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--------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
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|---------------------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