The Hold Steady – Arms And Hearts (Guitar)

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Notes: for the verses, the band strums power chords quietly with electric piano flourishes and a lead guitar line over the second verse. On the first chorus, strum each chord gently once. Then for the second and third run of the chorus with the full band you can strum aggressively (it's ok to just play the major chords instead of Franz's more complicated voicings, i.e. Emaj-Bmaj-Amaj on guitar). [Verse 1]

D#m
To me it just felt like six or seven seconds,

D
But I guess we went coast to coast

D#m
To me he didn't seem all that holy,

D
But I guess he might have been that ghost

C#sus4
I'm not saying that he came off all that hot

B5
He burned a hole in me eventually

A5                                                              C#sus4 B5
I've been mostly living in the center of your most Holy Trinity

                                     D#m7
So maybe now you might go out with me,

                               Dmaj7 D#m7
'cause I got so much positivity

                               Dmaj7
And I've got so much positivity

[Verse 2]

D#m
There were amber waves of grain, and hawks and rustle thrushes

D
There were serotonin rushes.

D#m
There were purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain

D
There were diamonds in the drain.

C#sus4
To me it didn't seem all that much better

D#m7#5/C#
When he went and climbed up on that cross

C#m7#5/A
To me you didn't seem all that much like a princess with your

C#5                     B5
Bandaged hands and your hacking cough.

[Chorus, quiet]

G#m7#5/E                        D#m7#5/B
Arms and hearts and alcohol and faith

C#m7#5/A
We pull each other in and then we push it all away

G#m7#5/E                        D#m7#5/B
Arms and hearts and alcohol and faith

C#m7#5/A
We pull each other in and then we push it all away

G#m7#5/E                        D#m7#5/B
There were crosses and crushes, crashes and hassles

C#m7#5/A
We were kissing in the center while the band played "Ice Cream Castles"

G#m7#5/E                        D#m7#5/B
Arms and hearts and alcohol and death

C#m7#5/A
She was awkward and thoughtful and ascending into heaven dripping wet.

[Chorus, loud]

G#m7#5/E                        D#m7#5/B
Arms and hearts and alcohol and faith

C#m7#5/A
We pull each other in and then we push it all away

G#m7#5/E                        D#m7#5/B
Arms and hearts and alcohol and faith

C#m7#5/A
We pull each other in and then we push it all away

G#m7#5/E                        D#m7#5/B
There were crosses and crushes, crashes and hassles

C#m7#5/A
We were kissing in the center while the band played "Ice Cream Castles"

G#m7#5/E                        D#m7#5/B
Arms and hearts and alcohol and death

C#m7#5/A
She was awkward and thoughtful and ascending into heaven dripping wet.

G#m7#5/E                        D#m7#5/B
Arms and hearts and alcohol and faith

C#m7#5/A
We pull each other in and then we push it all away

G#m7#5/E                        D#m7#5/B
Arms and hearts and alcohol and faith

C#m7#5/A
We pull each other in and then we push it all away

G#m7#5/E                        D#m7#5/B
There were crosses and crushes, crashes and hassles

C#m7#5/A
We were kissing in the center while the band played "Ice Cream Castles"

G#m7#5/E                        D#m7#5/B
Arms and hearts and alcohol and death

C#m7#5/A                                                             E
She was awkward and thoughtful and ascending into heaven dripping wet.