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My Sisters Tiny Hands by The Handsome Family
My Sisters Tiny Hands
[Intro]
Am
C G Am
We came in this world together
G Am
Legs wrapped 'round each other
F
My cheek against my sister's
C G Am
We were born like tangled vine
C G Am
We lived along the river
G Am
Where the black clouds never lingered
F
The sunlight spread like honey
C G Am
Through my sister's tiny hands
C G Am
But while picking sour apples
G Am
In the wild waving grasses
F
Sister stumbled in the brier
C G Am
And was bitten by a snake
[Bridge]
F Am
[Chorus]
G Am
Every creature casts a shadow
G C
Under the sun's golden finger
G Am
But when the sun sinks past the waving grass
G Am
Some shadows are dragged along
C G Am
Alone, I took to drinking
G Am
Bottles of cheap whiskey
F
And staggering through the back woods
C G Am
Killing snakes with a sharpened stick
C G Am
But still I heard her laughing
G Am
In the wild waving grasses
F
Still her tiny hands went splashing
C G Am
At the river's sparkling shore
C G Am
So I took my rusty gas can
G Am
And an old iron shovel
F
I set the woods to burning
C G Am
And choked the river up with stones
[Bridge]
F Am
[Chorus]
G Am
Every creature casts a shadow
G C
Under the sun's golden finger
G Am
But when the sun sinks past the waving grass
G Am
Some shadows are dragged along
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version 2
C Dm Am G F Em Am
We came in this world together, legs wrapped round each other,
F C Bm C Am
My cheek against my sister's we were born like tangled vine
C Dm Am G F Em Am
We lived along the river where the black clouds never linger
F C Bm C Am
The sunlight spread like honey through my sister's tiny hands
C Dm Am G F Em Am
But while picking sour apples, in the wild waving grasses
F E F C Bm C Am
Sister stumbled in a briar and was bitten by a snake
Chorus:
A G B A G E D E
Every creature casts a shadow under the sun's golden fingers
Bm A C G Bm
But when the sun sinks past the waving grass some shadows are dragged
Am
along
Verse 2:
C Dm Am G F Em Am
Alone I took to drinking bottles of cheap whisky
F E F C Bm C
And staggering through the backwoods killing snakes with a sharpened
Am
Stake
C Dm Am G F Em Am
But still I heard her laughing in the wild waving grasses
F C Bm C Am
Still her tiny hands went splashing at the river's sparkling shore
C Dm Am G F Em Am
So I took my rusty gas can and an old iron shovel
F C Bm C Am
I set the woods to burning I choked the river up with stones
Chorus
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version 3
Verse 1:
Em G D Em G
D Em
We came in this world together, legs wrapped round each other,
C G Em
My cheek against my sister's we were born like tangled vine
(Repeat this pattern through verses)
We lived along the river where the black clouds never linger
The sunlight spread like honey through my sister's tiny hands
But while picking sour apples, in the wild waving grasses
Sister stumbled in a briar and was bitten by a snake
Chorus:
D Em D G
Every creature casts a shadow under the sun's golden fingers
D Em D Em
But when the sun sinks past the waving grass some shadows are dragged along
Verse 2:
Alone I took to drinking bottles of cheap whisky
And staggering through the backwoods killing snakes with a sharpened stake
But still I heard her laughing in the wild waving grasses
Still her tiny hands went splashing at the river's sparkling shore
So I took my rusty gas can and an old iron shovel
I set the woods to burning I choked the river up with stones
Chorus
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