The Hand Song Chords by Nickel Creek
Tempo:
95.9 bpm
Chords used:
C#
F#
B
D#m
D#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D#m] [C#]
[F#] [D#m] [C#]
[F#] [D#m] [C#]
[B] [C#]
[A#] The boy only wanted [B] to give mother something [F#] and all of her roses [C#] had bloomed
[A#] Looking at him [B] as he came [F#] rushing in with him knowing her roses [C#] were doomed
[G#] All she could see were [D#] some thorns [C#] buried deep
[G#] And tears that he cried as [D#] she tended [C#] his wounds
[F#] And she knew [B] it was love, [D#m] [C#]
[F#] it was one she [B] could [D#m] understand
[C#]
[F#] He was showing [B] his love [D#] and that's [C#] how he held [F#] his [B] hands
[D#] [C#]
[A#] He still [B] remembers that night as a child [F#] on his mother's [C#] knee
[A#] She held him close and [B] she opened the Bible [F#] and quietly started [C#] to read
[G#] Then [A#] seeing a picture [D#] of Jesus [G#] he cried out
Mama [A#] he's got [D#] some scars just [C#] like me [F#] and he knew it [B] was love
[D#m] [C#]
[F#] It was one he [B] could [D#m] understand
[C#] He [F#] was showing [B] his love [D#] and that's how [C#] he held [F#] his [G#] hands
[F#]
[D#m] [A#] [B]
[F#] [C#m]
[A#] [B]
[F#] [G#]
[D#m] [G#]
[D#m] [C#]
[F#] [B] [D#m] [C#]
[F#]
[A#] Now the [D#] boy's grown [B] and moved out on his own
[F#] When Uncle Sam comes [C#] along
[A#] A foreign affair but [B] our young man will bear
[F#] And look at his number [C#] drawn
[G#] It wasn't that long till [D#] our hero [G#] was gone
He gave to [A#] a friend what [D#] he learned from [C#] the cross
[F#] But they knew it [B] was [D#m] love
[C#]
[F#] It was one they [B] could understand
[C#]
[F#] He was showing [B] his love [D#] and that's how [C#] he held [F#] his hands
[B] [C#]
[F#] It was one they [B] could [D#] understand
[C#] He [F#] was showing [B] his love and that's how [C#] he held [F#] his hands
[B] [D#m] [C#] [F#] [B] [D#] [C#]
[F#] [B] [G#m] [C#]
[F#] [B] [C#]
[F#] [B] [G#m] [C#]
[F#] [B] [D#m] [C#]
[F#] [B] [G#m] [C#]
[F#] [D#m] [C#]
[F#] [D#m] [C#]
[B] [C#]
[A#] The boy only wanted [B] to give mother something [F#] and all of her roses [C#] had bloomed
[A#] Looking at him [B] as he came [F#] rushing in with him knowing her roses [C#] were doomed
[G#] All she could see were [D#] some thorns [C#] buried deep
[G#] And tears that he cried as [D#] she tended [C#] his wounds
[F#] And she knew [B] it was love, [D#m] [C#]
[F#] it was one she [B] could [D#m] understand
[C#]
[F#] He was showing [B] his love [D#] and that's [C#] how he held [F#] his [B] hands
[D#] [C#]
[A#] He still [B] remembers that night as a child [F#] on his mother's [C#] knee
[A#] She held him close and [B] she opened the Bible [F#] and quietly started [C#] to read
[G#] Then [A#] seeing a picture [D#] of Jesus [G#] he cried out
Mama [A#] he's got [D#] some scars just [C#] like me [F#] and he knew it [B] was love
[D#m] [C#]
[F#] It was one he [B] could [D#m] understand
[C#] He [F#] was showing [B] his love [D#] and that's how [C#] he held [F#] his [G#] hands
[F#]
[D#m] [A#] [B]
[F#] [C#m]
[A#] [B]
[F#] [G#]
[D#m] [G#]
[D#m] [C#]
[F#] [B] [D#m] [C#]
[F#]
[A#] Now the [D#] boy's grown [B] and moved out on his own
[F#] When Uncle Sam comes [C#] along
[A#] A foreign affair but [B] our young man will bear
[F#] And look at his number [C#] drawn
[G#] It wasn't that long till [D#] our hero [G#] was gone
He gave to [A#] a friend what [D#] he learned from [C#] the cross
[F#] But they knew it [B] was [D#m] love
[C#]
[F#] It was one they [B] could understand
[C#]
[F#] He was showing [B] his love [D#] and that's how [C#] he held [F#] his hands
[B] [C#]
[F#] It was one they [B] could [D#] understand
[C#] He [F#] was showing [B] his love and that's how [C#] he held [F#] his hands
[B] [D#m] [C#] [F#] [B] [D#] [C#]
[F#] [B] [G#m] [C#]
[F#] [B] [C#]
[F#] [B] [G#m] [C#]
[F#] [B] [D#m] [C#]
[F#] [B] [G#m] [C#]
Key:
C#
F#
B
D#m
D#
C#
F#
B
_ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ [C#] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [C#] _
[A#] The boy only wanted [B] to give mother something [F#] and all of her roses [C#] had _ bloomed
[A#] Looking at him [B] as he came [F#] rushing in with him knowing her roses [C#] were doomed _
[G#] All she could see were [D#] some thorns [C#] buried deep
[G#] And tears that he cried as [D#] she tended [C#] his wounds
[F#] And she knew [B] it was love, [D#m] _ _ [C#] _
[F#] it was one she [B] could [D#m] understand
_ [C#] _
[F#] He was showing [B] his love [D#] and that's [C#] how he held [F#] his _ [B] hands
[D#] _ _ [C#] _ _
[A#] He still [B] remembers that night as a child [F#] on his mother's [C#] knee _
[A#] She held him close and [B] she opened the Bible [F#] and quietly started [C#] to read _
[G#] Then [A#] seeing a picture [D#] of Jesus [G#] he cried out
Mama [A#] he's got [D#] some scars just [C#] like me [F#] and he knew it [B] was love
[D#m] _ _ [C#] _
[F#] It was one he [B] could _ [D#m] understand
[C#] He [F#] was showing [B] his love [D#] and that's how [C#] he held [F#] his _ [G#] hands
[F#] _ _ _ _
[D#m] _ [A#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[A#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
_ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ [D#m] _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A#] Now the [D#] boy's grown [B] and moved out on his own
[F#] When Uncle Sam comes [C#] along _
[A#] A foreign affair but [B] our young man will bear
[F#] And look at his number [C#] drawn _
[G#] It wasn't that long till [D#] our hero [G#] was gone
He gave to [A#] a friend what [D#] he learned from [C#] the cross
[F#] But they knew it [B] was [D#m] love
_ [C#] _
[F#] It was one they [B] could _ understand
[C#] _
[F#] He was showing [B] his love [D#] and that's how [C#] he held [F#] his hands
[B] _ _ _ _ [C#] _
[F#] It was one they [B] could _ [D#] understand
[C#] He [F#] was showing [B] his love and that's how [C#] he held [F#] his hands
[B] _ _ [D#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ [D#] _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ [D#m] _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ [C#] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [C#] _
[A#] The boy only wanted [B] to give mother something [F#] and all of her roses [C#] had _ bloomed
[A#] Looking at him [B] as he came [F#] rushing in with him knowing her roses [C#] were doomed _
[G#] All she could see were [D#] some thorns [C#] buried deep
[G#] And tears that he cried as [D#] she tended [C#] his wounds
[F#] And she knew [B] it was love, [D#m] _ _ [C#] _
[F#] it was one she [B] could [D#m] understand
_ [C#] _
[F#] He was showing [B] his love [D#] and that's [C#] how he held [F#] his _ [B] hands
[D#] _ _ [C#] _ _
[A#] He still [B] remembers that night as a child [F#] on his mother's [C#] knee _
[A#] She held him close and [B] she opened the Bible [F#] and quietly started [C#] to read _
[G#] Then [A#] seeing a picture [D#] of Jesus [G#] he cried out
Mama [A#] he's got [D#] some scars just [C#] like me [F#] and he knew it [B] was love
[D#m] _ _ [C#] _
[F#] It was one he [B] could _ [D#m] understand
[C#] He [F#] was showing [B] his love [D#] and that's how [C#] he held [F#] his _ [G#] hands
[F#] _ _ _ _
[D#m] _ [A#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[A#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
_ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ [D#m] _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A#] Now the [D#] boy's grown [B] and moved out on his own
[F#] When Uncle Sam comes [C#] along _
[A#] A foreign affair but [B] our young man will bear
[F#] And look at his number [C#] drawn _
[G#] It wasn't that long till [D#] our hero [G#] was gone
He gave to [A#] a friend what [D#] he learned from [C#] the cross
[F#] But they knew it [B] was [D#m] love
_ [C#] _
[F#] It was one they [B] could _ understand
[C#] _
[F#] He was showing [B] his love [D#] and that's how [C#] he held [F#] his hands
[B] _ _ _ _ [C#] _
[F#] It was one they [B] could _ [D#] understand
[C#] He [F#] was showing [B] his love and that's how [C#] he held [F#] his hands
[B] _ _ [D#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ [D#] _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ [D#m] _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#] _ _