Chord Hand In Hand by Elvis Costello

great tune , like the rest of the album . D A or D/A 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 , E A/E A you’re gonna come with me F#m you say ’why don’t you be a man about it , Bm 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 , G you sit and you wonder whether Bm it’s gonna be syndicated . G 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 . . .