Nickel Creek – Hand Song chords

INTRO:  G C Em D  G C Em D  G C Em D

VERSE 1:
    B                   CThe boy only wanted to give Mother something
    G                      DAnd all of her roses had bloomed.
B                     CLooking at her as he came rushing in with them
G                        DKnowing her roses were doomed,
Am            B               EmAll she could see were some thorns buried deep
    Am              B            Em         DAnd tears that were cried as she tended his wounds

CHORUS:
        G           C    Em  DAnd she knew it was love       
       G             C          Em  DIt was one she could understand  
       G           CHe was showing his love,
    Em            D         G  C  Em  DAnd that's how he hurt his hands.        

VERSE 2:
B                        CHe still remembers that night as child
G               DOn his mother's knee
B                            CShe held him close and she opened her bible
    G                   DAnd quietly started to read,
    Am       B          EmAnd seeing a picture of Jesus he cried out,
Am           B        Em              D"Momma, he's got some scars just like me."

CHORUS:
       G           C    Em  DAnd he knew it was love       
       G            C          Em  DIt was one he could understand  
       G           CHe was showing his love,
    Em            D         G   C  Em  DAnd that's how he hurt his hands.        

VERSE 3:
B                              CNow the boy's grown and moved out on his own
 G                     DWhen Uncle Sam comes along.
  B                         CA foreign affair, but our young men were there
    G                     DAnd luck had his number drawn.
   Am          B              EmIt wasn't that long till our hero was gone
   Am        B                Em             DHe gave to a friend what he learned from the cross.

CHORUS:
         G           C    Em  DAnd they knew it was love       
       G              C          Em  DIt was one they could understand  
       G           CHe was showing his love,
    Em             D         G   C  Em  DAnd that's how he hurt his hands.