Hand Me Down
Matchbox 20
By: Tersha Buswell
   (punkrockrebel88)
 
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Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (½ step down)

Intro: D G D G

Verse 1
  D                
Someday they'll find your small town world on a big town avenue
  G
Gonna make you like the way they talk when they're talking to you
  D
Gonna make you break out of the shell cause they tell you to
  G
Gonna make you like the way they lie better than the truth
  Bm
They'll tell you everything you wanted someone else to say
  G
They're gonna break your heart, yeah

Chorus  
               D
From what I've seen
              A                             Em       
You're just a one more hand me down
  G                                                D
Cause no one's tried to give you what you need  
       A                              Em 
So lay all your troubles down    
      G
I am with you now

Verse 2        
D
Somebody ought to take you in  
G
Try to make you love again
D
Try to make you like the way they feel
G
When they're under your skin
D
Never once did think they'd lie when they're holding you
G
You wonder why they haven't called when they said they'd call you 
Bm
You start to wonder if you're ever gonna make it by
G
You'll start to think you were born blind

Chorus  
               D
From what I've seen
              A                             Em       
You're just a one more hand me down
  G                                                D
Cause no one's tried to give you what you need  
       A                              Em 
So lay all your troubles down    
      G
I am with you now

Bridge  
Bm
I'm here for the hard times
F#
The straight to your heart times
Em
Whenever it ain't easy
Bm
You can stand up against me
F#
And maybe rely on me
Em
And cry on me, yeah
D
Oh no, no, no

Verse 3  
  D    
Some day they'll open up your world
  G
Shake it down on a drawing board
  D
Do their best to change you
  G
They still can't erase you

Chorus  
               D
From what I've seen
              A                             Em       
You're just a one more hand me down
  G                                                D
Cause no one's tried to give you what you need  
       A                              Em 
So lay all your troubles down    
      G
I am with you now

Ending...( Chords Same as Chorus)