Blame It On The Tree

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