F (133211@1)                         Ammy (x02210@1)friend has problems with winter and autumn
F (133211@1)                         Amthey (x02210@1)give him prescriptions they shine bright lights on him
F (133211@1)                         Amthey (x02210@1)say its genetic they say he cant help it
F (133211@1)                         Amthey (x02210@1)say you can catch it - but sometimes you're born with it

F (133211@1)                         Ammy (x02210@1)friend has blight he gets shakes in the night
F (133211@1)                         Amand (x02210@1)they say there is no way that they could have caught it in
F (133211@1)                         Amtime (x02210@1)takes its toll on him it is traditional
F (133211@1)                         Amit (x02210@1)is inherited predisposition

Dm (xx0231@1)                        E (022100@1)                  F (133211@1) 
all day i've been wondering what is inside of me who can i blame for it
Gi (320003@1)say:

Dm (xx0231@1)                       Fit (133211@1)runs in the family this famine that carries me
              C (x32010@1)                Bbto (x1333x@1)such great lengths to open my legs
Dm (xx0231@1)                      
up to anyone who'll have me
               F (133211@1)                 Cit (x32010@1)runs in the family i come by it honestly
            Bb (x1333x@1)                          Dm (xx0231@1) F (133211@1)  C (x32010@1)  Bb (x1333x@1)do what you want cause who knows it might fill me up

F (133211@1)                         Ammy (x02210@1)friends depressed she's a wreck she's a mess
F (133211@1)                         Am (x02210@1)                                   Fthey've (133211@1)done all sorts of tests and they guess it has something to do with her grandmother
Am (x02210@1)                     Fgrandfathers (133211@1)grandmother civil war soldiers who
Ambadly (x02210@1)infected her
F (133211@1)                    Am (x02210@1)                  F (133211@1)                        Ammy (x02210@1)friend has maladies rickets and allergies that she dates back to the 17th century
F (133211@1)                   Am (x02210@1)            F (133211@1)
somehow she manages - in her misery - strips in the city
    Amand (x02210@1)shares all her best tricks with

F (133211@1)                       Am (x02210@1)                        Fme? (133211@1)well, i'm well. well, i mean i'm in hell. well, i still have my health
          Am(at (x02210@1)least that's what they tell me)
   F (133211@1)                       Amif (x02210@1)wellness is this, what in hells name is sickness?
     Fbut, (133211@1)business is business!

and business

            Dm (xx0231@1)                     Fruns (133211@1)in the family we tend to bruise easily
           C (x32010@1)                   Bbbad (x1333x@1)in the blood i'm telling you 'cause
i just want you to know me
Dm (xx0231@1)           Fknow (133211@1)me and my family
                Cwe're (x32010@1)wonderful folks
                  Bb (x1333x@1)                        Dm (xx0231@1)        F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)     Bbbut (x1333x@1)don't get too close to me cause you might knock me up

F (133211@1)                 Am (x02210@1)mary have mercy now look what i've done
          F (133211@1)                     Ambut (x02210@1)don't blame me because i cant tell where i come from
    F (133211@1)                       Amand (x02210@1)running is something that we've always done
         F (133211@1)                 Amwell (x02210@1)and mostly i can't even tell what i'm running from

Dm (xx0231@1)  
i run from their pity
     Efrom (022100@1)responsibility
Frun (133211@1)from the country
    Gand (320003@1)run from the city

      Dmi (xx0231@1)can run from the law
      Ei (022100@1)can run from myself
      Fi (133211@1)can run for my life
      Gi (320003@1)can run into debt

      Dmi (xx0231@1)can run from it all
      Ei (022100@1)can run 'till i'm gone
      Fi (133211@1)can run for the office
    Gand (320003@1)run from the cause

      Dm (xx0231@1)            Ei (022100@1)can run using every last ounce of energy
Fi (133211@1)cannot
i cannot
Gi (320003@1)cannot
            Dmrun (xx0231@1)from my family
               Fthey're (133211@1)hiding inside me
           Ccorpses (x32010@1)on ice
                 Bbcome (x1333x@1)in if you'd like
                       Dmbut (xx0231@1)just don't tell my family
             Fthey'd (133211@1)never forgive me
                     Cthey'll (x32010@1)say that i'm crazy
                   Bbbut (x1333x@1)they would say anything if it would
Dm (xx0231@1)      F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)      Bbshut (x1333x@1)me up.....