Key: F#
Introduction: Bm D G Bm D G
Bm D
My father never talked a lot
G
He just took a walk around the block
Bm D
'Til all his anger took a hold of him
G
And then he'd hit
Bm D
My mother never cried a lot
G
She took the punches, but she never fought
Bm D
'Til she said, "I'm leaving and I'll take the kids"
G
So she did
Bm D G
I say they're just the ones who gave me life
Bm D G*
But I truly am my parents' child
Bm D
Scattered 'cross my family line
G
I'm so good at telling lies
Bm D
That came from my mother's side
G
Told a million to survive
Bm D
Scattered 'cross my family line
G
God, I have my father's eyes
Bm D
But my sister's when I cry
G
I can run, but I can't hide
Bm D G
From my family line
Bm D
It's hard to put it into words
G
How the holidays will always hurt
Bm D
I watch the fathers with their little girls
G
And wonder what I did to deserve this
Bm D
How could you hurt a little kid?
G
I can't forget, I can't forgive you
Bm D G*
'Cause now I'm scared that everyone I love will leave me
Bm D
Scattered 'cross my family line
G
I'm so good at telling lies
Bm D
That came from my mother's side
G
Told a million to survive
Bm D
Scattered 'cross my family line
G
God, I have my father's eyes
Bm D
But my sister's when I cry
G
I can run, but I can't hide
Em Bm A
From my family line
Em Bm A
From my family line
Em Bm
All that I did to try to undo it
A
All of my pain and all your excuses
Em Bm
I was a kid, but I wasn't clueless
A
(Someone who loves you wouldn't do this)
Em Bm
All of my past, I try to erase it
A
But now I see, would I even change it
Em Bm
Might share a face and share a last name but
A
(We are not the same, same)
Bm D
Scattered 'cross my family line
G
I'm so good at telling lies
Bm D
That came from my mother's side
G
Told a million to survive
Bm D
Scattered 'cross my family line
G
God, I have my father's eyes
Bm D
But my sister's when I cry
G
I can run, but I can't hide
Bm D G
From my family line
Bm D G
From my family line (Mmhm)