Genetics - Tom Milsom
Tabbed by Sam Brown

Tuning: Standard

Sounds best on Uke, though you can play it on anything you like!

Intro: C, F

C (x32010@1)                          FI (133211@1)knew our plan was doomed right from the start
C (x32010@1)                          FThe (133211@1)human body's made of more than just a heart and though it
Am (x02210@1)                          CSeemed (x32010@1)we'd be together for eternity
Am (x02210@1)                                     F (133211@1)             GThat's (320003@1)a long long way away from how it seemed to be to me
         Am (x02210@1)                 F (133211@1)                          GIt (320003@1)isn't right that we should fight about the way we fit together
         Am (x02210@1)       F (133211@1)                           GJust (320003@1)another complication that is standing in our way
         Am (x02210@1)           F (133211@1)                             GAnd (320003@1)you know I love you so and even though we'll make a monster
         Am (x02210@1)       F (133211@1)                           GIt's (320003@1)a beautiful disaster that's too terrible to simply throw away

C (x32010@1)                      FOur (133211@1)arteries are red and our veins remain blue
    C (x32010@1)                      FBut (133211@1)even so our damaged blood trickles through it's
Am (x02210@1)              F (133211@1)      CTrue (x32010@1)that all our relatives died from the
Am (x02210@1)                F (133211@1)          CBlood (x32010@1)that trickled round their insides and so far
Am (x02210@1)                           F (133211@1)           CWe've (x32010@1)lived our lives thinking everything was fine, not
Am (x02210@1)                             F (133211@1)             GThinking (320003@1)of the trouble bourne inside us at the time and now we've
Am (x02210@1)              F (133211@1)                               GCome (320003@1)to find the sum is greater than the parts that make it, this
Am (x02210@1)        F (133211@1)                              GHereditary (320003@1)sorrow was kept quiet through the years, oh the
Am (x02210@1)             F (133211@1)                                GGrief (320003@1)and the relief our parents felt when we we're healthy new born
Am (x02210@1)            F (133211@1)                        GBabies (320003@1)we don't get; because genetics is a science made of tears.

C, F outro

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