The Replacements – Its Hard To Wave In Handcuffs (Guitar)

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(Paul Westerberg) -------------------- [Intro] Eb Bb F Eb [Verse 1]
Eb                    Bb
Sweat poured down his brow

F                             Eb
When the temperature is below zero

Eb                    Bb
First guy he tries to rob

F                 Eb
Turns out to be a hero
Eb (x2)
Eb           Bb
He ran and he hid

F                  Eb
When the guy said, just forget it kid
Eb (x1)
Eb                               Bb
If it's a hood they want, It's a hood they'll get

F                         Eb
This time he's ready, and set
Eb (x1)
Eb             Bb
Guzzled half a Colt

F                     Eb
That was sitting on a dryer

Eb              Bb
In an old laundromat

Gm          Eb
What do you think about it
Eb (x1)
Eb                             Bb
When he was through he put the bottle in a jacket

F                      Eb
With six more from the rack
Eb (x1)
Eb                      Bb
Stumbled into the alley for some fun and

Gm                  Eb
Some money And some crackerjack
Eb (x2) [Chorus 1]
Gm
Wipe that goddamn smile off face

Eb
I'll blow a hole your wife can't mend

F
Stuck my gun into his ribs

Eb
I'm glad I left the bullets where I did

Gm
Just don't say nothing

Eb
Don't say nothing
F F Eb Eb [Verse 2]
Eb              Bb
Walked down the street

F               Eb
Snow is falling down

Eb                    Bb
Twenty bucks he took, Left one buck

F           Eb
'Tip a bum, It's good luck
Eb (x2)
Eb                Bb
Bruce Springsteen

F                Eb
Getting his hair curled

Eb           Bb
Otis Redding

F               Eb
Hanging out the clothes
Eb (x1) [Chorus 2]
Gm
Wipe that goddamn smile old friend

Eb
I'll blow a hole your wife can't mend

F
I'll shoot your head and rip that chest

Eb
You can move in it, just be my guest

Gm
Wipe that motherfucker off that

Eb
I own that Cadillac

F                 Eb
God what did I do
[Ending]
Gm
A girl I haven't seen in years

Eb
Waved to me, I held my tears

F
She thought my shirt it must have been stuffed

Eb                       Eb
It's hard to wave in handcuffs