Hands Down[Acoustic] by Dashboard Confessional

INTRO - / or \ means to slide to next note.

*Repeat this bar twice(3x total)
eb|---------------------|-----------------------------|---------|
Bb|---------------------|-----------------------------|---------|
Gb|---------------------|-----------------------------|---------|
Db|-----4/6\2-----4/6\7-|-----4/6\2---4/6\2-----4/6/7-|-----4-1-|
Ab|---2---------2-------|---2-------2---------2-------|---2-2-2-|
Eb|-0---------0---------|-0-----------------0---------|-0-------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------VERSE 1 - P.M. the chord after strumming it once for the first four chords.
*Repeat these two bars twice (2x)
eb|-------------------------|---------------------||
Bb|-------------------------|---------------------||
Gb|-1-----6-----2-----4-----|--7-7-7-7-/-6-6-6-6--||
Db|-2-----6-----2-----4-----|--7-7-7-7-/-6-6-6-6--||
Ab|-2-----4-----0-----2-----|--5-5-5-5-/-4-4-4-4--||
Eb|-0-----------------------|--0-0-0-0-/-0-0-0-0--||
P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M.
"Your legs are..."
eb|-------------------------|
MUTE
Bb|-------------------------|
Gb|-1-----6-----2-----4-----|
Db|-2-----6-----2-----4-----| "We're doing nothing at all."
Ab|-2-----4-----0-----2-----|
Eb|-0-----------------------|
P.M. P.M. P.M. Mute
----------------------------------------------------------------------------CHORUS - Find out the strumming pattern on your own, it's best that way.
*Repeat these twice (2X)
eb|--0--|--4--|--5--|--4--| My hopes are so high that your kiss might kill me
Bb|--0--|--4--|--5--|--4--| So won't you kill me? So I die happy.
Gb|--1--|--4--|--6--|--4--| My heart is yours, to fill or burst.
Db|--2--|--6--|--7--|--6--| To break or bury, or wear as jewelry.
Ab|--2--|--6--|--7--|--6--| Which ever you prefer.
Eb|--0--|--4--|--5--|--4--|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------VERSE 2 - A slight variation of the first verse.
*Repeat these two bars twice(2x)
eb|-------------------------|---------------------||
Bb|-------------------------|---------------------||
Gb|-1-----6-----2-----4-----|--7-7-7-7-/-6-6-6-6--||
Db|-2-----6-----2-----4-----|--7-7-7-7-/-6-6-6-6--||
Ab|-2-----4-----0-----2-----|--5-5-5-5-/-4-4-4-4--||
Eb|-0-----------------------|--0-0-0-0-/-0-0-0-0--||
P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M.
"Stay quiet,stay near..."
eb|-------------------------|---------------------|
Bb|-------------------------|---------------------|
Gb|-1-----6-----2-----4-----|--7-7-7-7-/-6-6-6-6--|
Db|-2-----6-----2-----4-----|--7-7-7-7-/-6-6-6-6--|
Ab|-2-----4-----0-----2-----|--5-5-5-5-/-4-4-4-4--|
Eb|-0-----------------------|--0-0-0-0-/-0-0-0-0--|
P.M. P.M. Mute Mute
----------------------------------------------------------------------------CHORUS - Find out the strumming pattern on your own, it's best that way.
*Repeat these twice (2X)
eb|--0--|--4--|--5--|--4--| My hopes are so high that your kiss might kill me
Bb|--0--|--4--|--5--|--4--| So won't you kill me? So I die happy.
Gb|--1--|--4--|--6--|--4--| My heart is yours, to fill or burst.
Db|--2--|--6--|--7--|--6--| To break or bury, or wear as jewelry.
Ab|--2--|--6--|--7--|--6--| Which ever you prefer.
Eb|--0--|--4--|--5--|--4--|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------BRIDGE - Strum to the beat and do an up down stroke when switching chords.
*Repeat six times (6X)
eb|--4--|--5--|--7--|--7--|
Bb|--4--|--5--|--7--|--7--|
Gb|--6--|--6--|--9--|--8--|
Db|--6--|--7--|--9--|--9--|
Ab|--4--|--7--|--7--|--9--|
Eb|--4--|--5--|--7--|--7--|

"Hands down, this is the best date..."

ENDING - Last line of the song, good job, you made it.
Eb|--4--|--5--|--0--|
Bb|--4--|--5--|--0--|
Gb|--6--|--6--|--1--|
Db|--6--|--7--|--2--|
Ab|--4--|--7--|--2--|

"And I knew that you meant it, that you mean it...."

Eb|--4--|--5--|--0--|