Handcuffs

Chords

Standard

G           Aadd9 Bm
I'd arrest you if I had handcuffs
      G           Aadd9     Bm
I'd arrest you if I had the time
    G         Aadd9       Bm
I'd throw you down in the backseat
            Asus2/F#             G
As if you'd committed a terrible crime

G Aadd9 Bm [x4]

    G          Aadd9           Bm
I'd break in a town's worth of houses
    G         Aadd9    Bm
And rob whole families blind
    G        Aadd9          Bm
I'd do it to you like you'd do it to me
       Asus2/F#                G
If you knew you would get away fine

    G               Aadd9  Bm
I'd drown all these crying babies
     G               Aadd9            Bm
If I knew that their mothers wouldn't cry
    G         Aadd9        Bm
I'd hold them down and I'd squeeze real soft
    Asus2/F#       G      Aadd9
And let a piece of myself die

G/D                 Dadd11
It's hard to be the better man
     Em7/B
When you forget you're trying
     G       Asus2/F# G      Aadd9  G
It's hard to be  the  better man

    G             Aadd9 Bm
I'd arrest you if I had handcuffs
    G             Aadd9     Bm
I'd arrest you if I had the time
    G            Aadd9       Bm
I'd wait for you outside the courtroom
    Asus2/F#                             G
And taunt you when all your appeals were declined


    G        Aadd9        Bm
I'd drive my car off of a bridge
     G             Aadd9     Bm
If I knew that you weren't inside
         G            Aadd9            Bm
With the pedal to the floor, who could ask for a more
          Asus2/F#         G    Aadd9
Fantastic way to kill some time


B5                                Bm7/G
You could lay on your back and be beaten
                                D5/B
You could put up your fists and fight

You could try and be way off


G/D                 Dadd11
It's hard to be the better man
          Em7/B
When you forget you're trying
     G       D/F#   Em     D/F#
It's hard to be the better man

When you're still lying


G/D                 Dadd11
It's hard to be the better man
         Em7/B
When you forget you're trying
     G       Dadd11/F#  Em     Dadd11/F#
It's hard      to       be the better man
     G      Dadd11/F# Em    Dadd11/F#
When you're still     lying
G      Dadd11/F# Em    Dadd11/F#
You're still     lying

B5 F#5 G5