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Everyday I Write The Book Bass

(ver. 2)
Elvis Costello
 Intro
  Q=100
 4/4
  Gtr I
  E Q.   +H       E Q.   +H       E Q.   +H       E Q.   +Q.   S S
|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------2-2-|
|-4-4----(4)----|---------------|---------------|-2-2----(2)-------|
|---------------|-4-4----(4)----|-5-5----(5)----|------------------|


  E Q.   +Q   Q     E Q.   +Q.   S S   E Q.   +Q.   S S   E Q.   +H
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|---------------||
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|---------------||
|-4-4----(4)--x\--|--------------7-7-|------------------|-2-2----(2)----||
|-----------------|-4-4----(4)-------|-5-5----(5)---5-5-|---------------||


 1st & 2nd Verses
  $
  E E S S E H      E E S S E H      E E S S E H      E E S S E H
|---9------------|---8------------|---9---6--------|---8------------|
|-------9---6----|-------9---6----|-----------6----|-------9---6----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


  E E S S E H      E  E S  S E  Q  Q
|---9---6--------|---11---------------|
|-----------6----|--------11----------|
|----------------|-------------12-----|
|----------------|--------------------|


  S S E E E +Q.   S S   S S E E E +Q.   S S
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-6-6-------------6-6-|----------------------|
|---------------------|-4-4---4-4-(4)--------|
|-------4-4-(4)-------|-----------------4-4--|


         To Coda
  S S E E E +H       S S E E E +H
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|---------2-(2)----|
|-2-2---2-2-(2)----|-4-4--------------|


   Chorus
    E Q  S S E Q  S S   E Q  S S S S E Q
||-----------1-1--1---|-2-2--1-2-4---------|
||o-2-2--2-4--------2-|------------1---1---|
||o-------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------|--------------------|


  E Q  S S E Q  S S   E Q  S S S S E Q    E Q  S S E Q  S S
|----------1-1----1-|-2-2--1-2-4--------|----------1-1----1-|
|-2-2--2-4------2---|------------1---1--|-2-2--2-4------2---|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|


                          Bridge
  E E E S S S S E E S S    E Q.   +Q.   S S
|-2-2---1-2-4-----------||------------------|
|-------------1---1-2-1-||------------------|
|-----------------------||-4-4----(4)-----2-|
|-----------------------||--------------4---|


  E Q.   +H       E Q  S S E Q  S S
|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------|-2-2----------------|
|-4-4----(4)----|------2-0------4-2--|
|---------------|----------4-4-------|


  E Q  S S E Q  S S   E Q.   +Q.   S S   E Q.   +Q   Q     S S E E E +H
|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---2-----------2-1-|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|------4-2----------|-4-4----(4)-----2-|-4-4----(4)--x\--|------------------|
|-4--------0-0------|--------------4---|-----------------|-2-2-----2-(2)----|


                      Chorus
  S S E E E +H         E Q  S S E Q  S S   E Q  S S S S E Q
|-------------------||----------1-1--1---|-2-2--1-2-4---------|
|------------------o||-2-2--2-4--------2-|------------1---1---|
|---------2-(2)----o||-------------------|--------------------|
|-4-4---------------||-------------------|--------------------|


  E Q  S S E Q  S S   E Q  S S S S E Q    S S E E E +Q.   S S
|----------1-1--1---|-2-2--1-2-4--------|---------------------|
|-2-2--2-4--------2-|------------1---1--|---------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-4-4-----4-(4)---2-0-|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|


                                              D.S. al Coda
  S S E E E +Q.   S S   S S E E E +Q.   E   S S E E E +H
|---------------------|-------------------|------------------||
|-----------------2-2-|-------------------|------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------|-2-2-----2-(2)----||
|-4-4-----4-(4)-------|-5-5-----5-(5)---5-|------------------||


                        Chorus
  &
  S S E E E +Q.   S S    E Q  S S E E +S  S S S   E Q  S S S S E Q
|---------------------||----------1-1-(1)---1---|-2-2--1-2-4---------|
|---------------------||-2-2--2-4---------2---2-|------------1---1---|
|---------2-(2)---2-4-||------------------------|--------------------|
|-4-4-----------------||------------------------|--------------------|


  E Q  S S E Q  S S   E Q  S S S S E Q    E Q  S S E Q  S S
|----------1-1----1-|-2-2--1-2-4--------|----------1-1----1-|
|-2-2--2-4------2---|------------1---1--|-2-2--2-4------2---|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|


  E Q  S S S S E Q    E Q  S S E Q  S S   E Q  S S S S E E S S
|-2-2--1-2-4--------|----------1-1----1-|-2-2--1-2-4------------|
|------------1---1--|-2-2--2-4------2---|------------1---1-2-1--|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|


  S S E E E +Q.   S S   S S E E E +Q.   E   S S E E E Q  Q
|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------||
|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------||
|-4-4-----4-(4)---2-0-|-------------------|--------------2--||
|---------------------|-4-4-----4-(4)---4-|-5-5---5-5-------||


 Outro
  Q.   E E Q  S S   E Q  S S S S E E S S   E Q  S S E Q  S S
|-----------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|--------6-6----6-|-7-7--6-7-9-----------|----------6-6----6-|
|------7------7---|------------6---6-----|-7-7--7-9------7---|
|-0---------------|------------------7-7-|-------------------|


  E Q  S S S S E E S S   E Q  S S E Q  S S   E Q  S S S S E Q
|----------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-7-7--6-7-9-----------|----------6-6----6-|-7-7--6-7-9---------|
|------------6---6-----|-7-7--7-9------7---|------------6---6---|
|------------------7-7-|-------------------|--------------------|


  E Q  S S E Q  S S   E Q  S S S S E Q    E Q  S S E Q  S S
|-------------------|-------------------|------9-9------9-9-|
|----------6-6----6-|-7-7--6-7-9--------|----------6-6------|
|-7-7--7-9------7---|------------6---6--|-7-7---------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|


  E Q  S S Q  Q    E Q  S S E E +S  S S S   E Q  E E E Q
|--------6-8-----|------9-9-----------9-9-|--------6-8----|
|-7-7--9---------|----------6-6-(6)-6-----|-7-7--9--------|
|-------------6--|-7-7--------------------|------------6--|
|----------------|------------------------|---------------|


  E Q  S S E Q  S S   E Q  S S S S S S S S S S   E Q  S S E E +S  S S S
|------9-9------9---|----------6-8-8-8-8-------|------9-9-----------9-9-|
|----------6-6----6-|-7-7--6-7-----------------|----------6-6-(6)-6-----|
|-7-7---------------|--------------------6-6-6-|-7-7--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|


  E Q  S S S S S S +S  S S S   E Q  S S E Q  S S   E Q  S S S E. +E  E
|--------6-8-8-6-8-(8)-6-----|-------------------|---------------------|
|-7-7--9---------------------|------9-9-6-6------|-7-7--6-7-9--------6-|
|------------------------6-6-|-7-7-----------7-7-|------------7--(7)---|
|----------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|


  E Q  S S E Q  S S   E Q  S S S E. +E  E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|----------6-6----6-|-7-7--6-7-9----------|
|-7-7--7-7------7---|-------------------9-|
|-------------------|------------7--(7)---|


  E Q  S S E Q  S S   E Q  S S S E. +Q
|-------------------|---------------------*|
|----------6-6----6-|-7-7--6-7-9----------*|
|-7-7--7-7------7---|------------7--(7)---*|
|-------------------|---------------------*|
            
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