The Hand That Held Me Down Chords

Capo 4th fret

Standard (EADGBE)

 ODh, the razor in your Gapple, the affection of your glDove

 The prison of yourAm company, the snakGe oil of yourD love

 The heights to which youG drag me, just to hurl your Dscorn

 The trumpets play thAme livelong day but thGey blow so forlDorn

Chorus

EmDid you hold the hand that held me dDown?

EmDid you laugh at my expensDe?

EmWhen there's rust upon your rDagged crown

EmWho will stand at your defDense?

And when I unveiled my weakness on your rodeo of tears

You stood there so vacantly, your fingers in your ears

And you left by the morning with all that's left to steal

But every time you say farewell, there's breadcrumbs at your heels

Chorus

Did you kiss the hand that held me down?

Was your kindness just pretense?

When there's no-one left for you to clown

Who will stand at your defense?

But it's ashes Lord, it's ashes; soon we all fall down

You take your place among the saints, make not a single sound

And on the hills that held our childhood the flowers grow there still

You lay beneath them pushing weeds and I guess you always will

Chorus

Could you be the hand that held me down?

When I was sick with common sense

And now your statuettes are all torn down

There's no-one left for you to lean against

 And evGer since you epitaph was spatDtered on my wall

AmNo-one comes to cGall

 They can'tD stand the stench

 But IG still sing your praises every timDe the curtain calls

AmThe burden on me Gfalls

 Yeah, DI alone stand at your defense

Outro

Em D Am G D