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Hands Down Guitar Tablature
Tabber- xwerdtoyamothax
Nobody yet on this site has gotten these tabs down yet for Hands Down, I just did it in less than 5 minutes and got done two seconds ago, so here is the REAL version

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Intro: 
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Verse 1:

            Breath in for luck, Breathe in so deep 
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  This air is blessed, You share with 
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     Me  This night is wild, So calm and dull
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These hearts they race from self-con- 
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     -trol, Your legs are smooth as they graze mine 
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   We're doing fine,    We're doing nothing at... 
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Chorus 1: 
     all, My hopes are so high that your kiss might kill me 
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         So    won't you kill me, so I die happy 
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          My heart is yours to fill or burst 
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        to break or bury, or wear as jewelery, which ever you pre- 
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Verse 2:     -fer, The words are hushed - lets not get busted, 
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just lay entwined here undiscovered. 
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    Safe in here from all the stupid questions 
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   "hey did you get some?" Man, that is so dumb. 
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          Stay quiet, stay near, stay close 
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    they    can't hear, so we can get some. 
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Chorus 2:
            My hopes are so high that your kiss might kill me 
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         So    won't you kill me, so I die happy 
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           My heart is yours to fill or burst 
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         to break or bury, or wear as jewelery, which ever you pre- 
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end: 
    -fer, Hands down this is the best day I can ever remember 
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.....  I'll always remember the sound of the stereo 
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The dim of the soft lights, the scent of your hair 
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That you twirled in your fingers, and the time on the clock 
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when we realized    it's so late and this walk that we shared together 
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The streets were wet and the gate was locked 
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So I jumped it and let you in 
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And you stood at your door with your hands on my waist 
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And you kissed me like you meant it 
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And I knew, that you meant it 
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That you meant it, that you meant it 
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And I knew that you meant it, that you meant it. 
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