intro C F C F Capo 1st F She had a bad childhood when she was very young C so don't judge her too badly F she had a schizophrenic mother who worked in the gutter and woulda sold herself C to the devil gladly Em what a sad environment Am a bud-ridden tenement C and when they couldn't pay the rent it was 'cause her father was out G G7 getting liquored C oh, the stones been cast G and 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 all the sins of a family fall on the daughter F at the age of 16 she had been around more C than any girl over 30 F and the high I. Q.'s who condemned her C knew she was a product of poor heredity Em Am it's a fictitious fact when you fall on your back C G you can backtrack failure with inspection without exception C F C G C ah the sins of a family fall on the daughter C F C G C yea the sins of a family fall on the daughter break- C-G-C F ah the devil is open to all of us C heavens selects a precious few F it takes some inside pull to get C Gabriel make an angel of you Em Am one can't live a lie then expect to die C 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