Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Verse 1:D MajorD
C majorC When people say it's sad
D MajorD
C majorC You know it can't be bad
G+G
C majorC And on any other day I'd be soul destroyed
D MajorD
C majorC But now I can't afford to listen to a word they say
G+G
E minorEm
A minorAm And of all the times we had
D MajorD
C majorC Oh the ultimate late night
B minorBm Didn't taste right Chorus:
G+G
FF True words that I should know
G+G Blood on my hands
BB When you looked around I couldn't be found
G+G
A augmentedA crime's a crime, I'll have to pay Verse 2:
D MajorD
G+G Now I find that I'm thigh deep
B minorBm
C majorC
BB Too young for the worst of my mind
G+G
D MajorD You whispered behind me
G+G "If I may make so bold" Call it young and wild
D MajorD
E minorEm
BB
G+G But I ran a mile in a minute and there's no going back
Chorus:FF True words that I should know
G+G Blood on my hands
B minorBm When you looked around I couldn't be found
F#F#
G+G
A augmentedA crime's a crime, I'll have to pay
A minorAm True words I said to myself
G+G As the wind chilled my bones
B minorBm
F#F#
C majorC "Home alone, you call that a late night " Instrumental:
G+G
A augmentedA
C majorC
G+G Verse 3:
D MajorD
C majorC When people say you're dead
G+G You know you caught their eye
D MajorD
C majorC And on any other day I'd be soul destroyed
G+G But that's just not the way now
D MajorD I don't mind telling you
C majorC
BB Nothing is quite what it seems
G+G
FF True words that I should know
G+G Must have been blood on my hands
BB When you look around I couldn't be found
F#F#
G+G
A augmentedA crime's a crime but I don't mind
FF True words that I should know well
G+G But surely by now I could say to myself
B minorBm
F#F#
C majorC "The days are getting longer so I better get stronger fast" Surely by now?
ⓘ Guitar chords for 'Blood On My Hands' by The Sundays, an alternative rock band formed in 1987 from London, England. They are no longer active.