The Thief chords by The Future Islands

🎸 Intro:

C  Fm  B#m

B#m  G  G

C  Fm  B#m

B#m  C  G


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

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

🎸 Chorus:
         G#m     Fm       B#m
So I sit on my hands now

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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