) run for my cause
I can (D minor7) run using every (C/E) last ounce of energy
(F major) I cannot, I cannot
(G major) I cannot run from my
Chorus 3
(D minor) family
They're hiding in (F major) side of me
Corpses on (C major) ice
come in if you'd (B flat major) like but don't tell my (D minor) family
They'd never for (F major) give me
They'd say that I'm (C major) crazy
But they would say (B flat major) anything if it would
Interlude 3
(D minor) (shut me up) (F major) (A minor/C) (B flat minoraj7)
(D minor) Shut me up (F major) (A minor/C) (B flat minoraj7)
Outro 1
(D minor) Me up.. (F major) (C major) (B flat major)
(D minor) (F major) (C major) (B flat major)
Runs In The Family
Amanda Palmer
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