* = Single strum
[Intro]
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[Strophe]
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My father never talked a lot 
        G 
He just took a walk around the block 
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'Til all his anger took a hold of him 
              G 
And then he'd hit 
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My mother never cried a lot 
             G 
She took the punches, but she never fought 
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'Til she said, "I'm leaving and I'll take the kids" 
       G 
So she did
[Pre-Refrain]
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I say they're just the ones who gave me life 
      Bm          D        G* 
But I truly am my parents' child
[Refrain]
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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
[Strophe]
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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 
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'Cause now I'm scared that everyone I love will leave me
[Refrain]
           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
[Post-Refrain]
        Em     Bm      A 
From my family line
[Pont]
  
Oh-oh 
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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)
[Refrain]
           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
[Outro]
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From my family line (Mmhm)