Everyday I Write The Book
Elvis CostelloVersion1
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Chords in this song
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D-DU-UDU
2x):
Don't tell me you don't know what love is when you're old enough to
know better. When you find strange hands in your sweater, when
your dreamboat turns out to be a footnote, I'm a man with a
mission in two or three editions, and?
(chorus)
I'm giving you a long look ev'ryday, ev'ryday,
ev'ryday, ev'ryday I write the book.
1st Verse:
Chapter one, we didn't really get along, Chapter two, I think I
fell in love with you. you said you'd stand by me in the
middle of Chapter three, but you were up to your old tricks in Chapters
four, five, and six, and?
(chorus)
I'm giving you a long look ev'ryday, ev'ryday,
ev'ryday, ev'ryday I write the book.
2nd verse:
The way you walk, the way you talk and try to kiss me and laugh in four
or five paragraphs. All your compliments and your
cutting remarks are captured here in my quotation marks, and?
(chorus)
I'm giving you a long look ev'ryday, ev'ryday,
ev'ryday, ev'ryday I write the book.
Don't tell me you don't know the diff'rence, between a lover and a
fighter. With my pen and my electric typewriter, even in a
perfect world where ev'ryone was equal, I'd still own the film rights
and be working on the sequel.
I'm giving you a long look ev'ryday, ev'ryday,
ev'ryday, ev'ryday I write the book.
Ev'ryday, ev'ryday, ev'ryday, ev'ryday I write the book.
(repeat unitl fade)
Chords
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Readable chord sheet for Everyday I Write The Book by Elvis Costello
2x):
[C#m]
[Abm]
[Amaj7]
[B]
Don't te[E]ll me you don't know what l[Abm]ove is when you're o[C#m]ld enough to
know be[Abm]tter. When you fin[C#m]d strange hands in your sw[F#m]eater, when
your dream[Abm]boat turns o[C#]ut to be a footnote, I'm a m[F#m]an with a
mission in t[Abm]wo or three ed[B]itions, and?
(chorus)
I[E]'m g[Abm]iving you a [A]long lo[B]ok ev'ryd[E]ay, ev'ryd[Abm]ay,
ev'ryd[A]ay, ev'ryd[B]ay I write the bo[E]ok. [Abm]
[A]
[B]
1st Verse:
Chapter one[C#m], we didn't really get along, Chapter two[E], I think I
fe[Abm]ll in love with y[E]ou.[A] [B]you sa[C#m]id you'd stand by me in the
middle of Chapter three, but you were u[F#m]p to your old tricks in Chapters
f[Abm]our, five, and s[B]ix, and?
(chorus)
I[E]'m g[Abm]iving you a [A]long lo[B]ok ev'ryd[E]ay, ev'ryd[Abm]ay,
ev'ryd[A]ay, ev'ryd[B]ay I write the bo[E]ok. [Abm]
[A]
[B]
2nd verse:
The way you walk[C#m], the way you talk and try to kiss me and laugh[E] in four
or fi[Abm]ve paragra[E]phs.[A] [B] [C#m] All your compliments and your
cutting remarks are ca[F#m]ptured here in my q[Abm]uotation ma[B]rks, and?
(chorus)
I[E]'m g[Abm]iving you a [A]long lo[B]ok ev'ryd[E]ay, ev'ryd[Abm]ay,
ev'ryd[A]ay, ev'ryd[B]ay I write the bo[E]ok. [Abm]
[A][B]
Don't te[E]ll me you don't know the dif[Abm]f'rence, betw[C#m]een a lover and a
fi[Abm]ghter. With my p[C#m]en and my electric typewr[F#m]iter, even i[Abm]n a
perfect world where ev[C#]'ryone was equal, I'd still [F#m]own the film rights
and be wo[Abm]rking on the se[B]quel.
I[E]'m g[Abm]iving you a [A]long lo[B]ok ev'ryd[E]ay, ev'ryd[Abm]ay,
ev'ryd[A]ay, ev'ryd[B]ay I write the bo[C#m]ok.
[Abm]
[A]
[B] [E]
[Abm]
[A] [B]
Ev'ry[E]day, ev'ry[Abm]day, ev'ry[A]day, ev'ry[B]day I write the book.
(repeat unitl fade)
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