The Handshake Chords

by MGMT
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author nadroJ22 [a] 170.
2 contributors total, last edit on Apr 19, 2021

Chords

A
G
D
G/F#
Em
Bm
A/C#
B
D#
G#m
F#
E

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[Intro]
Organ fade in,
 
e|-------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|-------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G|-------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-------|------------0--2--0----|-----------------------|------------0--2--0----|-----------------------|
A|-------|-0----0--2-------------|-----2----0--2-0-------|-0----0--2-------------|-----2----0--2-0-------|
E|-0--3--|-----------------------|-----------------0--3--|-----------------------|-----------------0--3--|
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
A                   G
I just shook the handshake
G                  D
I just sealed the deal
A                G
I'll try not to let them
         G                D
Take everything they can steal
A              G
People always told me
G                  D
Don't forget your roots
A             G                              D
I know I can feel them underneath my leather boots
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
 
G      G/F#         Em      A
You toss all the mornings lost
         D              A      Bm
to the clouds and you watch it go
      G             G/F#         Em       A/C#
Your fair weather friends on a parachute binge
     D             A     Bm
get lost when the wind blows
        G                     A
The handshake's stuck on the tip of my tongue
    Bm
It tastes like death but it looks like fun
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
B
I was a loner
            Em     D#   G#m
I was just waiting by myself
      D
When you, warped temptress
                   F#            B
Rose to bring me happiness and wealth
       Em            D#           D                A
Black tears, black smile, black credit cards and shoes
A
You can call all the people you want
         E                 F#
But it's you who's being used
 
B
Under your black eyes, honey
Em       D#         G#m
Right beneath your nose
    D
A curse on all creation
       F#                B
Every single thing you know
        Em          D#            D             A
White smoke, white light, white marble on the floor
A
It would only take a few seconds of darkness to
E                      F#
figure out what's in store
        F#
Little girl
 
 
[Chorus]
 
G  G/F#        Em       A              D
Mmmmmm you convince yourself that you want
             A     Bm
it, but you don't know
     G       G/F#      Em        A
You keep on trying to wash the blood from your
D              A    Bm
hands, but it won't go
G                     A
We're gonna keep you on the run
 
 
[Outro]
 
Bm
We got the handshake under our tongue
Bm
We got the handshake under our tongue
Bm
We got the handshake under our tongue
Bm
We got the handshake under our tongue
 
Bm
We got the handshake (until fade out)
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6 comments
jon_acosta123
The second verse should be: B Em D# G#m B D F# B Em D# D A E F#
+2
crazy8rgood
Great tab, easier to understand then the the other one, 5 stars. I wish somebody would tab out the Live at Leeds version, I love the solo James does at the end.
+1
megajeff15
that C# should NOT be an A!
+1