The Hands That Thieve chords by Streetlight Manifesto

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard

Difficulty: Novice

Streetlight Manifesto - The Hands That Thieve


Intro

D MajorD Dsus2Dsus2

Verse 1

      G+G        GbGb
I felt no guilt till I was caught
      E minorEm
And I was told that I was guilty,
   C majorC            G+G     D MajorD
And even then I wasn't really sure, yeah yeah.
C majorC            G+G
The thing I felt was guilt itself
D MajorD            E minorEm
Or maybe it was something else,
C majorC                     D MajorD
Frustration at the fact that I was ever caught at all.
G+G          GbGb
I told a lie, I multiplied it
    E minorEm
By the time I realized it
    C majorC             G+G     D MajorD
I'd given up everything I ever loved, yeah yeah.
C majorC
Cause the thing you left
G+G
When you're looking back,
D MajorD                     E minorEm
Is the pressure the feel that you have to act
     C majorC
Yeah everything is clearer when
     BB
You're looking at the past, oh no.

G+G A minorAm
E minorEm D MajorD (?)
G+G A minorAm
C majorC D MajorD

Chorus

C majorC           G+G
And I don't care if I lose because my heroes did too,
D MajorD                 E minorEm
They shouted, "Court should be adjourned!" Because the jury are fools.
C majorC           G+G             D MajorD
And the judge can't decipher his left from his right Or his right from his wrong.
C majorC                 G+G
And we will bite the hand that thieves,
               D MajorD
We will not turn the other cheek, this is no threat
      E minorEm
It is a promise we will keep.
C majorC            G+G
So what's the point pretending when we sit behind
    D MajorD
the curtain and there's nothing much to see, oh yeah.

G+G GbGb
C majorC D MajorD
C majorC D MajorD
G+G GbGb
C majorC D MajorD
C majorC D MajorD

Verse 2: same chords as 1

      G+G        GbGb
I felt no pain till I was found,
      E minorEm
And I was told that I was bleeding.
   C majorC            G+G     D MajorD
And even then I knew I wasn't done, yeah yeah.
C majorC
Cause the wounds I get
G+G
They will just collect,
D MajorD           E minorEm
Insuring that I won't forget.
C majorC
Reminders of the battles
D MajorD
That I've lost and that I've won
      G+G        GbGb
And I will fight until I have died
      E minorEm
Or until all my enemies are allies
   C majorC                  G+G    D MajorD
And even then I will sleep with an open eye, yeah yeah.
C majorC                 G+G
Cause the night is long and our hooves are strong
D MajorD           E minorEm
And I know the road we travel on
      C majorC
It always seems so dark
         BB
Because we've almost reached the dawn, Oh no.

G+G A minorAm
E minorEm D MajorD (?)
G+G A minorAm
C majorC D MajorD

Chorus

C majorC           G+G
And I don't care if I lose because my heroes did too,
D MajorD                 E minorEm
They shouted, "Court should be adjourned!" Because the jury are fools.
C majorC           G+G             D MajorD
And the judge can't decipher his left from his right Or his right from his wrong.
C majorC                 G+G
And we will bite the hand that thieves,
               D MajorD
We will not turn the other cheek, this is no threat
      E minorEm
It is a promise we will keep.
C majorC            G+G
So what's the point pretending when we sit behind
    D MajorD
the curtain and there's nothing much to see, oh yeah.

G+G GbGb
C majorC D MajorD
C majorC D MajorD
G+G GbGb
C majorC D MajorD
C majorC D MajorD

E minorEm         C majorC
And everyone will claim,
      G+G        D MajorD
That they knew from the beginning.
E minorEm           C majorC
That what they did was wrong,
    G+G          D MajorD
They still just went on sinning.
E minorEm
The sudden rush you feel
    C majorC           G+G
When realizing everything you know
                D MajorD
Will fade away, it haunts you deep,

But you won't want to let it go.
E minorEm           C majorC
Someday we'll lose the war,
     G+G            D MajorD
But till then we will dream of winning.

C majorC     G+G
I won't forget,
        D MajorD
The things you said,
       E minorEm          E minorEm (Might be A augmentedA C majorC later)
When I was down and I was tired of it.
        G+G
The words you spoke,
         D MajorD *
They brought me hope.
C majorC           G+G
When it was time to fight,
       D MajorD
We chose a side,
       E minorEm               E minorEm
But everyone knew that something didn't feel right.
          G+G
So we stood our ground,
          D MajorD *
And waited for a sign.

*
e|-2----2h3-2-0-2p0-|
BB|-3----------------|
G+G|-2----------------|
D MajorD|-0----------------|
A augmentedA|------------------|
E MajorE|------------------|

C majorC           G+G
When it was time to fight,
       D MajorD
We chose a side,
       E minorEm               E minorEm
But everyone knew that something didn't feel right.
          G+G
So we stood our ground,
          D MajorD
And waited for a sign.

Rest of the song continues on this pattern basically.


D MajorD
You said don't look back!
(No, no, no, no...)
Don't look back!
C majorC        G+G
(We won't look back,
        D MajorD
We won't look down,
        E minorEm
We've come too far,
             C majorC
We're too high off the ground.
         G+G
The wheels have turned,
        D MajorD
The lessons learned.)

You said don't look back!