====== A Hand To Take Hold Of The Scene ======

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I'm the [Bm]band in a show bout a man holding hands with his [A]wife
On a [Bm]therapist's couch with his face to the ground (after fucking around countless [A]nights)
And, in this [G]one episode, close-up cameras are showing him [A]crying
His red [Em]head and[G] his red [A]eyes

?I'm the [Bm]band in a show bout a boy being buried a[A]live,
?From his [Bm]head to his toes, by a criminal (but with a sensitive soul!)
?with a set of raccoon [A]eyes,
?And there's this [G]scene in the show when a hustler knows he's gonna [A]die.
?The ground [Em]opens[G] and he climbs in[A]side.

>>[D]And as he speaks his last [A]line, a thought falls from his [Em]mind and I 
>>pick it up [G]right through the [A]TV:
>>Oh, [Em]oh      [G]
>>Is there a [A]hand to take hold of the scene?

[D]  [Em]  [A]  [G]

?I'm a [Bm]man in a dream and there, dancing in front of my [A]eyes,
?Is the queen - [Bm]formed out of flaws, with her eyes all gone odd and a rod bolted into her [A]spine.
?She rises [G]up like a yawn. She grips my heart like a claw, splits apart like a jaw, like an [A]eye.
?And she [Em]asks me[G] with a [A]sigh,

?>>[D]When we're so far from [A]right
?>>When we're losing the [Em]fight
?>>When we're letting the [G]light weaken it's [A]beam -
?>>Oh, [Em]oh    [G]
?>>Is there a [A]hand to take hold of the scene?

[D]  [Em]  [A]  [G]

>I want a [D]smile like a [Em]glistening shard. I want a kiss that's as sharp as a 
>[A]knife. The day [G]expires.
>and the [D]dry, cracked, [Em]trembling lips God saw fit  
>to put this kiss in[A]side
>I push them [G]up to [D]you. I'd like to bear [Em]witness [A]to 


?A [N.C.]light that is fine and is filling the cryingest [A]eyes,
?[Bm]Grace in each face that is making the wastedest, brokenest ones fairly [A]fly,
?[G]Love that is innocent, of that ol' cynical, covetest, cancerous [A]vibe,
?And a [Em]beauty [G] that an[A]nihilates all life

?>>[D]Like it's lived in these [A]nights, holding your hatred [Em]tight
?>>Like a sign that you're [G]right or you're strong
?>>[D]When your doors are shut [A]tight, I will dream you to[Em]night,
?>>And my dream will just [G]sweep you along.
?>>[D]When all fires are [A]fanned, when we're shucking our [Em]plans,
?>>When we're too weak to [G]stand on our two [A]feet -
?>>Oh, [Em]oh     [G]
?>>Is there a [A]hand to take hold of this scene?

[D]  [Em]  [A]  [G]
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