The Thief chords by The Future Islands

Chords with lyrics

🎸 Intro:

C majorC F minorFm B#mB#m

B#mB#m G+G G+G

C majorC F minorFm B#mB#m

B#mB#m C majorC G+G


🎸 Verse 1:
     C majorC   F minorFm   B#mB#m
I never had a place to call my own
       B#mB#m   G+G    G+G
And slept so many nights out all alone
      C majorC   F minorFm    B#mB#m
I spent so many hours slowly breaking in
       B#mB#m    C majorC    G+G
And finally found someone who'd let me in
      C majorC    F minorFm    B#mB#m
But if I said too much, please let me know
      B#mB#m   G+G     G+G
It wouldn't be the first time I've been told
      C majorC    F minorFm     B#mB#m
I got this darkened tongue from this bitter cold
     B#mB#m   C majorC    G+G
Needed a little light to follow home

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
       G# minorG#m    F minorFm
I'd tip-toe past the lights
  B#mB#m
I'd hit the glow
    B#mB#m   G+G
Another silent night
 G+G
Found no one home
       G# minorG#m   F minorFm    B#mB#m
This bric-a-brac has life that someone knows
     B#mB#m    G+G   G+G
A augmentedA pit-er-pat, of life that I've been shown

🎸 Chorus:
     G# minorG#m   F minorFm    B#mB#m
So I sit on my hands now

Sit on my hands now
    B#mB#m G+G
Sit on my hands now
    G+G
When you leave
     G# minorG#m F minorFm   B#mB#m
I sit on my hands now

Sit on my hands now
    B#mB#m G+G
Sit on my hands
     G+G
A augmentedA littl? thief

🎸 Post-Chorus:
F minorFm  G+G         G+G
I know, I've been gone
    C majorC      G+G   B#mB#m
But I'v? been here all along
 C majorC       G+G       G+G
Hidden in the things you keep
 C majorC        G+G    B#mB#m
Treasures that you hid and buried deep

🎸 Verse 2:
          F minorFm     B#mB#m
But if I said too much, please let me know
          G+G     G+G
It wouldn't be the first time I've been told
      G# minorG#m   F minorFm    B#mB#m
I got this darkened tongue from this bitter cold
     B#mB#m   G+G    G+G
Needed a little light to follow home
      B#mB#m    F minorFm   B#mB#m
I couldn't count the windows open doors
 B#mB#m          G+G    G+G
Footprints through the garden, 'cross muddy floors
    C majorC    F minorFm    B#mB#m
Another pack of Newports, credit cards
   B#mB#m        G+G     G+G
The things left form a childhood wanting more

🎸 Chorus:
         B#mB#m
Till I sit on my hands now

Sit on my hands now
      G+G
Sit on my hands now
     G+G
When you leave
        B#mB#m
I sit on my hands now

Sit on my hands now
     G+G
Sit on my hands
     G+G
A augmentedA little thief

🎸 Post-Chorus:
  C majorC   G+G      G+G
And I know I was gone
  C majorC      G+G  B#mB#m
But I was here all along
 C majorC      G+G       G+G
Hidden in the things you keep
  C majorC        G+G    B#mB#m
Treasures that you went and buried deep in the drawer
 C majorC   G+G        G+G
I know, I've been wrong
  C majorC       G+G   B#mB#m
But I was barely holding on.
 C majorC       G+G       G+G
Hidden in the things you keep
 C majorC        G+G    B#mB#m
Treasures now forbidden, buried deep in the drawer
B#mB#m  G+G
 Gave you my life
       G# minorG#m  C majorC
Gave you my heart
    B#mB#m
Gave you my soul
      B#mB#m
Deep in the darkened
   G+G
When I saw your light
     G# minorG#m
I know I was home
  C majorC  B#mB#m
But I'm all alone now