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Everyday I Write The Book Chords

(ver. 1)
Elvis Costello
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Here it is, by request.  This is from memory, so don't blame me for typos
I'll see what I can do.  Also, check out the homepage on WWW.  Enjoy,

                    Everyday I Write the Book
                          Elvis Costello


Intro (2x):
C#m

Abm

Amaj7

B

        E                          Abm                 C#m
Don't tell me you don't know what love is when you're old enough to
       Abm                C#m                       F#m
know better.  When you find strange hands in your sweater, when
          Abm         C#                          F#m
your dreamboat turns out to be a footnote, I'm a man with a
            Abm           B
mission in two or three editions, and?

  (chorus)
 E   Abm         A      B        E         Abm
I'm giving you a long look ev'ryday, ev'ryday,
      A         B                E   Abm
ev'ryday, ev'ryday I write the book.
 A

 B


1st Verse:
           C#m                                      E
Chapter one, we didn't really get along, Chapter two, I think I
  Abm              E  A B     C#m
fell in love with you.  you said you'd stand by me in the
                                       F#m
middle of Chapter three, but you were up to your old tricks in Chapters
 Abm             B
four, five, and six, and?

  (chorus)
 E   Abm         A      B        E         Abm
I'm giving you a long look ev'ryday, ev'ryday,
      A         B                E   Abm
ev'ryday, ev'ryday I write the book.
 A

B


2nd verse:
                C#m                                            E
The way you walk, the way you talk and try to kiss me and laugh in four
     Abm       E   A B C#m
or five paragraphs.       All your compliments and your
                      F#m                Abm        B
cutting remarks are captured here in my quotation marks, and?

  (chorus)
 E   Abm         A      B        E         Abm
I'm giving you a long look ev'ryday, ev'ryday,
      A         B                E   Abm
ev'ryday, ev'ryday I write the book.
A
B


        E                           Abm          C#m
Don't tell me you don't know the diff'rence, between a lover and a
  Abm              C#m                      F#m         Abm
fighter.  With my pen and my electric typewriter, even in a
                      C#                          F#m
perfect world where ev'ryone was equal, I'd still own the film rights
         Abm            B
and be working on the sequel.

{coda}
 E   Abm         A      B        E         Abm
I'm giving you a long look ev'ryday, ev'ryday,
      A         B                C#m
ev'ryday, ev'ryday I write the book.

Abm

A

B
 E

Abm

A
 B


     E         Abm       A         B
Ev'ryday, ev'ryday, ev'ryday, ev'ryday I write the book.

(repeat unitl fade)

  Chords      E A D G B E
    C#m       - - 2 1 2 0
        E |????|???|???|???|???|
        B ||???|???|???|???|???|
        G ||???|???|???|???|???|
        D ||???|???|???|???|???|
        A ||???|???|???|???|???|
        E ||???|???|???|???|???|

    G#m       4 6 6 4 4 4
        E ||???|???|???|???|???|
        B ||???|???|???|???|???|
        G ||???|???|???|???|???|
        D ||???|???|???|???|???|???|
        A ||???|???|???|???|???|???|
        E ||???|???|???|???|???|

    Amaj7     - 0 2 1 2 0
        E |????|???|???|???|???|
        B ||???|???|???|???|???|
        G ||???|???|???|???|???|
        D ||???|???|???|???|???|
        A |????|???|???|???|???|
        E ||???|???|???|???|???|

    B         - 2 4 4 4 2
        E ||???|???|???|???|???|
        B ||???|???|???|???|???|
        G ||???|???|???|???|???|
        D ||???|???|???|???|???|
        A ||???|???|???|???|???|
        E ||???|???|???|???|???|

    E         0 2 2 1 0 0
        E |????|???|???|???|???|
        B |????|???|???|???|???|
        G ||???|???|???|???|???|
        D ||???|???|???|???|???|
        A ||???|???|???|???|???|
        E |????|???|???|???|???|

    F#m       2 4 4 2 2 2
        E ||???|???|???|???|???|
        B ||???|???|???|???|???|
        G ||???|???|???|???|???|
        D ||???|???|???|???|???|
        A ||???|???|???|???|???|
        E ||???|???|???|???|???|

    C#        - - 3 1 2 1
        E ||???|???|???|???|???|
        B ||???|???|???|???|???|
        G ||???|???|???|???|???|
        D ||???|???|???|???|???|
        A ||???|???|???|???|???|
        E ||???|???|???|???|???|

    A         - 0 2 2 2 0
        E |????|???|???|???|???|
        B ||???|???|???|???|???|
        G ||???|???|???|???|???|
        D ||???|???|???|???|???|
        A |????|???|???|???|???|
        E ||???|???|???|???|???|
            
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