• Song:

    Hanging By A Thread

  • Artist:

    Billy Talent

  • Album:

    Dead Silence

Key: D

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
B5     x24432
G5      320033
D5      xx0232
A5      x02220
E5     022000
D5   2x023x
A5   x476xx
F#5    244222


Intro: 

Plucking:
B5  G5  D5 A5 G5 B5 


B5
Hello hello hello my darling
G5
have we reached the end?
      D5                 A5
Cause when the stitches fall
            G5            B5
apart we're hanging by a thread


Distortion: 
A5 B5 A5 B5 A5 B5 A5 B5 D5 B5 A5
G5  F#5 G5  F#5 G5  F#5 G5 A5 G5 F#5 
D5  A5  G5  B5  


Verse 1:
A5  B5 A5  B5 A5  B5 A5  B5 D5   B5 A5
Hello hello hello my darling
G5          F#5 G5    F#5 G5     F#5 G5 A5
some things    never    change
G5    F#5 D5
When our words are dipped in
A5            G5
gasoline our love
           B5
goes up in flames
A5 B5    A5  B5   A5  B5
I tried so hard to get
A5 B5   D5   B5 A5
behind your 
G5     F#5 G5    F#5 G5   F#5 G5 A5 G5 F#5
mental    barri    cade
    D5             A5
But every time it leaves me
        G5                B5
feeling damaged torn and frayed


Chorus 1:
E5           G5
Hanging by a thread
E5           G5
Hanging by a thread
         D5
When you break my heart
  A5
I fall apart til
     G5            B5
you stitch me up again


Post Chorus:
A5 B5 A5 B5 A5 B5 A5 B5 D5 B5 A5
F#5 G5  F#5 G5  F#5 G5 A5 G5 F#5 
D5  A5  G5  B5  


Verse 2:
A5   B5    A5  B5  A5   B5 A5
I'm tired of all the drama 
B5   D5 B5 A5 G5     F#5 G5      F#5 G5   F#5 G5 A5 G5 
that un     ravels    in your    head
     F#5  D5            A5
Well it's easy to get tangled 
             G5                B5
up when your world is torn to shreds
A5   B5   A5 B5      A5 B5  A5  B5
And every  time you spit at me
D5   B5 A5 G5   F#5 G5    F#5 G5  F#5 G5 A5 G5
some     day you will reg ret
F#5 D5            A5
An  ounce of insecurity is 
G5                B5
worth a pound of lead


Chorus 2:
E5           G5
Hanging by a thread
E5           G5
Hanging by a thread
         D5
When you break my heart
  A5
I fall apart til
     G5            B5
you stitch me up again oh
E5           G5
Hanging by a thread
E5           G5
Hanging by a thread
      D5              A5
C'mon patch me up or cut me loose
            G5                B5
cause these rags are turning red
      D5              A5
C'mon patch me up or cut me loose
          G5            B5
cause I'm hanging by a thread


Guitar Solo: 
B5 A5 D5 D5 G5 A5 B5 E5 D5  A5  G5  B5   x2

welcome to chase!!!

E5   D5
  Whoa
   G5    A5
whoa whoa


Verse 3:
B5
Hello hello hello my darling
G5
have we reached the end?
      D5                 A5
Cause when the stitches fall
            G5            B5
apart we're hanging by a thread
    B5      A5
For all the times we've
D5         D5
hurt each other
     G5       A5            B5  A5
with all the things we've said
          D5                 A5
Well it's hard to hold this olive
              G5              B5
branch with a gun against my head


Chorus 3:
E5           G5
Hanging by a thread
E5           G5
Hanging by a thread
         D5
When you break my heart
  A5
I fall apart til
     G5            B5
you stitch me up again oh
E5           G5
Hanging by a thread
E5           G5
Hanging by a thread
      D5              A5
C'mon patch me up or cut me loose
            G5                B5
cause these rags are turning red
      D5              A5
C'mon patch me up or cut me loose
            G5                B5
cause these rags are turning red
      D5              A5
C'mon patch me up or cut me loose
          G5            B5    A5 Bm(hold)
cause I'm hanging by a thread
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