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[Intro]
C  Em  C  Em
[Verse 1]
CPutting my hands up and Emfollowing you
I kCnow what I've done to you, I pEmromise you
[Chorus]
  AmPut your hCands on your lover
  EmI've got my hands up
  AmMean no Charm to one another
  EmPut your hands up
[Verse 2]
CI'm feeling the changes
I kEmnow it's just like me to say
I Cwanna make sense of it all
We could Emhandle anything when we were young
[Chorus]
  AmPut your hCands on your lover
  EmI've got my hEm7ands up
  AmMean no Charm to one another
  EmPut your hEm7ands up
  AmPut your hCands on your lover
  EmI've got my hands up
  AmMean no Charm to each other
  FI've got my Emhands Gup
[Verse 3]
CRight here describes you
IEm'm hearing your sighs sneaking out
And I Cwanted to tell you what you wanted to hear
But you Emtold me to let it all out, dear
[Chorus]
  AmPut your hCands on your lover
  FI've got my Emhands Gup
  AmMean no hCarm to each other
  FI've got my Emhands Gup
[Outro]
  Am    G    C    Fx2

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Hands

by Sharon Van Etten

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Em7

[Intro]

C Em C Em

[Verse 1]

C Em

Putting my hands up and following you

C Em

I know what I've done to you, I promise you

[Chorus]

Am C

Put your hands on your lover

I've got my hands up

Am C

Mean no harm to one another

Put your hands up

[Verse 2]

I'm feeling the changes

I know it's just like me to say

I wanna make sense of it all

We could handle anything when we were young

[Chorus]

Am C

Put your hands on your lover

Em Em7

I've got my hands up

Am C

Mean no harm to one another

Em Em7

Put your hands up

Am C

Put your hands on your lover

I've got my hands up

Am C

Mean no harm to each other

F Em G

I've got my hands up

[Verse 3]

Right here describes you

I'm hearing your sighs sneaking out

And I wanted to tell you what you wanted to hear

But you told me to let it all out, dear

[Chorus]

Am C

Put your hands on your lover

F Em G

I've got my hands up

Am C

Mean no harm to each other

F Em G

I've got my hands up

[Outro]

Am G C F

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