HAND OF GLORY
As recorded by The Smithereens
(From the 1986 Album ESPECIALLY FOR YOU)


Tune down 1/2 step



[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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"Don't understand
A                            E
Tallow drips upon a withered hand
A          B           E      A
The hidden power of an unborn arm
           B             E  B
The broken branch of the tree
A        B            E         A
A finger dance in the switching yard
        B    E D E D E D E D
Hand of Glory


[Verse 2]
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Don't understand
A                          E
I am but a thief and not a man
A        B            E        A
The wool pattern on a shouting jar
           B             E  B
The broken branch of the tree
    A   B            E       A
One eye sent it to a distant star
        B   E D E D E D E D
Hand of Glory
A       B   E D E D E D E D
Hand of Glory


[Interlude]
E  D  A  C
E  D  A  C


[Guitar Solo]
E  D  A  C
E  D  A  C
E D E D E D E D


[Verse 3]
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Go and understand
A                            E
Tallow drips upon a withered hand
A           B           E       A
Beneath the shadow of a gallows tall
           B             E  B
I took the branch of the tree
A      B        E        A
Let it lie in a picklin' jar
        B   E D E D
Hand of Glory
A       B  E D E D E D E D E
Hand of Glory