Wicked Hands Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[F#m]It[G][Bm][A][F#m][G][Bm]
[A]was a c[D]an of paint
With [Bm]an ironic name
[G]Black Magic shade
Over the [F#m]fire p[D]lac[A]e
And [D]you turned away
[Bm]As Sufjan sang
Is there [G]dignity in death
If there is[A]n't any hope left?
But [D]I know [A]I t[Bm]ried to be
What I thought you [F#m]needed [D]me to be
But [G]I was becomin' somethin'
that [D]would never be [A]me
I heard the [G]mating call
For everything [Bm]that made us fall
Out [G]of [A]the promised land
With bags of [D]contraband

[Verse 2]
[G]I'm stranded in the desert with
my [Bm]empty and wicked [A]hands
Just try[G]in' to find my way
before I'm [Bm]lost[A]
But [G]I c[Em]an not keep l[F#m]ivin'
[D]with the mem[G]ory
Of all the [Bm]heartbreak I [A]swore that I forgot
[D][G]

[Interlude 1]
[Bm][F#m][D][G][Bm][F#m][D]

[Verse 3]
And in the [D]early light
I find my [Bm]enemy [A]lines[Bm]
And I [G]bend into the dream
That today, [A]I will m[D]ake p[A]eace
With that [D]box of things
That's [Bm]still haunting me
So I [G]take it to the trash
Throw it in an[A]d I [D]don't look back
'Cause I know [A]there's [Bm]more to me
Than even [F#m]I have seen
[G]So I get up and keep on
fightin' [D]in spite [A]of me
I hear the [G]siren call
For [Bm]everything [G]that [Bm]makes me fall
[G]Far [Bm]from [A]the promised land
Lookin' for heroin
[D]

[Verse 4]
[Em][D]
And [G]I wake up in the mornin'
with my [Bm]ugly and [A]wicked hands
I just can[G]not bear the weight
of all I've [Bm]lost[A]
'Cause I [Em]can not keep [F#m]doin'
[D]all the[F#m] same thi[G]ngs
And pre[Bm]tend like there [A]will not be

[Interlude 2]
a cost
[D][G][Bm][A][D][G][Bm][A][D]

[Verse 5]
But all this time,
I [G]thought it was [A]a lost fight
To [D]get back everything,
[G]I left behin[A]d my
Days of [Bm]rage [G]and shame
I [D]still don't understand
[A]

[Verse 6]
[F#m]God, h[G]elp m[Bm]e hide my
[A]wicked hands
[F#m]God, help m[G]e hide m[Bm]y
[A]wicked [D]han[F#m]ds
God, help [G]me [Bm]hide my
[F#m]wicked [D]han[F#m]ds
God, [D]help [G]me [Bm]hide my wicked hands