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Please Just Take These Photos From My Hands

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 20Position: 9

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Album: A Hundred Million Suns
Intro:
e|----|
B|----|
G|----|
D|-11-| x16
A|----|
E|-9--|
Riff:
 F#5/     D#  F#5/      B  F#5/     D#  F#5/      B          C#5__
e|----|     |----|     |----|     |----|     |----|       |
B|----|     |----|     |----|     |----|     |----|       |
G|----|     |----|     |----|     |----|     |----|       | 
D|-11-| x16 |-11-| x16 |-11-| x9  |-11-| x7  |-11-| x16   |  x2
A|-9--|     |-9--|     |-9--|     |-9--|     |-11-|       |
E|-11-|     |-7--|     |-11-|     |-7--|     |-9--|     __|
        C#5  F#5/      D#  F#5/                  B  F#5/  D#  F#5/  B  C#5  
The yellow page of the birds and books of the garden  that I had
           F#5/                D#  F#5/             B  F#5/D#  
These paperbacks they know their age they smell of weight
    F#5/               B  C#5  
And time that's resting warm
         F#5/           D#  F#5/         B  F#5/    D#  F#5/    B  C#5  
The open box   beside the ever sparks parade that hunts my house
             F#5/              D#  F#5/B  
This flips a split we're full of grass that sell
    F#5/                  D#  F#5/        B  C#5  
The wonder of us the fierce smashed onto years
Chorus:
 C#5But all this D#5sexual life played B5out where the D#5hell on how on earth was C#5I
I rack my D#5brains but it won't B5comeD#5  B5  
 C#5The water D#5damage, blood shot B5eyes the fleeting D#5triumphs raising C#5lives
Are seemed to D#5mingle into B5oneD#5  B5  
        C#5  F#5/      D#  F#5/         B  F#5/                  D#  F#5/       B  C#5  
I read your name under wanting your elegant hand you probably don't need now
           F#5/                D#  F#5/B  
I fold the letter and think of a myriad 
    F#5/            D#  F#5/                 B  C#5  
And one thing's that I could have gone that path
Chorus:
 C#5One giD#5gantic fairyB5tale the friends I D#5haven't seen in C#5years
Drinking unD#5til the daylight B5burnsD#5  B5  
 C#5We see D#5friendly who B5were its a lot of D#5wine that we got C#5through
We made D#5great time like that B5workD#5  B5  
                     C#5  F#5/         B      F#5  F#5/    B|
Please just take these photos from my hands           | x4
                    C#5  F#5/          B               C#5|
Please just take these photos from my hands           | x4

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Please Just Take These Photos From My Hands

by Snow Patrol

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#5

C#5

D#5

Album: A Hundred Million Suns

Intro:

e|----|

B|----|

G|----|

|-11-| x16

A|----|

E|-9--|

Riff:

F#5 D# F#5 B F#5 D# F#5 B C#5

/ / / / __

e|----| |----| |----| |----| |----| |

B|----| |----| |----| |----| |----| |

G|----| |----| |----| |----| |----| |

|-11-| x16 |-11-| x16 |-11-| x9 |-11-| x7 |-11-| x16 | x2

A|-9--| |-9--| |-9--| |-9--| |-11-| |

E|-11-| |-7--| |-11-| |-7--| |-9--| __|

C#5 F#5 D# F#5 B F#5 D# F#5 B C#5

/ / / /

The yellow page of the birds and books of the garden that I had

F#5 D# F#5 B F#5 D#

/ / /

These paperbacks they know their age they smell of weight

F#5 B C#5

And time that's resting warm

F#5 D# F#5 B F#5 D# F#5 B C#5

/ / / /

The open box beside the ever sparks parade that hunts my house

F#5 D# F#5 B

/ /

This flips a split we're full of grass that sell

F#5 D# F#5 B C#5

/ /

The wonder of us the fierce smashed onto years

Chorus:

C#5 D#5 B5 D#5 C#5

But all this sexual life played out where the hell on how on earth was I

D#5 B5 D#5 B5

I rack my brains but it won't come

C#5 D#5 B5 D#5 C#5

The water damage, blood shot eyes the fleeting triumphs raising lives

D#5 B5 D#5 B5

Are seemed to mingle into one

C#5 F#5 D# F#5 B F#5 D# F#5 B C#5

/ / / /

I read your name under wanting your elegant hand you probably don't need now

F#5 D# F#5 B

/ /

I fold the letter and think of a myriad

F#5 D# F#5 B C#5

/ /

And one thing's that I could have gone that path

Chorus:

C#5 D#5 B5 D#5 C#5

One gigantic fairytale the friends I haven't seen in years

D#5 B5 D#5 B5

Drinking until the daylight burns

C#5 D#5 B5 D#5 C#5

We see friendly who were its a lot of wine that we got through

D#5 B5 D#5 B5

We made great time like that work

C#5 F#5 B F#5 F#5 B

/ / |

Please just take these photos from my hands | x4

C#5 F#5 B C#5

/ |

Please just take these photos from my hands | x4

About Please Just Take These Photos From My Hands Chords by Snow Patrol

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