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These Hands

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These Hands by WHY?
I did the best I could with this one. 
   FI wear the Ccustomary clothes of my Gtime,
Like DJesus did, with no Bbreason Dmnot to FdieA#  
   FFacing history,   F7with little to no irBbony
Like FIm some forgoCtten southern cDmity, Sherman rBbazed
FStill hid under Cthick smoke Dmafter all these Bbyears
These Fhands, are my F7fathers hands but sDmmaller
Soaked in paint Bbthinner,
Until theyre so dry coming togDmether,
They make the Gmsound of resisting each Fother
A shrill Gmsqueal like Bbtwo moving Frubber, Gmtires Ftouching
GmHide Fnothing, Gmhide Fnothing

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These Hands

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These Hands by WHY?

I did the best I could with this one.

F C G

I wear the customary clothes of my time,

D Bb Dm F A#

Like Jesus did, with no reason not to die

F F7 Bb

Facing history, with little to no irony

F C Dm Bb

Like Im some forgotten southern city, Sherman razed

F C Dm Bb

Still hid under thick smoke after all these years

F F7 Dm

These hands, are my fathers hands but smaller

Soaked in paint thinner,

Until theyre so dry coming together,

Gm F

They make the sound of resisting each other

Gm Bb F Gm F

A shrill squeal like two moving rubber, tires touching

Gm F Gm F

Hide nothing, hide nothing

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