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Hanging By A Thread

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The intro riff is meant to emulate the violin/mandolin part.
The second bass note is optional, but it makes reading the chord a little easier.
If you don't feel like playing it, just open with an A chord.
If you feel the chords are a little plain, add the 9 to A or D wherever they appear.
  [Intro]
e|---10--12--A79-|
B|-8---------8-|
G|-----------9-|    x4
D|-------------|
A|-0---------0-|
E|-------------|
[Verse]
There's a Em7kind of emptiness
That can fDill you
There's a Em7kind of hunger
That can Deat you up
There's a Em7cold and darker side
Of the Dmoonlight
And there's a lAonely side of love
[Chorus]
With you hGere
Baby I am strAong
No sign of wDeakness
With you gGone
Baby I am hAanging by a thrDead
[Verse]
There's a cEm7ertain kind of pain
That can nDumb you
There's a tEm7ype of freedom
That can tDie you down
SometEm7imes the unexplained can dDefine you
And sometAimes silence is the only sDound
[Chorus]
With you Ghere
Baby I am strAong
No sign of wDeakness
With you gGone
Baby I am hAanging by a thrDead
[Interlude]
Am Dm Esus E Am Abdim C/G D/F# F
D Bm Bbadd9
[Chorus]
With you hGere
Baby I am strAong
No sign of wDeakness
With you gGone
Baby I am hAanging by a thrDead

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Hanging By A Thread

by Nickel Creek

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Em7

Esus

Abdim

C/G

D/F#

Bbadd9

The intro riff is meant to emulate the violin/mandolin part.

The second bass note is optional, but it makes reading the chord a little easier.

If you don't feel like playing it, just open with an A chord.

If you feel the chords are a little plain, add the 9 to A or D wherever they appear.

[Intro]

e|---10--12--9-|

B|-8---------8-|

G|-----------9-| x4

D|-------------|

A|-0---------0-|

E|-------------|

[Verse]

Em7

There's a kind of emptiness

That can fill you

Em7

There's a kind of hunger

That can eat you up

Em7

There's a cold and darker side

Of the moonlight

And there's a lonely side of love

[Chorus]

With you here

Baby I am strong

No sign of weakness

With you gone

A D

Baby I am hanging by a thread

[Verse]

Em7

There's a certain kind of pain

That can numb you

Em7

There's a type of freedom

That can tie you down

Em7 D

Sometimes the unexplained can define you

A D

And sometimes silence is the only sound

[Chorus]

With you here

Baby I am strong

No sign of weakness

With you gone

A D

Baby I am hanging by a thread

[Interlude]

Am Dm Esus E Am Abdim C/G D/F# F

D Bm Bbadd9

[Chorus]

With you here

Baby I am strong

No sign of weakness

With you gone

A D

Baby I am hanging by a thread

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