Streetlight Manifesto – The Hands That Thieve (Guitar)

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The Toh Kay version is the same but with a capo on 3 (Thanks, lightavion52!) [Intro] D Dsus2 [Verse 1]
          G                D
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           D
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 lack

            G
When you're looking back

       D                           Em
Is the pressure, the fear that you have to act

      C
Yeah, everything is clearer when

       D
You're looking at the past, oh no.
Em Am C D Em Am C D [Chorus]
C                     G                          D
And I don't care if I lose because my heroes did too,

                                 Em                             C
They shouted, "Court should be adjourned!" because the jury are fools.

                      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              C
It is a promise we will keep.

                       G
So what's the point pretending when we've seen behind

    D
the curtain and there's nothing much to see, oh yeah.
G D C D G D C D [Verse 2]
          G               D
I felt no pain till I was down,

          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                 D
And I will fight till I have died

          Em
Or 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 foes are strong

      D                     Em
But I know that the road we travel on

   C
It only seems so dark

              D
Because we've almost reached the dawn, oh no.
Em Am C D Em Am C D [Chorus]
C                     G                          D
And I don't care if I lose because my heroes did too,

                                 Em                             C
They shouted, "Court should be adjourned!" because the jury are fools.

                      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              C
It is a promise we will keep.

                       G
So what's the point pretending when we've seen behind

    D
the curtain and there's nothing much to see, oh yeah.
G D C D G D C D [Bridge]
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,

                             Em
But you won't want to let it go.

                       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                      C
When I was down and I was tired of it.

              G
The words you spoke,

               D*
They brought me home.

C                    G
 When it was time to fight,

           D
We chose a side,

             Em                              C
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                              C
But everyone knew that something didn't feel right.

                G
So we stood our ground,

                 D
And waited for a sign.

D                   C  G  D  Em
You said don't look baaaaaaaaaack!

           C  G  D  Em
Don't look baaaaaaaaaack!

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.)