CAPO 4th FretD G DOh, the razor in your apple, the affection of your gloveAm G DThe prison of your company, the snake oil of your loveG DThe heights to which you drag me, just to hurl your scornAm G DThe trumpets play the livelong day but they blow so forlornChorus:Em DDid you hold the hand that held me down?Em DDid you laugh at my expense?Em DWhen there's rust upon your ragged crownEm DWho will stand at your defense?( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/two_gallants/the_hand_that_held_me_down_crd_ver_3.html )And when I unveiled my weakness on your rodeo of tearsYou stood there so vacantly, your fingers in your earsAnd you left by the morning with all that's left to stealBut every time you say farewell, there's breadcrumbs at your heelsCHORUS:Did you kiss the hand that held me down?Was your kindness just pretense?When there's no-one left for you to clownWho will stand at your defense?But it's ashes Lord, it's ashes; soon we all fall downYou take your place among the saints, make not a single soundAnd on the hills that held our childhood the flowers grow there stillYou lay beneath them pushing weeds and I guess you always willCHORUS:Could you be the hand that held me down?When I was sick with common senseAnd now your statuettes are all torn downThere's no-one left for you to lean againstG DAnd ever since you epitaph was spattered on my wallAm GNo-one comes to callDThey can't stand the stenchG DBut I still sing your praises every time the curtain callsAm GThe burden on me fallsDYeah, I alone stand at your defenseOUTRO: Em D Am G DSorry if there's any mistakes, this is my first tab
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