CAPO 4th Fret


 D5                    G5                              D5
Oh, the razor in your apple, the affection of your glove
                  A5                G5            D5
The prison of your company, the snake oil of your love
                        G5                           D5
The heights to which you drag me, just to hurl your scorn
                    A5                   G5              D5
The trumpets play the livelong day but they blow so forlorn


Chorus:
E5                                  D5
Did you hold the hand that held me down?
E5                        D5
Did you laugh at my expense?
E5                           D5
When there's rust upon your ragged crown
E5                        D5
Who will stand at your defense?

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

      G5                            D5
And ever since you epitaph was spattered on my wall
A5               G5
No-one comes to call
          D5
They can't stand the stench
     G5                                 D5
But I still sing your praises every time the curtain calls
A5               G5
The burden on me falls
      D5
Yeah, I alone stand at your defense 

OUTRO: E5 D5 A5 G5 D5

Sorry if there's any mistakes, this is my first tab