In Your Hands by Bruce Campbell (2013)
capo 2 INTRO: A D A D G C G C x 2
A D A
Here you sit all sad and sore
D G
Thinking life owes you much more
C G
Put the blame on everything
C D / D / A
Except the pain that lies within
D A
Shake that monkey off your back
D G
Put that black dog in a sack
C G
Move that backside off its chair
C D / D /
Get outside and feel the air
CHORUS:
Em B7
Come on now, the sky’s so blue
C
The sun is smiling just for you
D
That’s true
Em B7
Come on now, see life is grand
Am
Grab it tight and take a stand
D [STOP]
And understand
Em C D
It’s in your hands
Em C D
A D A
A life within is good and fine
D G
But not if it’s just marking time
C G
There’s a world outside your door
C D / D / A
It’s the one that you’re made for
A D A
Sitting here inside the gloom
D G
Sinking into dust and doom
C G
Someone out there all the while
C D / D /
Is waiting just to see you smile
CHORUS REPEAT+
repeat last line
BREAK: A | D | A | D | G C | G C | G C | D |
A D A
One word starts an epic tale
D G
One step starts the longest trail
C G
One breath marks a new life born
C D / D / A
One heart mended that was torn
A D A
Shake that monkey off your back
D G
Put that black dog in a sack
C G
Someone out there all the while
C D / D /
Is waiting just to see you smile
CHORUS (except last line):
Em B7
Come on now, the sky’s so blue
C
The sun is smiling just for you
D
That’s true
Em B7
Come on now, see life is grand
Am
Grab it tight and take a stand
D
And understand
CHORUS (all)+ repeat last line
Em C D
It’s in your hands
Em C D
It’s in your hands
Em C D
It’s in your hands….oh, oh, oh, oh x 3
Em C D
It’s in your hands
A | D | A | D | G C | G C | G C | finish on D