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Everyday I Write The Book by Elvis Costello
Everyday I Write The Book
Intro (2x):
C#m
G#m
Amaj7
B
E G#m C#m
Don't tell me you don't know what love is when you're old enough to
G#m C#m F#m
know better. When you find strange hands in your sweater, when
G#m C# F#m
your dreamboat turns out to be a footnote, I'm a man with a
G#m B
mission in two or three editions, and?
(chorus)
E G#m A B E G#m
I'm giving you a long look ev'ryday, ev'ryday,
A B E G#m
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
G#m 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
G#m B
four, five, and six, and?
(chorus)
E G#m A B E G#m
I'm giving you a long look ev'ryday, ev'ryday,
A B E G#m
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
G#m E A B C#m
or five paragraphs. All your compliments and your
F#m G#m B
cutting remarks are captured here in my quotation marks, and?
(chorus)
E G#m A B E G#m
I'm giving you a long look ev'ryday, ev'ryday,
A B E G#m
ev'ryday, ev'ryday I write the book.
A
B
E G#m C#m
Don't tell me you don't know the diff'rence, between a lover and a
G#m C#m F#m G#m
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
G#m B
and be working on the sequel.
{coda}
E G#m A B E G#m
I'm giving you a long look ev'ryday, ev'ryday,
A B C#m
ev'ryday, ev'ryday I write the book.
G#m
A
B
E
G#m
A
B
E G#m A B
Ev'ryday, ev'ryday, ev'ryday, ev'ryday I write the book.
(repeat unitl fade)
Chords E A D G B E
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F#m 2 4 4 2 2 2
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A - 0 2 2 2 0
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version 2
Intro:
Am / Em / Fmaj7 / G (I like Gm better)
Am / Em / Fmaj7 / G
Verse (Form A):
C Em
Don't tell me you don't know what love is
Am Em
When you're old enough to know better
Am Dm
When you find strange hands in your sweater
Em
When your dreamboat
A
Turns out to be a footnote
Dm
I'm a man with a mission
Em G
In two or three editions, and
Chorus (Form B)
C Em F G
I'm giving you a longing look
C Em F
Everyday, everyday, everyday,
G C
Everyday I write the book
Em / F / G
Verse (Form C):
Am
Chaaa-pter one, we didn't really get along
C Em C
Chapter two, I think I fell in love with you
Am
You said you'd, stand by me in the middle of Chapter three
Dm
But you were up to your old tricks in Chapters
Em G
Four, five, and six, and
Repeat Chorus (Form B)
C Em F G
I'm giving you a longing look
C Em F
Everyday, everyday, everyday,
G C
Everyday I write the book
Em / F / G
Verse (Form C):
Am
The wa-ay you walk
C
The way you talk and try to kiss me and laugh
Em C
In four or five paragraphs.
Am
All your compliments and your cutting remarks
Dm Em G
are captured here in my quotation marks, and
Repeat Chorus
C Em F G
I'm giving you a longing look
C Em F
Everyday, everyday, everyday,
G Am (return to intro)
Everyday I write the book
Am Em F G
Oo oooooo Everyday I write the book
Verse (Form A):
C Em
Don't tell me you don't know the difference
Am Em
Between a lover and a fighter
Am Dm
With my pen and my electric typewriter
Em
Even in a perfect world
A
Where everyone was equal
Dm
I'd still own the film rights
Em G
And be working on the sequel, and
Repeat Chorus (Form B) x 3
C Em F G
I'm giving you a longing look
C Em F
Everyday, everyday, everyday,
G C
Everyday I write the book
Em F
Everyday, everyday,
G C
Everyday I write the book
Em F
Everyday, everyday,
G Am
Everyday I write the book (back into following intro but miss the G)
Oooo oooo oooooo
Am / Em / F
C / Em / F / G / C to when you would like to end
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