Biography:
Hands Like Houses is a rock group from Canberra, ACT, Australia.
The band is renowned for its live performances, glorious mustaches, and sophisticated musical style, garnering the group a large following in the Canberra area.
The group released one EP entitled "Bear in Mind, I'm a Lion" and were highly ranked on alternative radio station Triple J's Unearthed competition.
In 2010, the band went to Chango Studios in Florida to record its first work under its new name with producer Cameron Mizell
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Other songs:
- A Fire On A Hill
- A Tale Of Outer Suburbia
- Developments
- Don't Look Now, I'm Being Followed, Act Natural
- I Am
- Lion Skin
- New Romantics
- No Parallels
- Oceandust
- Rediscover (no Parallels)
- The Sower
- This Ain't No Place For Animals
- Colourblind
- Dont Look Now Im Being Followed Act Normal
- Overthinking
- Rediscover No Parallels
- This Aint No Place For Animals
- Torn
- Weight
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Tuned 1/2 step down
I really love this song and I felt that the acoustic rendition from the Snow Sessions on youtube
needed to be chorded out and available for all to play. This isn't the way they play it, but it's how
I figured out how it can be played. I hope it all sounds good for you all. Any questions or
corrections, feel free to drop a comment below. Thanks!
For reference, here is the music video for it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ioymL4qvcM
Am G F D5 E5 Em
E|----5----3----1--------------------
B|----5----3----1--------------------
G|----5----4----2----7----9----------
D|----7----5----3----7----9-----2----
A|----7----5----3----5----7-----2----
E|----5----3----1---------------0----
Am
Is this the edge of the world?
G Am
We chased the horizon down ‘til it hung beneath our feet.
Now I’m drifting blind.
G
All I know is we can’t move closer.
F D5 Am G
and I’ve never seen the lights of the north,
F D5 Am G
The constellations are so unfamiliar.
Between chorus and verse (strike each chord once):
Am, Am, D5, E5
Am D5
We followed far, as far as this machinery takes us,
E5 Am
To this imaginary place where the compass drifts
D5 E5
And our lips shift to our cheeks.
D5 E5
Is this the edge of the world?
Am
All I know is we can’t move closer.
F D5 Am G
and I’ve never seen the lights of the north,
F D5 Am G
The constellations are so unfamiliar.
F Am G
Searching for some apparent place,
Em F
Where floated needles decide the way.
Am G
I’d dig in my heels but I might crack the ice.
G# Am
Give me some solid ground.
Guitar lead-in (listen to the song for timing):
Am G
Eb|-5--x-5--5-5--x-5-5-5-5-5--5--5--5-5-5-5--5--5-3-
Bb|-5--x-5--5-5--x-5-5-5-5-5--5--5--5-5-5-5--5--5-3-
Gb|-5--x-5--5-5--x-5-5-5-5-5--5--5--5-5-5-5--5--5-4-
Db|-7--x-7--7-7--x-7-7-7-7-7--7--7--7-7-7-7--7--7-5-
Ab|-7--x-7--7-7--x-7-7-7-7-7--7--7--7-7-7-7--7--7-5-
Eb|-5--x-5--5-5--x-5-5-5-5-5--5--5--5-5-5-5--5--5-3-
Am D5
The frost is sinking in, in my cheeks,
E5 Am
In my chest, in my fingertips.
D5 E5
‘Desperation,’ we name every cape beyond the last.
Am D5 E5
Frozen senseless. Every day is a winter solstice.
Am D5 E5
The view’s a wonder, but I can’t take it in.
Guitar lead-in (listen to the song for timing):
Am5 G Am G Am G
Eb|------------------------------------
Bb|------------------------------------
Gb|------------------------------------
Db|--7--7--7----5--7--5----7--7--7--5--
Ab|--7--7--7----5--7--5----7--7--7--5--
Eb|--5--5--5----3--5--3----5--5--5--3--
F D5 Am G
and I’ve never seen the lights of the north,
F D5 Am G
The constellations are so unfamiliar.
Guitar lead-in (listen to the song for timing):
Am5 G5 Am5 G5 Am5 G5 Am5 G5
Eb|--------------------------------------------
Bb|--------------------------------------------
Gb|--------------------------------------------
Db|--7--7--7----5--7--5----7--7--7----5--7--5--
Ab|--7--7--7----5--7--5----7--7--7----5--7--5--
Eb|--5--5--5----3--5--3----5--5--5----3--5--3--
F Am G Em F
Sun, make canvas of coastlines, so I know where I stand.
Am G Em F
Make canvas of coastlines, so I know where I stand.
F Am G Em F
Sun, make canvas of coastlines, so I know where I stand.
(We round each cape to find a bay to call our own.)
Am G Em
Make canvas of coastlines.
(We round each cape to find a coast to call our home.)
F D5 Am G
and I’ve never seen the lights of the north,
F D5 Am G
The constellations are so unfamiliar.
F D5 Am G
So unfamiliar, so unfamiliar.
(Sun, make canvas of coastlines, so I know where I stand.)
F D5 Am G F
So unfamiliar, so unfamiliar.
(Make canvas of coastlines.)
I really love this song and I felt that the acoustic rendition from the Snow Sessions on youtube
needed to be chorded out and available for all to play. This isn't the way they play it, but it's how
I figured out how it can be played. I hope it all sounds good for you all. Any questions or
corrections, feel free to drop a comment below. Thanks!
For reference, here is the music video for it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ioymL4qvcM
Am G F D5 E5 Em
E|----5----3----1--------------------
B|----5----3----1--------------------
G|----5----4----2----7----9----------
D|----7----5----3----7----9-----2----
A|----7----5----3----5----7-----2----
E|----5----3----1---------------0----
Am
Is this the edge of the world?
G Am
We chased the horizon down ‘til it hung beneath our feet.
Now I’m drifting blind.
G
All I know is we can’t move closer.
F D5 Am G
and I’ve never seen the lights of the north,
F D5 Am G
The constellations are so unfamiliar.
Between chorus and verse (strike each chord once):
Am, Am, D5, E5
Am D5
We followed far, as far as this machinery takes us,
E5 Am
To this imaginary place where the compass drifts
D5 E5
And our lips shift to our cheeks.
D5 E5
Is this the edge of the world?
Am
All I know is we can’t move closer.
F D5 Am G
and I’ve never seen the lights of the north,
F D5 Am G
The constellations are so unfamiliar.
F Am G
Searching for some apparent place,
Em F
Where floated needles decide the way.
Am G
I’d dig in my heels but I might crack the ice.
G# Am
Give me some solid ground.
Guitar lead-in (listen to the song for timing):
Am G
Eb|-5--x-5--5-5--x-5-5-5-5-5--5--5--5-5-5-5--5--5-3-
Bb|-5--x-5--5-5--x-5-5-5-5-5--5--5--5-5-5-5--5--5-3-
Gb|-5--x-5--5-5--x-5-5-5-5-5--5--5--5-5-5-5--5--5-4-
Db|-7--x-7--7-7--x-7-7-7-7-7--7--7--7-7-7-7--7--7-5-
Ab|-7--x-7--7-7--x-7-7-7-7-7--7--7--7-7-7-7--7--7-5-
Eb|-5--x-5--5-5--x-5-5-5-5-5--5--5--5-5-5-5--5--5-3-
Am D5
The frost is sinking in, in my cheeks,
E5 Am
In my chest, in my fingertips.
D5 E5
‘Desperation,’ we name every cape beyond the last.
Am D5 E5
Frozen senseless. Every day is a winter solstice.
Am D5 E5
The view’s a wonder, but I can’t take it in.
Guitar lead-in (listen to the song for timing):
Am5 G Am G Am G
Eb|------------------------------------
Bb|------------------------------------
Gb|------------------------------------
Db|--7--7--7----5--7--5----7--7--7--5--
Ab|--7--7--7----5--7--5----7--7--7--5--
Eb|--5--5--5----3--5--3----5--5--5--3--
F D5 Am G
and I’ve never seen the lights of the north,
F D5 Am G
The constellations are so unfamiliar.
Guitar lead-in (listen to the song for timing):
Am5 G5 Am5 G5 Am5 G5 Am5 G5
Eb|--------------------------------------------
Bb|--------------------------------------------
Gb|--------------------------------------------
Db|--7--7--7----5--7--5----7--7--7----5--7--5--
Ab|--7--7--7----5--7--5----7--7--7----5--7--5--
Eb|--5--5--5----3--5--3----5--5--5----3--5--3--
F Am G Em F
Sun, make canvas of coastlines, so I know where I stand.
Am G Em F
Make canvas of coastlines, so I know where I stand.
F Am G Em F
Sun, make canvas of coastlines, so I know where I stand.
(We round each cape to find a bay to call our own.)
Am G Em
Make canvas of coastlines.
(We round each cape to find a coast to call our home.)
F D5 Am G
and I’ve never seen the lights of the north,
F D5 Am G
The constellations are so unfamiliar.
F D5 Am G
So unfamiliar, so unfamiliar.
(Sun, make canvas of coastlines, so I know where I stand.)
F D5 Am G F
So unfamiliar, so unfamiliar.
(Make canvas of coastlines.)
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Hank Williams
Hank Williams Ii (...)
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