The Nails From The Hands Of Christ chords by
Strawbs

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Key: F# minor

Intro 1

Verse 1

The old

church doors were open

She walked in stone alone

Standing by the altar

Verse 2
She checked her mobile phone
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Her parents left together
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They upped and passed away
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They left her with their vinyl
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She played albums every day

Verse 3

She looked up at an icon

A young man on a cross

He looked just like Bruce Springsteen

He could have been the Boss

Verse 4

The window in the chapel

Was some kind of a rose

The ancient smell of incense

Verse 5
Was getting up her nose
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She walked off down the old canal
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Tracing footprints of the dead
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"What the hell is Jesus?"
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A graffiti slogan read

Verse 6
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She found a junk shop bargain
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Competitively priced
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He told her they were kosher
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The nails from the hands

Interlude 1

of Christ

Verse 7
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The nails were bent and rusty
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As if to make a point
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She looked them up on Google
And rolled herself a joint
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Verse 8
She didn't see the young man
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Quiet before the fire
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He looked on in bewilderment
As the music took her higher
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He danced

Verse 9

the nails around the room

Her endearing poltergeist

He placed them in her bedside drawer

The nails from the hands of Christ

Interlude 2

Verse 10
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People make excuses
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In the innocence of youth
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To all intents and purposes
We all disguise the truth
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Verse 11
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She hunted high and low
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To find her precious nails
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A guilt lives on within us all
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When everything else fails

Verse 12

She thought of all the many things

Her parents sacrificed

In her heart she holds her treasure

The nails from the hands of Christ

Outro 1

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