Chords for "A Little Bit Of Abuse"

Date: May 17, 1997  2:16 PM
From: Ryoji Shirai


A Little Bit Of Abuse

Written by: Ray Davies

Published by: Davray Music Ltd.

Intro : E G#m A B    C#m/A  B C#m/A B

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,

And when you eat.
B                                A    G#m   C#m
But you can't break the pattern, week after week.
            C#maj9       
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#maj9 
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.

*Major diatonic chords song. Great use it.

             C#m - C#maj9 - B
       B str -5-----4-----4---
       G str -6-----5-----4---
       D str -6-----6-----4---
       A str -4-----4-----2---

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