Hand In Hand

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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

You say 'Why don't you be a man about it,
like they do in the grown-up movies?'
But when it comes to the other way around,
you say you just wanna use me. Oh,
you sit and you wonder whether
it's gonna be syndicated.
You sit with your knees together.
All the time your breath is baited.

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
Hand in hand, hand in hand, hand in hand...



Spanish Model lyrics

No pidas que me disculpe ya
No pido que me perdones
Si es que caigo hasta abajo
No dejare que me abandones

Tu me dices "hazte ya un hombre
Como los de la pantalla grande"
Pero cuando todo se reviente
Dices "solo me usas"

Sentada me preguntas
Si estoy acondenada
Sentada con rodillas juntas
Respirando agitada

Hand in hand
No pidas que me disculpe ya
No pido que me perdones
Si es que caigo hasta abajo
No dejare que me abandones

No ves me persiguen agresores
Que pueden alterar mis facciones
Mientras yo como patan sentado
Con mi loza fina Yo Lustrando

No ves que so un animal
Que no se puede ni parar
Que infierno me puede mostrar
Que no conozca ya

Hand in hand
No pidas que me disculpe ya
No pido que me perdones
Si es que caigo hasta abajo
No dejare que me abandones

Hand in hand

Hand In Hand
Written byElvis Costello
Performed byElvis Costello & The Attractions
Produced byNick Lowe
MusiciansElvis Costello - vocals, guitar
Steve Nieve - keyboards
Bruce Thomas - bass
Pete Thomas - drums
RecordedNovember 1977-January 1978, Eden Studios, London
ReleasedMarch 17, 1978
AlbumsThis Year's Model, 1978
Collections2½ Years, 1993
PromosOur Aim Is True, 1978
Selections From This Year's Model - Blood & Chocolate - Brutal Youth, 2002
Length2:36

First known performance:
October 13, 1977, Glasgow, Scotland
Last known performance:
August 28, 2022, Thousand Oaks, CA
     (194 known performances)


Alternate versions

Hand In Hand (Live 1978)
Performed byElvis Costello & The Attractions
MusiciansElvis Costello - vocal, guitar
Steve Nieve - keyboards
Bruce Thomas - bass
Pete Thomas - drums
RecordedFebruary 28, 1978, Washington, DC
ReleasedMarch 4, 2008
AlbumsThis Year's Model: Deluxe Edition, 2008
Length2:53

Hand In Hand (Spanish Model Version)
Performed byFrancisca Valenzuela, Luis Humberto Navejas, Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Produced bySebastian Krys from an original idea by Elvis Costello
Spanish adaptationFrancisca Valenzuela & Luis Humberto Navejas
MusiciansFrancisca Valenzuela - vocals
Luis Humberto Navejas - vocals
Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar
Steve Nieve - keyboards
Bruce Thomas - bass
Pete Thomas - drums
RecordedSeptember 2019, Los Angeles (Francisca Valenzuela) and Mexico (Luis Humberto Navejas), November 1977-January 1978, Eden Studios, London (Elvis Costello & The Attractions)
ReleasedSeptember 10, 2021
AlbumsSpanish Model, 2021
Length2:34
This Year's ModelTYM album cover large.jpg

2½ Years2½ Years album cover.jpg

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Covers

Zachary Scot Johnson performed live, home studio production 2022 YouTube
Palomar Sky Survey Are We Heading SouthEP 2000 YouTubeinfo
Bill Phillips Theme Music Groupon Facebook 2019 Facebook
Mathilde Santing Hand In Hand7" single 1983 infoinfoYouTube
Mathilde Santing Out Of This Dream - A Third Side 1987 infoYouTube
Scared Of Chaka Scared Of Chaka 1996 AmazonitunesYouTube
Erich Sellheim home studio production, sung in German 2013 YouTube
Strummer performed live, home studio production 2021 YouTube

Chords

from: Mats Jansson

D                              A
  No don't ask me to apologise.
D                               A
  I won't ask you to forgive me.
D                  Bm
  If I'm gonna go down,
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.
    G
Oh,   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.

 D   A   D
Hand in hand.

D                              A
  No don't ask me to apologise.
D                               A
  I won't ask you to forgive me.
D                  Bm
  If I'm gonna go down,
A               E    A               G
  you're gonna come with me hand in hand,
G/D  A   G    G/D  A   G
hand in hand, hand in hand.
 D   A   D     D   A   D     D   A   D
Hand in hand, hand in hand, hand in hand

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