The Knife Feels Like Justice Chords
by Brian Setzer
The Knife Feels Like Justice by Brian Setzer is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, Em, Am, D, D/F#, Em/D, Am7, Dsus4 and Em/B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
The Knife Feels Like Justice from his first solo album of the same name. Released in 1986
Key of G
Intro Riff (on 12 string electric):
E----------|-----------------------------------------------------|
B----------|-----------------------------------------------------|
G----------|-------------------0------------0------------0-----|
D----------|------0---------2------------4------------2----0--|
A----------|---2----2---3--------3->-5------5->-3----------|
E-----0-2-|-3--------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------0-------------0------------0------|
|--------0---------2-------------4------------2-----0--|
|-----2----2---3--------3->-5-------5->-3-----------|
|--3-----------------------------------------------------|---3--- etc
Intro (with band):
G - C - | G - C - | G - C - | G - C - |
Verse
G
So you think that you have found
Em
A better life that you should live
C
And you're through givin' it all away
Am
I wish there's something I could say
G
Like the time you looked into the mirror
Em
And saw someone else lookin' back
C
I wish I could find the words
Am
But there's nothing that even comes close
D
'Cause there ain't nobody ever looked at me
Am
Without lookin' right through me
D
There ain't nobody ever looked at me
Am C
Without lookin' right by me
G D/F# Em Em/D Am7
And you can't go on when the knife feels like justice
Intro chords again:
G - C - | G - C - | G - C - | G - C - |
verse 2
G
When the sun dies down and the air grows cold
Em
And the moon plays tricks in the night
Am
Crawlin' low like a snake out of sight
D
Your guide is the northern light
G
You wanna laugh, say I'm insane
Em
Don't have the sense to come in from the rain
C Am
I know how to keep myself between the drops
D Dsus4 D
There ain't nobody ever looked at me
Am
Without lookin' right through me
D Dsus4 D
There ain't nobody ever looked at me
Am C
Without lookin' right by me
G D/F# Em Em/D Am7
And you can't go on when the knife feels like justice
Pre-Guitar Solo Break
Em
Slip away
Am
Slip away
Em Am C D
Slip away
Guitar Solo Chords (like Chorus)
D - - - | - - - - | Am - - - | - - - - | D - - - | - - - - | Am - - - | C - - - |
G - D/F# - | Em - Em/D - | Am7 - - - | - - - - |
G - D/F# - | Em - Em/D - | Am7 - - - | - - - - |
Breakdown (intro again)
verse 3
G
So you think that you have won me over
Em
By settin' me on fire
C
With the sound of your beating heart
Am
And you're burnin' hot desire
G
Like the time I looked at your reflections
Em
And saw someone else lookin' back
C
It's a shame things happen that way
Am
'Cause there's no one that even comes close
D Dsus4 D
And there ain't nobody ever looked at me
Am
Without lookin' right through me
D Dsus4 D
There ain't nobody ever looked at me
Am Em/B C
Without lookin' right by me
G D/F# Em Em/D Am7
And you can't go on when the knife feels like justice
G D/F# Em Em/D Am7
I said you can't go on when the blade tears inside you
G D/F# Em Em/D Am7 Am
You can't go on when the knife feels like justice