Dad Told Me

G C Em Em G C Em Em G C Em Em G C Em Em G6 C Em There's sadness in the family, Dad told me G6 C Em Let's not speak of it, it only brings us down G6 C Em And there's sadness in the DNA, I've known it G6 C Em I've felt it in the pavements of this town C Dsus2 Em I've lived my life with a backpack that was never mine to carry C Dsus2 Em Heard its constant whine, smelled its body that was never mine to bury G6 C Em There's trouble in the genes, Dad told me G6 C Em Don't ask again, best we don't bring it up C Dsus2 Em But Dad, it seems you can't clear away the smoke of fires you can't find C Dsus2 Em I've lived my life with a longing that I can't identify C Dsus2 Em I've been kept from, held from knowing C Dsus2 Daddy, that's why it keeps growing G6 C Em I found the dead animal the smell stems from G6 C Em I found the story from which the shadow was cast Em I searched and searched and now that I found it C Dsus2 Em I want to give it back Em I searched and searched and now that I found it C Dsus2 Em I want to give it back G6 C Em There's trouble in the family, I tell you G6 C Em I know and now that I do G6 C Em Kid, I'm passing it on to you C Dsus2 Em But let's not speak of it, son, it only brings us down C Dsus2 Em But let's not speak of it, son, it only brings us down