Song: hAnDs iN tHe aiR (long version)
Album: The waitinG
Notes:
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[intro]
D C Bm C
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[verse 1]
D C D
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If i raise my hands just to lift the shade will i reveal a sky heavy and
if i raise my hands will you grab me by the wrists will u try to hold me from the
G D C
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grey? will last night be a memory sweetly fading? how i
fray? and even if my fingers join together into fists
Bm C
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hate a morning starting out this way on these
will you hold me firmly anyway? cause i
Am7 Em
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lonely ragin mornings i would whip you if i could but youre on
would try to escape you but for everyday im sure that youre on
G C
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the mighty side of strong and the perfect side of good
the huge side of big and the holy side of pure
[repeat intro 1x]
[chorus]
Dsus2 C2 Em Dsus2
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okay hear what i say i raise my hands in surrender today
C G Em C
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okay here i will stay hands in the air sayin have thine own way [repeat intro 1x]
[verse 3]
D C D
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if i raise my hands weak and thin and frail will you reveal the light of mercy in your
G D C
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eyes? if i cry to you faintly will my feeble whisper fail?
Bm C
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or will it find its way to a reply? because
Am7 Em
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now that im exausted i think im ready to admit that i have
G C
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spent all my resistance on someone i cant resist
[chorus2]
Dsus2 C2 Em Dsus2
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okay hear what i say i raise my hands in surrender today
C G Em
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okay here i will stay hands in the air sayin have thine own
(*with moderate distortion)
C D Em Bm C D
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way
Em Bm C D Em Bm
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C D Em
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(*let ring; feedback)
[bridge]
(*chords implied by bass)
(*keyboard transposed for guitar)
Em C Em C
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light from my windowsill make my way to the door i hang my head and still i know
Em C Em
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youre wanting more over the threshold now i move across the yard all that my will
C Em C Em
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allows my every step is hard now in the garden i carve out six feet of space there
C Em C
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make my will comply lie down upon my face been toe to toe too long im tired of
Em C
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fighting you i see you were too strong cause i am black and blue
(*distortion)
Em C Em C Em
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but now i understand the losers due to win, how every dying man is sure to rise again
Em C Em C
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so i raise my left hand one i raise my right hand two under the morning sun my spirit
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cries to you...
Dsus2 C2 Em Dsus2
okay hear what i say i raise my hands in surrender today
im here under the sun hands in the air sayin thy will be done
C2 G Em C2
right here under the sun hands in the air sayin thy will be done
okay here i will stay hands in the air singin have thine own way
hands in the air singin have thine own way
Em C2 Em
have thine own way have thine own way (*let ring)
[outro]
D C Bm C
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D C Bm C
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(*slower)
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