Chords for Elvis Costello And The Attractions - White Knuckles (1981) [+Lyrics]

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_ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
[G#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [C#m] _ [B] Wipe knuckles, [A] stand down [E] to put [F#m] your [B] problems _
[G#] _ [A] on
[C#m] This _ [B] _
[A] is the one [E] that has got [A] his heart [E] set on
It [D#] doesn't matter [C#m] if your vest [B] doesn't fit
[A] There's [G#m] no charge [F#m] for [Bm] changing it
_ Ooh, ooh, [F#m] ooh, ooh _
[G] What are you [A] doing? _ _ _
[Bm] You see right through [F#m] him _ _
[G] You don't have to take it when he gets [E] fooled
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ Wipe knuckles on black and blue skin
You don't have to take it so he just gives in
_ Wipe knuckles, sweating on the head but
Never found out what the chisels _ [G#m] are
_ [A] _ _ [C#m] _ [B] Losing faith [A] with the bars, [G#m] got his whisper [F#m] in [B] his [G#m] ear
_ [A] _ [C#m] They _ [B] never [A] found out [E] what they're called [A] in the [E] math and gear
Maybe [B] they were [C#m] loved when they [B] were [A] young
Maybe [G#m] they should [F#] be hung by [B] their [Bm] tongues
[F#m] Ooh, ooh, ooh, _ ooh
[G] Under the blankets [A] with the body chair
[Bm] He needs to love, [F#m] the ass needs to turn
[G] And he can't abide for all the fancy [E] footwear _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Wipe knuckles on black and blue skin
He didn't mean to hit her but she kept laughing
Wipe knuckles, sweating on the head but
Never found out what the chisels [G#m] are
I [A] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _
[A] was so immune [E] to time [F#m] with little better [B] drops [F#] in the [E] slot
_ _ _ I _ _ [A] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] was a [A] better glam [E] on the news [F#m] headline [B] but it's [A] all just _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ [E] art _
[C#m] But I've hardly never ever dinked [B] on gum [A] shit
I [G#m] don't go as [F#m] much when [Bm] I go to sleep
Ooh, [F#m] ooh, ooh, _ [G] ooh
It gets [A] right under your skin
[Bm] _ It makes you [F#m] ask, man trouble to sin
[G] You don't have to take it so you just give in
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ Wipe knuckles on black and blue skin
He didn't mean to hit her but she kept laughing
Wipe knuckles, sweating on the head but
Never found out what the chisels are _
_ Wipe knuckles on black and blue skin
You don't have to take it so you just give in
Wipe knuckles, sweating on the head but
Never found out what the chisels [F] are
Wipe [G] knuckles, sweating on the head [C] but
Mother _ said, your shoes and your [G] _
[C] sister said
I know you're so tough when he got through your head
You took it to the drop _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] Mother said, your shoes [Am] and your sister [C] said
I know you're so tough when he got through your head
You _ _ _ [E] took it to the drop _ _ _ _ _
[C] Mother said, your shoes and your sister said
I know you're so tough when he got through your head
You took it to the _ _ [E] drop
_ _ _ _ Oh _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
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