Eric Church – Hands Of Time (Guitar)

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As recorded by Eric Church (2025 release) [Intro] C F G F C F G F [Verse 1]
  C                          F                 G               F
Detroit built brakes so that they could make a chevy slow down

      C                   F                    G          F
And a just right midnight sorry might turn goodbye around

       C                            F              G               F
Bloody mary's and aspirin will give a hangover one hell of a fight

       C          F            G             F
But my remedy for handling the hands of time
[Chorus]
C                F
Is Seger singing Hollywood nights

G                   F
Even the losers get lucky sometimes

C                 F
A paradise by the dashboard light

        G              F
And I'm just fine, I'm doing alright

C                       F
We ain't as young as we use to be

    G                 F
But young at heart is so easy

         C                F
When you let some loud guitars

              G      F                      C  F  G  F
And words and rhymes handle the hands of time
[Verse 2]
   C              F               G             F
My go-to game day jersey's always Carolina blue

            C
When I need to find forgiveness

  F                       G       F
I find a little small town church pew

            C                  F            G        F
Yeah, after work I like to put my elbows up on a bar

    C
But girl I turn to the speakers

       F                     G
When I need to speak to this ole heart

F
  And it's …
[Chorus]
C                       F
Back in black, shook me all night long

      G                   F
Could you be loved, redemption song

C                F
Luckenbach, home sweet home

          G
I'm where I belong

F
Ain't nothing wrong

      C                       F
Yeah, we ain't as young as we use to be

    G                 F
But young at heart is so easy

         C                F                   G
When you let some loud guitars and words that rhyme

F                G    F
Handle the hands of time
[Post-Chorus] G
C        F     G    C  Em  Am
Hands of time
[Bridge]
          F              Am
Tryin' to hang on as the song rolls

     Dm7                  C
Like gravity pulls on the grains of sand

F                       C
We take our licks, life takes it's toll

       Dm7                       G
We say thanks and we fold our hands

G
And it's…
[Chorus]
C                  F
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound

G              F
Sunday morning coming down

C                     F
Tuesday's gone, green grass of home

  G           F
I come to the garden alone, yeah

C                       F
We ain't as young as we use to be

    G                           F
But until under that willow you bury me

          C                    F
I'm gonna turn up some loud guitars
[Outro]
G                    F
Turn up some loud guitars

C                    F
Turn up some loud guitars

G                  F
Crank some loud guitars

      C               F
Crank up some loud guitars

      G                 F
Wanna hear some loud guitars

      C                F                   G
Gonna let some loud guitars and words that rhyme

F                   C    F
Handle the hands of time