Hand Springs
The White StripesVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Chords:
E5
E|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|--------------------7---8--9---|
D|-2--5--6--7--8--9---7---8--9---|
A|-2--5--6--7--8--9---5---6--7---|
E|-0--3--4--5--6--7--------------|
I took my girl to go bowling downtown at the red door
after an argument I started
cause I thought she didn't like me anymore
I can't help it sometimes I feel pitiful
and of course she's so young and beautiful
I bought us two glasses of coke
that's her favorite and I wanted to make up for earlier
but I dropped her glass and it broke
so I just gave my glass to her
she laughed and so did I in our lane
and then she went to a vending machine
to buy a candy cane
but right next to that was a boy I knew
with a spring in his hand
playing a country pinball machine
called 'stand by your man'
I saw him talk to her
but I stayed in my lane
and played my game steady
and was thinking of a day
when I'd be too old to throw a ball this heavy
but I guess I'm young now
so it's easier to knock 'em all down
then I looked and saw her say to him
'you're really hittin' that ball around'
and he's lookin' at her the way I did
when I first met her
I could see in his face
white flowers
and cups of coffee
and love letters
I was sorry to interrupt their game
but I went and did it anyway
I dropped my red bowling ball
through the glass of his machine
I said 'are you quick enough to hit this ball, mr. clean?'
I was scared to lose her
so I couldn't help being mean
and that ended both of our games
I said I was sorry
but my girl left with him just the same
I thought how much I hate when love makes me act this way
I was bent over a broken pinball machine
in a bowling alley and I threw it all away
well isn't it all just a big game?
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Readable chord sheet for Hand Springs by The White Stripes
Chords: [E5] [G5] [Ab5] [A5] [Bb5] [B5] [D5] [Eb5] [E5] E|-------------------------------| B|-------------------------------| G|--------------------7---8--9---| D|-2--5--6--7--8--9---7---8--9---| A|-2--5--6--7--8--9---5---6--7---| E|-0--3--4--5--6--7--------------| I took my girl to go bowling downtown at the red door after an argument I started cause I thought she didn't like me anymore I can't help it sometimes I feel pitiful and of course she's so young and beautiful [A5] [Bb5] [B5] [G5] [G5] [E5] [G5] [G5] [E5] I bought us two glasses of coke that's her favorite and I wanted to make up for earlier but I dropped her glass and it broke so I just gave my glass to her [A5] [Bb5] [B5] [G5] [G5] [E5] [G5] [G5] [E5] she laughed and so did I in our lane and then she went to a vending machine to buy a candy cane but right next to that was a boy I knew with a spring in his hand playing a country pinball machine called 'stand by your man' I saw him talk to her but I stayed in my lane and played my game steady and was thinking of a day when I'd be too old to throw a ball this heavy [A5] [Bb5] [B5] [G5] [G5] [E5] [G5] [G5] [E5] but I guess I'm young now so it's easier to knock 'em all down then I looked and saw her say to him 'you're really hittin' that ball around' and he's lookin' at her the way I did when I first met her I could see in his face white flowers and cups of coffee and love letters [A5] [Bb5] [B5] [G5] [G5] [E5] [G5] [G5] [E5] I was sorry to interrupt their game but I went and did it anyway I dropped my red bowling ball through the glass of his machine I said 'are you quick enough to hit this ball, mr. clean?' I was scared to lose her so I couldn't help being mean [A5] [Bb5] [B5] [G5] [G5] [E5] [G5] [G5] [E5] and that ended both of our games I said I was sorry but my girl left with him just the same I thought how much I hate when love makes me act this way I was bent over a broken pinball machine in a bowling alley and I threw it all away [Ab5] [A5] [Bb5] [B5] [D5] [Eb5] [E5] [G5] [G5] [E5] well isn't it all just a big game?