When I Decide Chords
When I Decide by My Terrible Friend is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords Em, G, C, D, Dsus4 and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
Em G C G C G D
Em G C G C D Dsus4 D
verse 1
G D Am Em C
Darlin' there's a river near the house where I grew up
G D C
And I think it might be moving fast enough
G D Am Em C
And there's a silence there so thick that you could stick a knife in it
G D C G
Or anything that you've been dreaming of
Pre-Chorus
Em D G
And you should know that my affections are always true
Em C Am D Dsus4 D
And my heart's got a tricky valve that beats for nobody but you
Chorus
C G
And when I decide to kill you
C D
I'll do it with my hands
C Em D
And fine gloves worth the death of a gentleman
C G
My words may seem mighty hollow
C D
But don't doubt that I can
C G
'Cos I've got long fingers for a woman
Harmonica Bit
Em G C G C G D
Em G C G C D Dsus4 D
verse 2
G D Am Em C
Last night I found a note you wrote and left inside my room
G D C
And picked apart the words you didn't choose
G D Am Em C
I wrote out every one and then I hid them ‘round your room
G D C G
This love is bound with heart and guts and glue
Pre-Chorus
Em D G
May I say that my intentions are through and through
Em C Am D Dsus4 D
And there's a twitch in my left eyebrow that tics for nobody but you
C G
And when I decide to kill you
C D
I'll do it with my hands
C Em D
And fine gloves worth the death of a gentleman
C G
My words may seem mighty hollow
C D
But don't doubt that I can
C G
'Cos I've got long fingers for a woman
2nd Harmonica Bit
Em G C G C G D
Bridge
Am Em C
If I should seem distracted
Em G
Oh, you needn't be confused
Em G D
'Cos darlin', you have no idea the things I'd do for you
D Em C
There's a hole that's in the wall there
Em G
And I put it there for you
Em G D C G
'Cos darlin' you have no idea the things I'd do to you
C G
And when I decide to kill you
C D
I'll do it with my hands
C Em D
And fine gloves worth the death of a gentleman
C G
My words may seem mighty hollow
C D
But don't doubt that I can
C G
'Cos I've got long fingers for a woman