Artist: Brand New
Guitarist: Jesse Lacey/Vin Accardi
Song: Handcuffs
Album: The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me
I'm quite sure the timing will end up wrong in the bridge, but it's hard to work it out.
With the chords, you shoul dbe able to figure it out for yourself! I'm quite sure this
end up looking a mess when it's submitted, but you'll get the gist.
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[Tuning: Standard - ,,,,,]
I’d arrest you if I had handcuffs
I’d arrest you if I had the time
I’d throw you down in the backseat
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As if you'd committed a terrible crime
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I'd break in a town's worth of houses
And rob whole families blind
I’d do it to you like you'd do it to me
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If you knew you would get away fine
I’d drown all these crying babies
If I knew that their mothers wouldn’t cry
I’d hold them down and I’d squeeze real soft
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And let a piece of myself die
Dadd11
It’s hard to be the better man
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When you forget you’re trying
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It’s hard to be the better man
I’d arrest you if I had handcuffs
I’d arrest you if I had the time
I’d wait for you outside the courtroom
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And taunt you when all your appeals were declined
I’d drive my car off of a bridge
If I knew that you weren’t inside
With the pedal to the floor, who could ask for a more
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Fantastic way to kill some time
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You could lay on your back and be beaten
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You could put up your fists and fight
You could try and be way off
Dadd11
It’s hard to be the better man
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When you forget you’re trying
It’s hard to be the better man
When you’re still lying
Dadd11
It’s hard to be the better man
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When you forget you’re trying
Dadd11/ Dadd11/
It’s hard to be the better man
Dadd11/ Dadd11/
When you’re still lying
Dadd11/ Dadd11/
You’re still lying