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Hand In Hand

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                                D   A(or D/A)
  No, don't ask me to apologise.
  DI won't ask you to forgive me.A  
  DIf I'm gonna D/C#go   Bmdown,A  
              E(A/E) A  
  you're gonna come with me
  F#mYou say 'Why don't you be a man about it,
  Bmlike they do in the grown-up movies?'
  F#mBut when it comes to the other way around,
  Ayou say you just waEnna Ause me. Oh,
  Gyou sit and you wonder whether
  Bmit's gonna be syndicated.
  GYou sit with your knees together.
  AAll the time yEour Abreath is baited.G  
  DHand Ain DHand.
  No, don't ask me to apologise.
  I won't ask you to forgive me.
  If I'm gonna go down,
  you're gonna come with me
  Don't you know I got the bully boys out
  changing someone's facial design,
  sitting with my toy room lout,
  polishing my precious china
  Don't you know I'm an animal?
  But don't you know I can't stand up steady?
  But you can't show me any kind of hell
  that I don't know already.
  Hand in Hand.
  No, don't ask me to apologise.
  I won't ask you to forgive me.
  If I'm gonna go down,
  you're gonna come with me
  DHand Ain Ghand, Dhand Ain Ghand, Dhand Ain Ghand
  DHand Ain Dhand, Dhand Ain Dhand, Dhand Ain Dhand...

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Hand In Hand

by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

D/A

D/C#

A/E

F#m

D A D/A

(or )

No, don't ask me to apologise.

D A

I won't ask you to forgive me.

D D/C# Bm A

If I'm gonna go down,

A/E A

E()

you're gonna come with me

F#m

You say 'Why don't you be a man about it,

like they do in the grown-up movies?'

F#m

But when it comes to the other way around,

A E A

you say you just wanna use me. Oh,

you sit and you wonder whether

it's gonna be syndicated.

You sit with your knees together.

A E A G

All the time your breath is baited.

D A D

Hand in Hand.

No, don't ask me to apologise.

I won't ask you to forgive me.

If I'm gonna go down,

you're gonna come with me

Don't you know I got the bully boys out

changing someone's facial design,

sitting with my toy room lout,

polishing my precious china

Don't you know I'm an animal?

But don't you know I can't stand up steady?

But you can't show me any kind of hell

that I don't know already.

Hand in Hand.

No, don't ask me to apologise.

I won't ask you to forgive me.

If I'm gonna go down,

you're gonna come with me

D A G D A G D A G

Hand in hand, hand in hand, hand in hand

D A D D A D D A D

Hand in hand, hand in hand, hand in hand...

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