Elvis Costello & The Attractions – White Knuckles (Guitar)

C#m   B             A       E        F#m        B  G#m A
White knuckles came down to put the frighteners on

C#m   B             A             E       F#m       E
I believe she's the one that he's got his heart set on

C#m        B              C#m           B
It doesn't matter if your face doesn't fit

A          G#m        F#m
There's no charge for changing it

Bm       F#m G
Oooh ooh

                  A
What are you doing

Bm                        F#m
You see right through him

G
You don't have to take it when he gets cruel

E
White knuckles on black and blue skin

E
You don't have to take it so you just give in

E
White knuckles sweatin' on the headboard

                                            G#m A
He never found out what the kisser was for

C#m    B             A                E           F#m   B   G#m A
Losing face with the boys while she's whispering in his ear

C#m  B           A            E         F#m      E
They never found out why they called it laughing gear

C#m        B             C#m            B
Maybe they weren't loved when they were young

A          G#m       F#m
Maybe they should be hung by their tongues

Bm      F#m G
Oooh ooh

                            A
Under the blankets with the body jerk

B#m                   F#m
He needs her like the axe needs the turkey

G
Making a mockery of his fancy footwork

E
White knuckles on black and blue skin

E
He didn't mean to hit her but she kept laughing

E
White knuckles sweatin' on the headboard

                                            G#m A
He never found out what the kisser was for

C#m     B              A      E                 F#m         B      A E F#m E G#m A
There's always someone new to toy with when the penny drops in the slot

C#m B              A            E       F#m
Now it's all petty crime on the news at nine

        B          A E
But it's all she's got

C#m         B           C#m               B
Love on the never never dreams don't come cheap

A       G#m      F#m
I don't close my eyes when I go to sleep

Bm      F#m G
Oooh ooh

              A
It gets right under your skin

B#m                          F#m
It makes you as miserable as sin but

G
You don't have to take it so you just give in

E
White knuckles on black and blue skin

E
He didn't mean to hit her but she kept laughing

E
White knuckles sweatin' on the headboard

E
He never found out what the kisser was for

E
White knuckles on black and blue skin

E
You don't have to take it so you just give in

E
White knuckles sweatin' on the headboard

E
He never found out what the kisser was for

F                  G     C
Why don't you come round anymore

F  G   C
Mama said

C
He's using you

F  G    C
Sister said

C
I told you so too

     F       G           C
When he goes through your head

                         E G
You took him to be true