Brand New – Handcuffs (Guitar)

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Chords

   G Aadd9 Bm F#madd11 G/D Dadd11 Em7/B B5 Gadd9 Bm7 F#5 G5 G* D/F# Em Dadd11/F# G/B G** A7
e|-----------------------------------------------------------3--2----0-----3----------------|
B|-0---0----0----0------0----3-----3---------10---10---------0--3----0-----3------3---3---7-|
G|-4---6----7----2------4----0-----0-----4---7----7----------0--2----0-----2------0---4---6-|
D|-5---7----9----4------5----4-----2-----4---9----9---4---5--0--0----2-----0------0---5---7-|
A|----------------------5----5-----2-----2---10-------4---5--2--0----2-----0------2---------|
E|----------------------------------------------------2---3--3--2----0-----2----------------|
[Verse 1]
      G           Aadd9 Bm
I’d arrest you if I had handcuffs

      G           Aadd9     Bm
I’d arrest you if I had the time

    G         Aadd9       Bm
I’d throw you down in the backseat

            F#madd11             G
As if you'd committed a terrible crime
[Instrumental] G Aadd9 Bm (x4) [Verse 2]
    G          Aadd9           Bm
I'd break in a town's worth of houses

    G         Aadd9    Bm
And rob whole families blind

    G        Aadd9          Bm
I’d do it to you like you'd do it to me

       F#madd11                G
If you knew you would get away fine
[Verse 3]
    G               Aadd9  Bm
I’d drown all these crying babies

     G               Aadd9            Bm
If I knew that their mothers wouldn’t cry

    G         Aadd9        Bm
I’d hold them down and I’d squeeze real soft

    F#madd11              G   Aadd9
And let a piece of myself die
[Chorus]
G/D                    Dadd11
   It’s hard to be the better man

     Em7/B             G/B
When you forget you’re trying

     G       F#madd11 G      Aadd9  G
It’s hard to be  the  better man
[Verse 4]
    G             Aadd9 Bm
I’d arrest you if I had handcuffs

    G             Aadd9     Bm
I’d arrest you if I had the time

    G            Aadd9       Bm
I’d wait for you outside the courtroom

                   F#madd11                  G
And taunt you when all your appeals were declined
[Verse 5]
    G        Aadd9        Bm
I’d drive my car off of a bridge

     G             Aadd9     Bm
If I knew that you weren’t inside

         G            Aadd9            Bm
With the pedal to the floor, who could ask for a more

    F#madd11               G    Aadd9
Fantastic way to kill some time
[Bridge]
B5                                Gadd9
You could lay on your back and be beaten

                      Bm7
You could put up your fists and fight
You could try and be way off (way off) way off (way off) way off (way off) way off (way off) G** A7 [Chorus]
G/D                    Dadd11
   It’s hard to be the better man

          Em7/B        G/B
When you forget you’re trying

     G*      D/F#   Em     D/F#
It’s hard to be the better man
When you’re still lying [Chorus]
G/D                   Dadd11
  It’s hard to be the better man

         Em7/B         G/B
When you forget you’re trying

     G*      Dadd11/F#  Em     Dadd11/F#
It’s hard      to       be the better man

     G*     Dadd11/F# Em    Dadd11/F#
When you’re still     lying

G*     Dadd11/F# Em    Dadd11/F#
You’re still     lying
[Outro] B5 F#5 G5