The Hands That Thieve chords by Alice Banks

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)


Verse:
     D MajorD        A7A7
I felt no guilt till I was caught
     B minorBm
And I was told that I was guilty,
  G+G             D MajorD  A augmentedA
And even then I wasn't really sure,
  G+G        D MajorD
The thing I felt was guilt itself
  B minorBm
Or maybe it was something else,
  G+G                A augmentedA
Frustration at the fact that I was ever caught at all.
     D MajorD      A augmentedA
I told a lie, I multiplied it
    B minorBm
By the time I realized it
  G+G             D MajorD  A augmentedA
I'd given up everything I ever loved
     B minorBm
Cause the thing you lack
      D MajorD
When you're looking back,
    B minorBm
Is the pressure the fear that you have to act
   G+G
Yeah everything is clearer when
    A augmentedA
You're looking at the past


G+G           D MajorD             A augmentedA
And I don't care if I lose because my heroes did too,
                 B minorBm               G+G
They shouted, "Court should be adjourned!" Because the jury are fools.
           D MajorD            A augmentedA
And the judge can't decipher his left from his right Or his right from his wrong.
G+G               D MajorD
And I will bite the hand that thieves,
              A augmentedA
I will not turn the other cheek, this is no threat
    B minorBm       G+G
It is a promise I will keep.
            D MajorD
So what's the point pretending when we've seen behind
  A augmentedA
the curtain and there's nothing much to see, oh yeah.

D MajorD D/C B minorBm G+G A augmentedA

     D MajorD        A augmentedA
I felt no pain till I was down,
     B minorBm
And I was told that I was bleeding.
  G+G             D MajorD     A augmentedA
And even then I knew I wasn't done, yeah yeah.
      G+G
'Cause the wounds I get
     D MajorD
They will just collect,
 A augmentedA       B minorBm
Insuring that I won't forget.
 G+G
Reminders of the battles
     A augmentedA
That I've lost and that I've won
      D MajorD         A augmentedA
And I will fight 'til I have died
           B minorBm
Or all my enemies are allies
  G+G                  D MajorD  A augmentedA
And even then I will sleep with an open eye,
      G+G           D MajorD
'Cause the night is long and our foes are strong
   A augmentedA        B minorBm
But I know the road we travel on
  G+G
It only seems so dark
       A augmentedA
Because we've almost reached the dawn


G+G           D MajorD             A augmentedA
And I don't care if I lose because my heroes did too,
                 B minorBm               G+G
They shouted, "Court should be adjourned!" Because the jury are fools.
           D MajorD            A augmentedA
And the judge can't decipher his left from his right Or his right from his wrong.
G+G               D MajorD
And I will bite the hand that thieves,
              A augmentedA
I will not turn the other cheek, this is no threat
    B minorBm       G+G
It is a promise I will keep.
            D MajorD
So what's the point pretending when we've seen behind
  A augmentedA
the curtain and there's nothing much to see, oh

D MajorD D/C B minorBm G+G A augmentedA

G+G         D MajorD
And everyone will claim
     B minorBm        A augmentedA
That they knew from the beginning.
G+G           D MajorD
That what they did was wrong,
     B minorBm         A augmentedA
But they still just went on sinning.
G+G
The sudden rush you feel
   D MajorD            B minorBm
When realizing everything you know
               A augmentedA
Will fade away, it haunts you deep,
               G+G
But you don't want to let it go.
           D MajorD
Someday we'll lose the war,
     B minorBm           A augmentedA
But 'til then we will dream of winning.

G+G     D MajorD
I won't forget,
        A augmentedA
The things you said,
      B minorBm           G+G
When I was down and I was tired of it.
       D MajorD
The words you spoke,
        A*
They brought me home.
G+G          D MajorD
When it was time to fight,
      A augmentedA
I chose a side,
       B minorBm               G+G
But I knew in my heart that something didn't feel right.
        D MajorD
So I stood my ground,
         A*
And waited for a sign.