• Song:

    Hands Down (acoustic)

  • Artist:

    Dashboard Confession

Submitted By Nick Perez...
Dashboard Confessional - Hands Down
E Flat Tuning
Lyrics are included, but the tab numbers line up almost exactly to the words, so pay attention to that and enjoy.

Intro:
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Verse 1: (PM means palm mute, but play the chord out loud then palm mute strum the rest...just figure it out by listening to it)
       
        Breath in for luck, Breathe in so deep
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 This air is blessed, You share with...
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    Me... This night is wild, So calm and dull 
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  These hearts they race from self-con- 
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.....-trol, Your legs are smooth as they graze mine 
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  We're doing fine, We're doing nothing at... 
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Chorus 1:
    all, My hopes are so high that your kiss might kill me... 
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.........So won't you kill me, so I’d die happy 
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..........My heart is yours to fill or burst 
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.........to break or bury, or wear as jewelry, which ever you
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Verse 2: 
  prefer, The words are hushed lets not get busted, 
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just lay entwined here undiscovered. 
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.....Safe in here from all the stupid questions
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 "Hey did you get some?" Man, that is so dumb. 
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........Stay quiet, stay near, stay close they can’t hear
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  ...so we can get some. 
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Chorus 2:
..........My hopes are so high that your kiss might kill me... 
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........So won't you kill me, so I die happy 
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........My heart is yours to fill or burst 
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.........to break or bury, or wear as jewelry, which ever you pre- 
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Outro: 
.....-fer, Hands down this is the best day I can ever remember 
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.....I'll always remember the sound of the stereo 
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The dim of the soft lights, the scent of your hair 
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That you twirled in your fingers, and the time on the clock 
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 When we realized it's so late and this walk that we shared together 
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The streets were wet and the gate was locked 
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So I jumped it and let you in 
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And you stood at your door with your hands on my waist 
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And you kissed me like you meant it 
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And I knew, that you meant it 
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That you meant it, that you meant it 
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And I knew that you meant it, that you meant it. 
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