Both Hands

Ani DiFranco

Ani DiFranco (1990)

Chords

# All Am and G chords should be played like this unless
# otherwise denoted by an asterisk (*), they should 
# then be played normally.

    Am      G

A|---3------5---|
E|---0------3---|
C|---0------2---|
G|---2------0---|

# Intro
C Gsus4 Am G
C Gsus4 Am G G G

     C
I am walking
    Gsus4
out in the rain
         Am
and I am listening to the low moan
       G
of the dial tone again
         C
and I am getting
Gsus4
nowhere with you
      Am
and I can't let it go
      G*    C   Am*
and I can't get through...

C Gsus4 Am G

    C                    Gsus4
the old woman behind the pink curtains
            Am
and the closed door
            G
on the first floor
       C                             Gsus4
she's listening through the air shaft
      Am               G
to see how long our swan song can last
     C
and both hands
        Gsus4
now use both hands
         Am               G
oh, no don't close your eyes
       C
I am writing
   Gsus4
graffitti on your body
        Am               G
I am drawing the story of
                C Gsus4 Am G
how hard we tried
                C Gsus4 Am G G G
how hard we tried
     C                   Gsus4
I am watching your chest rise and fall
         Am
like the tides of my life,
         G
and the rest of it all
         C
and your bones have been my bedframe
       Gsus4
and your flesh has been my pillow
        Am
I've been waiting for sleep
    G
to offer up the deep
              C Gsus4 Am G
with both hands
                  C Gsus4 Am G
oh, with both hands
C                             Gsus4
in eachother's shadows we grew less and less tall
     Am                                G
and eventually our theories couldn't explain it all
          C                       Gsus4
and I'm recording our history now on the bedroom wall
    Am                                  G
and when we leave the landlord will come

and paint over it all
         C
and I am walking
    Gsus4
out in the rain
         Am                               G
and I am listening to the low moan of the dial tone again
         C       Gsus4
and I am getting nowhere with you
      Am
and I can't let it go
      G*    C   Am*
and I can't get through
C
  both hands
        Gsus4
now use both hands
       Am                   G
oh, no don't close your eyes
      C        Gsus4
I am writing graffitti on your body
      Am                 G                C Gsus4 Am G
I am drawing the story of how hard we tried
                C Gsus4 Am G
how hard we tried
                C Gsus4 Am G
how hard we tried

                C Gsus4 Am G G G C