Tell These Hands chords by Sara Storer

Tuning: Standard EBGDAE

Difficulty: Novice




Sara Storer        Tell These Hands

 C                      F
Mum and Dad are home,  sitting round the table,
 C                                G
Dad’s got his face buried in his hands
      C                            F
I’ve never seen Dad cry,  didn’t think that he was able,
  C                               G
Gravel on the drive washed away again
           F                        C
And with skin off his fingers, the rain’s still coming down
  F                               C                 G
Another week just waiting, as he looks down at his hands

          C            F                  C             F
Tell the rain to stop falling,  tell the banks to stop calling,
          C                         F            G     G7
Tell the politicians where they can, put their plans
          C              F                C                F
Tell the day to hold on longer, tell our sons we can’t be bothered
          C                   F              G
And then tell these hands to give up on the land
 G (hold)                 C        F       C       G
Tell,     tell   these   hands

 C                           F
Better take a look,    rain might be gone by morning
         C                                G
Are you coming for a drive,  we won’t be long?
 C                               F
Arm out of the window,   “Giving In”  on the radio,
  C                               G
Funny how that rain can’t keep us in
           F                     C
And with skin off his fingers, still the rain comes down,
          F                               C                 G
They’re driving through the inches on a track of  flooded ground

          C            F                  C             F
Tell the rain to stop falling,  tell the banks to stop calling,
          C                         F            G     G7
Tell the politicians where they can, put their plans
          C              F                C                F
Tell the day to hold on longer, tell our sons we can’t be bothered
          C                    F              G
And then tell these hands to give up on the land
 G (hold)            C      F                    C
Tell,  tell these hands,   go on and tell these hands,
 F                C     F              C    (hold)

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