Barry McGuire - The Sins of a Family

      
 
 intro C F C F Capo 1st
 
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 She had a bad childhood
 
 when she was very young
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 so don't judge her too badly
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 she had a schizophrenic mother
 
 who worked in the gutter
 
 and woulda sold herself
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 to the devil gladly
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 what a sad environment
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 a bud-ridden tenement
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 and when they couldn't pay the rent
 
 it was 'cause her father was out
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 getting liquored
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 oh, the stones been cast
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 and blood's thicker than water
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 and the sins of a family fall on the daughter
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 all the sins of a family fall on the daughter
 
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 at the age of 16 she had been around more
                    C 
 than any girl over 30
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 and the high I. Q.'s who condemned her
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 knew she was a product of poor heredity
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 it's a fictitious fact when you fall on your back
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 you can backtrack failure with inspection without exception
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 ah the sins of a family fall on the daughter
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 yea the sins of a family fall on the daughter
 
 break- C-G-C
 
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 ah the devil is open to all of us
                            C  
 heavens selects a precious few
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 it takes some inside pull to get
                          C  
 Gabriel make an angel of you
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 one can't live a lie then expect to die
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 ah-with a soul in paradise
 
 you know you gotta pay the price
 
 like you oughtta
                      G    
 blood's thicker than water
         C    F    C      G           C       
 and the sins of a family fall on the daughter
         C    F      C      G         C       
 yea the sins of a family fall on the daughter