The Hands That Thieve

	  		

Intro: D Dsus2  

Verse 1: 

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

G Am 
Em D (?) 
G Am 
C D 



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


G Gb 
C D 
C D 
G Gb 
C D 
C D 

Verse 2: same chords as 1 


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

G Am 
Em D  
G Am 
C D 



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


G Gb 
C D 
C D 
G Gb 
C D 
C D 

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

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

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

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



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

You said don't look back! 
Don't look back!