Key: D
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Bm x24432
G 320033
D xx0232
A x02220
Em 022000
D/F# 2x023x
A/C# x476xx
F#m 244222
Intro:
Plucking:
Bm G D A G Bm
Bm
Hello hello hello my darling
G
have we reached the end?
D A
Cause when the stitches fall
G Bm
apart we're hanging by a thread
Distortion:
A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm D Bm A
G F#m G F#m G F#m G A G F#m
D A G Bm
Verse 1:
A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm D Bm A
Hello hello hello my darling
G F#m G F#m G F#m G A
some things never change
G F#m D
When our words are dipped in
A G
gasoline our love
Bm
goes up in flames
A Bm A Bm A Bm
I tried so hard to get
A Bm D Bm A
behind your
G F#m G F#m G F#m G A G F#m
mental barri cade
D A
But every time it leaves me
G Bm
feeling damaged torn and frayed
Chorus 1:
Em G
Hanging by a thread
Em G
Hanging by a thread
D
When you break my heart
A
I fall apart til
G Bm
you stitch me up again
Post Chorus:
A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm D Bm A
F#m G F#m G F#m G A G F#m
D A G Bm
Verse 2:
A Bm A Bm A Bm A
I'm tired of all the drama
Bm D Bm A G F#m G F#m G F#m G A G
that un ravels in your head
F#m D A
Well it's easy to get tangled
G Bm
up when your world is torn to shreds
A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm
And every time you spit at me
D Bm A G F#m G F#m G F#m G A G
some day you will reg ret
F#m D A
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An ounce of insecurity is
G Bm
worth a pound of lead
Chorus 2:
Em G
Hanging by a thread
Em G
Hanging by a thread
D
When you break my heart
A
I fall apart til
G Bm
you stitch me up again oh
Em G
Hanging by a thread
Em G
Hanging by a thread
D A
C'mon patch me up or cut me loose
G Bm
cause these rags are turning red
D A
C'mon patch me up or cut me loose
G Bm
cause I'm hanging by a thread
Guitar Solo:
Bm A/C# D D/F# G A Bm Em D A G Bm x2
welcome to chase!!!
Em D/F#
Whoa
G A
whoa whoa
Verse 3:
Bm
Hello hello hello my darling
G
have we reached the end?
D A
Cause when the stitches fall
G Bm
apart we're hanging by a thread
Bm A/C#
For all the times we've
D D/F#
hurt each other
G A Bm A/C#
with all the things we've said
D A
Well it's hard to hold this olive
G Bm
branch with a gun against my head
Chorus 3:
Em G
Hanging by a thread
Em G
Hanging by a thread
D
When you break my heart
A
I fall apart til
G Bm
you stitch me up again oh
Em G
Hanging by a thread
Em G
Hanging by a thread
D A
C'mon patch me up or cut me loose
G Bm
cause these rags are turning red
D A
C'mon patch me up or cut me loose
G Bm
cause these rags are turning red
D A
C'mon patch me up or cut me loose
G Bm A Bm(hold)
cause I'm hanging by a thread
