Capo: 4
picking pattern for each chord picking for (chords) in parenthesis
(B = bass note)
l-----------x---xl l--------l
l-------x-----x--l l-------xl
l-----x----------l l-----x--l
l---x------------l l---x----l
l----------------l l--------l
l-B-------B------l l-B------l
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 .
Intro (also chorus)
Ddim G Bm A Ddim G Gmaj7 A7sus A7 A7sus
l-0-------------l----------------l-0-----3-----2--l-0--------------l
l---3----------3l-----3-3-------2l---3-------3---3l-------3-2-----3l
l----2-0-----0--l-----4-4-----2--l-----2----------l-----0-------0--l
l-0--------0----l---4-------2----l-0--------------l---2-------2----l
l---------------l-2-------0------l----------------l-0-------0------l
l------3--------l----------------l-------3--------l----------------l
(timing)
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
Ddim G Bm A Ddim G Gmaj7 A7sus A7
l-0-------------l----------------l-0-----3-----2--l-0--------------l
l---3----------3l-------3-------2l---3-------3---3l-------3-2-----2l
l----2-0-----0--l-----4-------2--l-----2----------l-----0-------0--l
l-0--------0----l---4-------2----l-0--------------l---2-------2----l
l---------------l-2-------0------l----------------l-0-------0------l
l------3--------l----------------l-------3--------l----------------l
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
Verse 1:
F# G
The boy only wanted to give his mother something
Ddim A
And all of her roses had bloomed
F# G
Looking at him as he came rushing in with them
Ddim A
Knowing her roses were doomed
(E) (F#) (Bm) (A)
All she could see were some thorns buried deep
(E) (F#) (Bm) (A)
And the tears that he cried as she tended his wounds
Chorus: (follow tab)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nickel_creek/hand_song_tab.html ]
Ddim G Bm A
But she knew it was love
Ddim G Gmaj7 A7sus A7
It was one she could understand
A7sus Ddim G
He was showing his love
Bm A Ddim G A7sus A7
And that's how he hurt his hands
Verse 2:
F# G Ddim A
He still remembered that night as a child on his mother's knee
F# G
She held him close as she opened the Bible
Ddim A
And quietly started to read
(E) (F#) (Bm) (A)
Then seeing a picture of Jesus he cried out
(E) (F#) (Bm) (A)
Momma, He's got some scars just like me
Repeat Chorus
Break:
F# G Ddim A F# G Ddim A
(E) (F#) (Bm) (A) (E) (F#) (Bm) (A)
(2nd half of tab) Ddim G Bm A Ddim G Gmaj7 A7sus A7
Verse 3:
F# G
Now the boy's grown and moved out on his own
Ddim A
When uncle sam comes along
F# G
A foreign affair, but our young men were there
Ddim A
And luck had his number drawn
(E) (F#) (Bm) (A)
It wasn't long till our hero was gone
(E) (F#) (Bm) (A)
He gave to a friend what he learned from the cross
(tab again)
Ddim G Bm A
And they knew it as love
Ddim G Gmaj7 A7sus A7
It was one they could understand
A7sus Ddim G
He was showing his love
Bm A Ddim G A7sus A7
And that's how he hurt his hands
Ddim G Gmaj7 A7sus A7
It was one they could understand
A7sus Ddim G
He was showing his love
Bm A Ddim G A7sus A7
And that's how he hurt his hands.
play intro once
end on D
