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Everyday I Write the Book
Elvis Costello
Intro (2x):
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Abm
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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:
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Chapter one, we didn't really get along, Chapter two, I think I
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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)
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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:
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The way you walk, the way you talk and try to kiss me and laugh in four
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or five paragraphs. All your compliments and your
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cutting remarks are captured here in my quotation marks, and?
(chorus)
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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
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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
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B
E Abm A B
Ev'ryday, ev'ryday, ev'ryday, ev'ryday I write the book.
(repeat unitl fade)
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