Dancing With Our Hands Tied
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Capo 1
INTRO
Em/G Bm7 G Asus2
verse 1
Em
I, I loved you in secret
Bm
First sight, yeah, we love without reason
G
Oh, twenty-five years old
G
Oh, how were you to know?
Em
And my, my love had been frozen
Bm
Deep blue, but you painted me golden
G
Oh, and you held me close
G
Oh, how was I to know?
PRE-Chorus
Em/G
I could've spent forever with your hands in my pockets
Bm7
Picture of your face in an invisible locket
G
You said there was nothing in the world that could stop it
G Asus2
I had a bad feeling
Em/G
And darling, you had turned my bed into a sacred oasis
Bm7
People started talking, putting us through our paces
G
I knew there was no one in the world who could take it
G Asus2
I had a bad feeling
[Refrão] Em/G
But we were dancing
Bm7
Dancing with our hands tied, hands tied
G
Yeah, we were dancing
G Asus2
Like it was the first time, first time
Em/G
Yeah, we were dancing
Bm7
Dancing with our hands tied, hands tied
G
Yeah, we were dancing
G Asus2
And I had a bad feelingggg
But we were dancing
verse 2
Em
I, I loved you in spite of
Bm
Deep fears that the world would divide us
G
So, baby, can we dance
G
Oh, through an avalanche?
Em
And say, say that we got it
Bm
I'm a mess, but I'm the mess that you wanted
G
Oh, 'cause it's gravity
G
Oh, keeping you with me
PRE-Chorus
Em/G
I could've spent forever with your hands in my pockets
Bm7
Picture of your face in an invisible locket
G
You said there was nothing in the world that could stop it
G Asus2
I had a bad feeling
[Refrão] Em/G
But we were dancing
Bm7
Dancing with our hands tied, hands tied
G
Yeah, we were dancing
G Asus2
Like it was the first time, first time
Em/G
Yeah, we were dancing
Bm7
Dancing with our hands tied, hands tied
G
Yeah, we were dancing (knew we had our hands tied)
G Asus2
And I had a bad feelingggg
Em
But we were dancing
BRIDGE
Bm
I'd kiss you as the lights went out
G
Swaying as the room burned down
G Asus2
I'd hold you as the water rushes in
Em
If I could dance with you again
Bm
I'd kiss you as the lights went out
G
Swaying as the room burned down
G Asus2
I'd hold you as the water rushes in
Em
If I could dance with you again (yeah yeah)
[Refrão] Bm7
Dancing with our hands tied, hands tied
G
Yeah, we were dancing
G Asus2
Like it was the first time, first time
Em/G
Yeah, we were dancing (ohh)
Bm7
Dancing with our hands tied, hands tied (dancing with our hands tied)
G
Yeah, we were dancing
G Asus2
And I had a bad feelingggg
Em
But we were dancing
OUTRO
Em/G Bm7 G G Asus2 Bm
Hands tied, hands tied
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