Amanda Palmer - Runs in the family

^Fmy friend has problems with ^Amwinter and autumn ^Fthey give him prescriptions ^Amthey shine bright lights on him ^Fthey say its genetic they sa^Amy he cant help it ^Fthey say you can catch it - ^Ambut sometimes you're born with it

^Fmy friend has blight he gets^Am shakes in the night ^Fand they say there is no way^Am that they could have caught it in ^Ftime takes its toll on him i^Amt is traditional ^Fit is inherited predispositi^Amon

^Dmall day i've been wondering ^Ewhat is inside of me ^Fwho can i blame for it ^Gi say:

^Dmit runs in the family this ^Ffamine that carries me to such great ^Clengths to open my ^Bblegs ^Dmup to anyone who’ll have me it runs in the ^Ffamily i come by it ^Chonestly do what you ^Bbwant cause who knows it might ^Dmfill ^Fme up^{C Bb}

^Fmy friends depressed she's a^Am wreck she's a mess ^Fthey’ve done all sorts of ^Amtests and they guess it has something t^Fo do with her grandmother ^Amgrandfathers grandmother ^Fcivil war soldiers who ^Ambadly infected her ^Fmy friend has maladies ^Amrickets and allergies ^Fthat she dates back to the ^Am17th century ^Fsomehow she manages - ^Amin her misery - ^Fstrips in the city and ^Amshares all her best tricks with

^Fme? well, i'm well. well, ^Ami mean i'm in hell. well, i ^Fstill have my health (at least ^Amthat's what they tell me) if ^Fwellness is this, what in ^Amhells name is sickness? but, ^Fbusiness is business!

runs in the ^Dmfamily we tend to bruise ^Feasily bad in the ^Cblood i'm telling you ^Bb‘cause i just want you to know me ^Dmknow me and my ^Ffamily we’re wonderfu^Cl folks but don't get too ^Bbclose to me cause you might ^Dmknock me up ^{F C Bb}

^Fmary have mercy now ^Amlook what i've done but don't ^Fblame me because i cant ^Amtell where i come from and ^Frunning is something that ^Amwe’ve always done well and ^Fmostly i can’t eve^Amn tell what i'm running from

^Dmi run from their pity from ^Eresponsibility ^Frun from the country and ^Grun from the city

i can ^Dmrun from the law i can ^Erun from myself i can ^Frun for my life i can ^Grun into debt

i can ^Dmrun from it all i can ^Erun 'till i'm gone i can ^Frun for the office and ^Grun from the cause

i can ^Dmrun using every ^Elast ounce of energy ^Fi cannot i cannot ^Gi cannot run from my ^Dmfamily they're hiding ^Finside me corpses on ^Cice come in if you'd ^Bblike but just don't tell my ^Dmfamily they'd never ^Fforgive me they’ll say that i'^Cm crazy but they would say ^Bbanything if it would ^Dmshut me up^F..... ^{C Bb}