Matchbox Twenty - Hand Me Down: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Hand Me Down" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

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     C#
Someday they'll find our small town world,
On a big town avenue,
F#
Gonna make you like the way they talk,
When they're talking to you,
C#
Gonna make you break out of your shell,
Cuz they tell you to,
F#
Gonna make you like the way they lie,
Better than the truth,
A#m
They'll tell you everything,
G#/C
You wanted someone else to say,
F#
They're gonna break your heart.

Chorus:
                C#
From what I've seen,
            G#                D#m
You're just one more hand me down,
    F#
But no one's tried to give you,
          C#
What you need,
    G#         Adim7   A#m
Lay all your troubles down,
      F#
I am with you now.

Somebody oughta take you in,
try to make you love again
Try to make you like the way
they feel when they're under your skin
Never once do you think that
they would lie when they're holdin' you
Then you wonder why they haven't
called when they said they'd call you

You'll start to wonder if you're
ever gonna make it by
You'll start to think you were born blind

Chorus

                 A#m
I'm here for the hard times,
                 F/A
The straight to your heart times,
                   C#
When living ain't easy
       D#/G
You can stand up against me,
          D#m
And maybe rely on me and
G#    F#    C#
Cry on me, yeah

 C#
Someday the'll open up your world,
 F#
Shake it down to the very core,
 A#m
Do their best to change you,
 F#
They still can't erase you.

Chorus

Lay them down on me, oh, yeah
You're just one more hand me down
And all those nights don't give you what you need
So lay all your troubles down
On me
On me


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

A#m

Guitar chord A#m

Adim7

Guitar chord Adim7

C

Guitar chord C

C#

Guitar chord C#

D#m

Guitar chord D#m

F#

Guitar chord F#

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

G#

Guitar chord G#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Hand Me Down" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Hand Me Down" by Matchbox Twenty.