The Hand That Held Me Down
The Hand That Held Me Down

The Hand That Held Me Down easy guitar chords by Two Gallants

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 4

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Transpose

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  • G

  • D

  • C

  • Em

  • Am

  • G

  • D

  • C

  • Em

  • Am

    • Intro 1





    Verse 1
    Oh, 
    the 

    razor 
    in 
    your 
    ap
    ple 

    The affection 
    of 
    your 
    glove 

    The prison 
    of 
    your 
    company 

    The snake 
    oil 
    of 
    your 
    love 

    Verse 2
    The heights 
    to 
    which 
    you 
    drag 
    me 

    Just 
    to 
    hurl 
    your 
    scorn 

    The trumpets 
    play 
    the livelong 
    day 

    But 
    they 
    blow 
    so 
    for
    lorn 

    Verse 3

    Did 
    you 
    hold 
    the 
    hand 
    that 

    held 
    me 
    down? 

    Did 
    you laugh 
    at my 
    ex

    pense? 

    When 
    there's 
    rust 
    upon 

    your 
    ragged 
    crown 

    Who 
    will 
    stand 
    at 
    your 
    de
    fense? 

    Verse 4

    And 
    when 
    I 
    unveiled 
    my 
    weak
    ness 

    On 
    your 
    rodeo 
    of 
    tears 

    You 
    stood 
    there 
    so 
    vacantly 

    Your 
    fin
    gers 
    in 
    your 
    ears 

    Verse 5
    And 
    you 
    left 
    by 
    the 
    morn
    ing 

    With 
    all 
    that's 
    left 
    to 
    steal 

    But 
    every 
    time 
    you 
    say 

    farewell 

    There's 
    breadcrumbs 
    at 
    your 
    heels 

    Verse 6

    Did 
    you kiss 
    the 
    hand 
    that 

    held 
    me 
    down? 

    Was 
    your kindness 
    just 

    pre
    tense? 

    When 
    there's 
    no 
    one 
    left 

    for 
    you 
    to 
    clown 

    Interlude 1
    Who 
    will 
    stand 
    at 
    your 
    de
    fense? 




    Verse 7
    But 
    it's 
    ashes, 
    Lord, 
    it's 
    ashes 

    Soon 
    we 
    all 
    fall 
    down 

    You take 
    your 
    place 
    amon

    g 
    the 
    saint
    s 

    Make 
    not 
    a 
    single 
    sound 

    Verse 8
    And 
    the hills 
    that 
    held 
    our 

    childhood 

    The flower
    s 
    grow 
    there 
    still 

    You 
    lay 
    beneath 
    them, 

    pushing 
    weed
    s 

    And I 
    guess 
    you 
    always 
    will 

    Verse 9

    Could 
    you 
    be 
    the 
    hand 
    that 

    held 
    me 
    down? 

    When 
    I 
    was 
    sick 
    with 

    common 
    sense 

    And 
    now 
    your 
    statuettes 
    are all 

    torn 
    down 

    There's 
    no 
    one 
    left 
    to 
    lean 
    again
    st 

    Verse 10
    And 
    ever 
    since 
    your 
    epitaph 

    Was 
    spattered 
    on 
    my 
    wall 

    No 
    one 
    comes 
    to 
    call 

    They 
    can't 
    stand 
    the 
    stench 

    Verse 11
    But 
    I still 
    sing 
    your 
    praises 

    Every 
    time 
    the curtain 
    calls 

    The burden 
    on 
    me 
    falls 

    Yeah, 
    I 
    alone 
    stand 
    at 
    your 
    de
    fense 

    Outro 1



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