The Knife Feels Like Justice chords by Brian Setzer

The Knife Feels Like Justice from his first solo album of the same name. Released in 1986

Key of G

Intro Riff (on 12 string electric):
E----------|-----------------------------------------------------|
B----------|-----------------------------------------------------|
G----------|-------------------0------------0------------0-----|
D----------|------0---------2------------4------------2----0--|
A----------|---2----2---3--------3->-5------5->-3----------|
E-----0-2-|-3--------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------0-------------0------------0------|
|--------0---------2-------------4------------2-----0--|
|-----2----2---3--------3->-5-------5->-3-----------|
|--3-----------------------------------------------------|---3--- etc

Chords
G      3 2 0 0 3 3
D/F#   2 0 0 2 3 2
Em     0 2 2 0 0 0
Em/D   0 2 0 0 0 0
Am     X 0 2 2 1 0
Am7    X 0 2 0 1 3
C      X 3 2 0 1 0
D      X X 0 2 3 2
Dsus4  X X 0 2 3 3






Intro (with band):
G - C - | G - C - | G - C - | G - C - |

Verse
G
So you think that you have found
Em
A better life that you should live
C
And you're through givin' it all away
Am
I wish there's something I could say

G
Like the time you looked into the mirror
Em
And saw someone else lookin' back
C
I wish I could find the words
Am
But there's nothing that even comes close

Chorus
D
'Cause there ain't nobody ever looked at me
Am
Without lookin' right through me
D
There ain't nobody ever looked at me
Am                        C
Without lookin' right by me
G                D/F#          Em      Em/D     Am7
And you can't go on when the knife feels like justice

Intro chords again:
G - C - | G - C - | G - C - | G - C - |

Verse 2
G
When the sun dies down and the air grows cold
Em
And the moon plays tricks in the night
Am
Crawlin' low like a snake out of sight
D
Your guide is the northern light

G
You wanna laugh, say I'm insane
Em
Don't have the sense to come in from the rain
C                            Am
I know how to keep myself between the drops

Chorus
D                        Dsus4    D
There ain't nobody ever looked at me
Am
Without lookin' right through me
D                        Dsus4    D
There ain't nobody ever looked at me
Am                    C
Without lookin' right by me
G             D/F#          Em    Em/D        Am7
And you can't go on when the knife feels like justice

Pre-Guitar Solo Break
Em
Slip away
Am
Slip away
Em        Am   C    D
Slip away

Guitar Solo Chords (like Chorus)
D - - - | - - - - | Am - - - | - - - - | D - - - | - - - - | Am - - - | C - - - |
G - D/F# - | Em - Em/D - | Am7 - - - | - - - - |
G - D/F# - | Em - Em/D - | Am7 - - - | - - - - |

Breakdown (intro again)

Verse 3
G
So you think that you have won me over
Em
By settin' me on fire
C
With the sound of your beating heart
Am
And you're burnin' hot desire

G
Like the time I looked at your reflections
Em
And saw someone else lookin' back
C
It's a shame things happen that way
Am
'Cause there's no one that even comes close

Chorus
D                             Dsus4   D
And there ain't nobody ever looked at me
Am
Without lookin' right through me
D                        Dsus4    D
There ain't nobody ever looked at me
Am       Em/B          C
Without lookin' right by me

G         D/F#                Em    Em/D       Am7
And you can't go on when the knife feels like justice
G              D/F#             Em    Em/D     Am7
I said you can't go on when the blade tears inside you
G             D/F#             Em     Em/D     Am7       Am
You can't go on when the knife feels like justice