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Cold Dead Hand

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Intro (?ahhh? ahhh? AHHH!!!?)? F#m
Some folks Aride like the wind,
With the Dwhispering pines to Aguide them,
And the Dburning light inAside them
Keeps them Ewarm in the snow. 
Others Afear the sounds they hear,
Make Dbanditos out of Amolehills,
Fill their Ahearts with poDrcupine quills,
They're dead and Eburied long before they go.
F#mCharlton Heston movies are no Alonger in demand,
And F#mhis immortal soul may lay fAorever in the sand,
The Dangels wouldn't take him up to hAeaven like he planned,
'Cuz they couEldn't pry that gun from his CBmold Dead HF#mand.
It takes a Ecold, dead hand to Ddecide to pull the Atrigger,
Takes a Ecold, dead heart, and as nDear as I can fAigure,
With your C#mcold, dead aim, you're trying to Dprove your dick is Abigger
But we Eknow,
Your Dchariot may Bmnot be Aswinging F#mlow.
Cold, Dead EHand.
Cold, Dead AHand.
Cold, Dead EHand.
Cold, Dead Ahand.
You're a F#mbig, big Eman with a F#mlittle bitty Egland,
So you F#mneed something Ebigger just to F#mfill your...Cold Dead F#mHand.
Imagine Aif the Lord were here, and he Dknew what you've been tAhinkin',
Would his Dsacred heart be siAnkin', into the cEanyon of dismay?
And on the Aones who sell the guns, he'd sick the Dvultures and coyAotes,
Only the Ddevil's true Adevotees
Could profitEeer from pain and fear.
You're a F#mbig, big Eman with a F#mlittle bitty Egland,
So you F#mneed something Ebigger with a F#mhairpin Etrigger,
You don't F#mwanna get Ecaught with your F#mtrousers Edown,
When the F#mpsycho Ekiller F#mcomes Earound.
So you F#mmake your Ehome like a F#mThunderdEome,
And you're F#malways Epackin' everyF#mwhere you Eroam,
And the F#mpsychos Ewin no matter F#mwhat you Edo,
'Cuz they're F#mgonna buy Eway more F#mguns than Eyou.
And F#mwhile you're Estumblin' F#mout of Ebed,
they F#mput five Erounds in the F#mback of your Ehead,
Or you F#mget deprEessed 'cuz the F#mmoney went ESouth,
and you F#mput your own Eshotgun F#min your Emouth,
and your F#mkids walk Ein and they F#mfind you Ethere,
like a F#mheadless Elump in your F#munderweEar,
and they F#mmove the Egun and it F#mkills them Etoo,
and your F#mwife just Edoesn't know F#mwhat to Edo,
so she F#mtakes a Ehand-grenade fF#mrom her Eshoe,
and she F#mpulls the pin.
And your BmCold, Dead F#mHand.
(final notes? D-C#-B-A-G#-F#)

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Cold Dead Hand

by Lonesome Earl The Clutterbusters

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F#m

C#m

Intro (?ahhh? ahhh? AHHH!!!?)? F#m

Some folks ride like the wind,

D A

With the whispering pines to guide them,

D A

And the burning light inside them

Keeps them warm in the snow.

Others fear the sounds they hear,

D A

Make banditos out of molehills,

A D

Fill their hearts with porcupine quills,

They're dead and buried long before they go.

F#m A

Charlton Heston movies are no longer in demand,

F#m A

And his immortal soul may lay forever in the sand,

D A

The angels wouldn't take him up to heaven like he planned,

E Bm F#m

'Cuz they couldn't pry that gun from his Cold Dead Hand.

E D A

It takes a cold, dead hand to decide to pull the trigger,

E D A

Takes a cold, dead heart, and as near as I can figure,

C#m D A

With your cold, dead aim, you're trying to prove your dick is bigger

But we know,

D Bm A F#m

Your chariot may not be swinging low.

Cold, Dead Hand.

Cold, Dead hand.

F#m E F#m E

You're a big, big man with a little bitty gland,

F#m E F#m F#m

So you need something bigger just to fill your...Cold Dead Hand.

A D A

Imagine if the Lord were here, and he knew what you've been thinkin',

D A E

Would his sacred heart be sinkin', into the canyon of dismay?

A D A

And on the ones who sell the guns, he'd sick the vultures and coyotes,

D A

Only the devil's true devotees

Could profiteer from pain and fear.

F#m E F#m E

You're a big, big man with a little bitty gland,

F#m E F#m E

So you need something bigger with a hairpin trigger,

F#m E F#m E

You don't wanna get caught with your trousers down,

F#m E F#m E

When the psycho killer comes around.

F#m E F#m E

So you make your home like a Thunderdome,

F#m E F#m E

And you're always packin' everywhere you roam,

F#m E F#m E

And the psychos win no matter what you do,

F#m E F#m E

'Cuz they're gonna buy way more guns than you.

F#m E F#m E

And while you're stumblin' out of bed,

F#m E F#m E

they put five rounds in the back of your head,

F#m E F#m E

Or you get depressed 'cuz the money went South,

F#m E F#m E

and you put your own shotgun in your mouth,

F#m E F#m E

and your kids walk in and they find you there,

F#m E F#m E

like a headless lump in your underwear,

F#m E F#m E

and they move the gun and it kills them too,

F#m E F#m E

and your wife just doesn't know what to do,

F#m E F#m E

so she takes a hand-grenade from her shoe,

F#m

and she pulls the pin.

Bm F#m

And your Cold, Dead Hand.

(final notes? D-C#-B-A-G#-F#)

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