Hands Down- Dashboard Confessional
Transcribed By Brett Ellis


Tuned down ? a step

E              C#m                 A
Breathe in for luck, breathe in so deep
            B            D          E
This air is blessed, you share with me
              C#m               A
This night is wild, so calm and dull
                  B         D        E
These hearts they race from self-control
              C#m                  A
Your legs are smooth as they graze mine
            B                            E
We're doing fine; we're doing nothing at all.


My hopes are so high
                     G#m7
That your kiss might kill me
             Aadd2             G#m7   Aadd2  G#m7
So won't you kill me, so I die happy
E                             G#m7
My heart is yours, to fill or burst
            Aadd2            G#m7
To break or bury, or wear as jewelry
     Aadd2   G#m7
Whichever    you prefer

E                                   C#m
The words are hushed, let's not get busted,
           A                B         D
Just lay entwined here undiscovered.
E                                C#m
Safe in here from all the stupid questions...
             A
"Hey did you get some?"
            B         D        E
Man that is so dumb.
                 C#m
Stay quiet, stay near, stay close
           A               B          D
They can't hear, so we can get some.

(Chorus)

C#m                     A              E
Hands down, this is the best day I can ever remember
B                   C#m
Always remember the sound of the stereo,
    A                           E
The dim of the soft lights, the scent of your hair
         B
That you twirled in your fingers
        C#m
And the time on the clock
        A
When we realized it's so late
         E                     B
And this walk that we shared together
    C#m                      A
The streets were wet and the gate was locked
     E              B
So I jumped it, and let you in
        C#m
And you stood at your door
          A
With your hands on my waist
        E                  B
And you kissed me like you meant it
      C#m           A
And I knew that you meant it
         E                  B
That you meant it, that you meant it
      C#m           A
And I knew that you meant it,
         E
That you meant it.