[F]my friend has problems with [Am]winter and autumn
[F]they give him prescriptions [Am]they shine bright lights on him
[F]they say its genetic they sa[Am]y he cant help it
[F]they say you can catch it - [Am]but sometimes you're born with it
[F]my friend has blight he gets[Am] shakes in the night
[F]and they say there is no way[Am] that they could have caught it in
[F]time takes its toll on him i[Am]t is traditional
[F]it is inherited predispositi[Am]on
[Dm]all day i've been wondering [E]what is inside of me [F]who can i blame for it
[G]i say:
[Dm]it runs in the family this [F]famine that carries me
to such great [C]lengths to open my [Bb]legs
[Dm]up to anyone who?ll have me
it runs in the [F]family i come by it [C]honestly
do what you [Bb]want cause who knows it might [Dm]fill [F]me up[C][Bb]
[F]my friends depressed she's a[Am] wreck she's a mess
[F]they?ve done all sorts of te[Am]sts and they guess it has something to [F]do with her grandmother
[Am]grandfathers grandmother [F]civil war soldiers who
[Am]badly infected her
[F]my friend has maladies [Am]rickets and allergies [F]that she dates back to the [Am]17th century
[F]somehow she manages - [Am]in her misery - [F]strips in the city
and [Am]shares all her best tricks with
[F]me? well, i'm well. well, [Am]i mean i'm in hell. well, i [F]still have my health
(at least [Am]that's what they tell me)
if [F]wellness is this, what in [Am]hells name is sickness?
but, [F]business is business!
and business
runs in the [Dm]family we tend to bruise [F]easily
bad in the [C]blood i'm telling you [Bb]?cause
i just want you to know me
[Dm]know me and my [F]family
we?re wonderful [C]folks
but don't get too [Bb]close to me cause you might [Dm]knock me up[F][C][Bb]
[F]mary have mercy now [Am]look what i've done
but don't [F]blame me because i cant [Am]tell where i come from
and [F]running is something that [Am]we?ve always done
well and [F]mostly i can?t even [Am]tell what i'm running from
[Dm]i run from their pity
from [E]responsibility
[F]run from the country
and [G]run from the city
i can [Dm]run from the law
i can [E]run from myself
i can [F]run for my life
i can [G]run into debt
i can [Dm]run from it all
i can [E]run 'till i'm gone
i can [F]run for the office
and [G]run from the cause
i can [Dm]run using every [E]last ounce of energy
[F]i cannot
i cannot
[G]i cannot
run from my [Dm]family
they're hiding [F]inside me
corpses on [C]ice
come in if you'd [Bb]like
but just don't tell my [Dm]family
they'd never [F]forgive me
they?ll say that i'm [C]crazy
but they would say [Bb]anything if it would
[Dm]shut me up[F].....[C][Bb]
[F]they give him prescriptions [Am]they shine bright lights on him
[F]they say its genetic they sa[Am]y he cant help it
[F]they say you can catch it - [Am]but sometimes you're born with it
[F]my friend has blight he gets[Am] shakes in the night
[F]and they say there is no way[Am] that they could have caught it in
[F]time takes its toll on him i[Am]t is traditional
[F]it is inherited predispositi[Am]on
[Dm]all day i've been wondering [E]what is inside of me [F]who can i blame for it
[G]i say:
[Dm]it runs in the family this [F]famine that carries me
to such great [C]lengths to open my [Bb]legs
[Dm]up to anyone who?ll have me
it runs in the [F]family i come by it [C]honestly
do what you [Bb]want cause who knows it might [Dm]fill [F]me up[C][Bb]
[F]my friends depressed she's a[Am] wreck she's a mess
[F]they?ve done all sorts of te[Am]sts and they guess it has something to [F]do with her grandmother
[Am]grandfathers grandmother [F]civil war soldiers who
[Am]badly infected her
[F]my friend has maladies [Am]rickets and allergies [F]that she dates back to the [Am]17th century
[F]somehow she manages - [Am]in her misery - [F]strips in the city
and [Am]shares all her best tricks with
[F]me? well, i'm well. well, [Am]i mean i'm in hell. well, i [F]still have my health
(at least [Am]that's what they tell me)
if [F]wellness is this, what in [Am]hells name is sickness?
but, [F]business is business!
and business
runs in the [Dm]family we tend to bruise [F]easily
bad in the [C]blood i'm telling you [Bb]?cause
i just want you to know me
[Dm]know me and my [F]family
we?re wonderful [C]folks
but don't get too [Bb]close to me cause you might [Dm]knock me up[F][C][Bb]
[F]mary have mercy now [Am]look what i've done
but don't [F]blame me because i cant [Am]tell where i come from
and [F]running is something that [Am]we?ve always done
well and [F]mostly i can?t even [Am]tell what i'm running from
[Dm]i run from their pity
from [E]responsibility
[F]run from the country
and [G]run from the city
i can [Dm]run from the law
i can [E]run from myself
i can [F]run for my life
i can [G]run into debt
i can [Dm]run from it all
i can [E]run 'till i'm gone
i can [F]run for the office
and [G]run from the cause
i can [Dm]run using every [E]last ounce of energy
[F]i cannot
i cannot
[G]i cannot
run from my [Dm]family
they're hiding [F]inside me
corpses on [C]ice
come in if you'd [Bb]like
but just don't tell my [Dm]family
they'd never [F]forgive me
they?ll say that i'm [C]crazy
but they would say [Bb]anything if it would
[Dm]shut me up[F].....[C][Bb]
