The Kinks – A Little Bit Of Abuse (Guitar)

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B                A
One on the nose, one on the chin,

B                   A
You bruise so easy, so why stay with him?

B                A            G#m      C#m
He uses you just like a human punching bag.

B                       A
But you don't complain, you're too scared to speak.

B                                     A
Anyway, it only really hurts you when you laugh,

B                                A    G#m   C#m
But you can't break the pattern, week after week.

C#m         C#maj7sus2
The bruises show,

       B                         F#m               G#m   E G#m A
But he must be special otherwise you'd just get up and go.

             B      E G#m A
You'll never let us know

        B       E G#m A
Exactly how you feel.

           B        A                  B
What's the use, the cynics say it's no excuse,

         A                    B                   E G#m A
You keep running back just to get a little bit of abuse.

             B  E G#m A
You say it's okay,

               B        E G#m A B
But I say that it's not right.

       A
You're winding up[?]

           B
But you're living in fear,

         A                         B
You keep going back but it ends in tears, oh.

B                                 A
That's quite a cut on the side of your head.

B                               A
Is it from his fist, or did you really fall out of bed?

B
Oh, so uncouth,

       A           G#m  C#m
Excuse me, is this your tooth?

B                A
Why do you stay, no one knows.

B                          A
Do you really love him, or are you too scared to go?

B                         A      G#m     C#m
You're always nervous and on the edge of tears.

C#m       C#maj7sus2
You cry alone,

        B                       F#m                    G#m   E G#m A
But you never tell us what it's like when you get back home.

            B     E G#m A
No one will ever know

            B     E G#m A
Because you never show.

           B
What's the use,

         A                  B
Everyone says you've got no excuse,

         A                                        B    E G#m A
You keep running back just to get a little bit of abuse.

             B    E G#m A
You say it's okay,

               B        E G#m A
But I say that it's not right.

    B               A                        B
Oh, did you secret, did you lie, you were my pretty sides. [?]

   A                            B
It takes two sides to know it's true,

    A               B          E G#m A
And baby, I'll stay right with you.

            B         E G#m A
No one will ever know,

            B         E G#m A B A B A B A B B
Because you never show.