Its Hard To Wave In Handcuffs chords by The Replacements

Chords with lyrics

It's Hard to Wave in Handcuffs
(Paul Westerberg)
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Intro:
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb FF Eb MajorEb

Verse 1:
Eb MajorEb          Bb majorBb
Sweat poured down his brow
FF               Eb MajorEb
When the temperature is below zero
Eb MajorEb          Bb majorBb
First guy he tries to rob
FF         Eb MajorEb
Turns out to be a hero
Eb MajorEb (x2)

Eb MajorEb      Bb majorBb
He ran and he hid
FF         Eb MajorEb
When the guy said, just forget it kid
Eb MajorEb (x1)

Eb MajorEb                Bb majorBb
If it's a hood they want, It's a hood they'll get
FF             Eb MajorEb
This time he's ready, and set
Eb MajorEb (x1)

Eb MajorEb       Bb majorBb
Guzzled half a Colt
FF           Eb MajorEb
That was sitting on a dryer
Eb MajorEb       Bb majorBb
In an old laundromat
G minorGm     Eb MajorEb
What do you think about it
Eb MajorEb (x1)

Eb MajorEb               Bb majorBb
When he was through he put the bottle in a jacket
FF           Eb MajorEb
With six more from the rack
Eb MajorEb (x1)

Eb MajorEb           Bb majorBb
Stumbled into the alley for some fun and
G minorGm         Eb MajorEb
Some money And some crackerjack
Eb MajorEb (x2)

Chorus 1:
G minorGm
Wipe that goddamn smile off face
Eb MajorEb
I'll blow a hole your wife can't mend
FF
Stuck my gun into his ribs
Eb MajorEb
I'm glad I left the bullets where I did
G minorGm
Just don't say nothing
Eb MajorEb
Don't say nothing
FF   FF   Eb MajorEb   Eb MajorEb

Verse 2:
Eb MajorEb       Bb majorBb
Walked down the street
FF        Eb MajorEb
Snow is falling down
Eb MajorEb          Bb majorBb
Twenty bucks he took, Left one buck
FF      Eb MajorEb
'Tip a bum, It's good luck
Eb MajorEb (x2)

Eb MajorEb        Bb majorBb
Bruce Springsteen
FF        Eb MajorEb
Getting his hair curled
Eb MajorEb      Bb majorBb
Otis Redding
FF        Eb MajorEb
Hanging out the clothes
Eb MajorEb (x1)

Chorus 2:
G minorGm
Wipe that goddamn smile old friend
Eb MajorEb
I'll blow a hole your wife can't mend
FF
I'll shoot your head and rip that chest
Eb MajorEb
You can move in it, just be my guest
G minorGm
Wipe that motherfucker off that
Eb MajorEb
I own that Cadillac
FF         Eb MajorEb
God what did I do

Ending:
G minorGm
A augmentedA girl I haven't seen in years
Eb MajorEb
Waved to me, I held my tears
FF
She thought my shirt it must have been stuffed
Eb MajorEb            Eb MajorEb