Brand New – Handcuffs (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(5)
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Speed:
1.0x
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