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These Arms

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From the album 'Swimmin' Pools , Movie Stars'...
[Intro]
A   E   A
[Verse 1]
Oh these Aarms that hang here by my side,
Yeah these Aarms that ache to open A7wide.
Are useless Darms with nothing left to Ado,
Since these Aarms Estopped holding Ayou.
[Verse 2]
Oh these Aarms are worthless now to me,
They let you Ago so how good could they be?A7  
Just foolish Darms for which I have no Aneed,
A pair of Aarms that grew Eweak and set love Afree.D  A  
[Chorus]
 EReaching out to embrace a vacant memory,D  A  
 EFinding just the empty space, around what's left of me.G  
 ATwo arms that failed completely,
 DArms both scarred so deeply.
 B7Keep paying love's costs with each tragic Esway.
[Instrumental]
A     A7   D   A   E   A  D  A
[Chorus]
 ETrying meekly to assist my struggle with the truth.D  A  
 EUnable to resist what tears still make us view. G  
 ATwo arms that failed completely,
 DArms both scarred so deeply.
 B7Keep paying love's costs with each tragic Esway.
[Verse 3]
Wo-oh these Aarms that hang here by my side,
AWoah these arms that ache to open wideA7.
Two useless Darms with nothing left to Ado,
ASince these arms Estopped holding Ayou.D  
Since these Aarms Estopped holding Ayou.E7  A  

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These Arms

by Dwight Yoakam

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From the album 'Swimmin' Pools , Movie Stars'...

[Intro]

A E A

[Verse 1]

Oh these arms that hang here by my side,

A A7

Yeah these arms that ache to open wide.

D A

Are useless arms with nothing left to do,

A E A

Since these arms stopped holding you.

[Verse 2]

Oh these arms are worthless now to me,

A A7

They let you go so how good could they be?

D A

Just foolish arms for which I have no need,

A E A D A

A pair of arms that grew weak and set love free.

[Chorus]

E D A

Reaching out to embrace a vacant memory,

E G

Finding just the empty space, around what's left of me.

Two arms that failed completely,

Arms both scarred so deeply.

B7 E

Keep paying love's costs with each tragic sway.

[Instrumental]

A A7 D A E A D A

[Chorus]

E D A

Trying meekly to assist my struggle with the truth.

E G

Unable to resist what tears still make us view.

Two arms that failed completely,

Arms both scarred so deeply.

B7 E

Keep paying love's costs with each tragic sway.

[Verse 3]

Wo-oh these arms that hang here by my side,

A A7

Woah these arms that ache to open wide.

D A

Two useless arms with nothing left to do,

A E A D

Since these arms stopped holding you.

A E A E7 A

Since these arms stopped holding you.

About These Arms Chords by Dwight Yoakam

Learn how to play These Arms by Dwight Yoakam with free guitar chords, lyrics, and interactive chord diagrams. Search for “These Arms chords”, “These Arms guitar chords”, or “Dwight Yoakam These Arms chords” and you will find this page — transpose to any key, tap chords for diagrams, and use auto-scroll while you play. Perfect for beginners looking for easy These Arms chords and for experienced players who want accurate These Arms lyrics and chords in one place. Common chords in this song include A, E, A7, D, G, B7.

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