Everyday I Write The Book Acoustic
Elvis CostelloVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
/ / / (I like Gm better)
Form ):
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
Form )
I'm giving you a longing look
Everyday, everyday, everyday,
Everyday I write the book
Form ):
Chaaa-pter 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
Repeat Chorus (Form )
I'm giving you a longing look
Everyday, everyday, everyday,
Everyday I write the book
Form ):
The wa-ay 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
Repeat Chorus
I'm giving you a longing look
Everyday, everyday, everyday,
Everyday I write the book
Oo oooooo Everyday I write the book
Form ):
Don't tell me you don't know the difference
Between a lover and a fighter
With my pen and my electric typewriter
Even in a perfect world
Where everyone was equal
I'd still own the film rights
And be working on the sequel, and
Repeat Chorus (Form B) x 3
I'm giving you a longing look
Everyday, everyday, everyday,
Everyday I write the book
Everyday, everyday,
Everyday I write the book
Everyday, everyday,
Everyday I write the book (back into following intro but miss the )
Oooo oooo oooooo
/ / / / to when you would like to end
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Readable chord sheet for Everyday I Write The Book Acoustic by Elvis Costello
[Am] / [Em] / [Fmaj7] / [G] (I like Gm better)
[Am] [Em] [Fmaj7] [G]
Form [A]):
Don't [C]tell me you don't know what [Em]love is
When you're [Am]old enough to know [Em]better
When you [Am]find strange hands in your [Dm]sweater
When your [Em]dreamboat
Turns [A]out to be a footnote
I'm a [Dm]man with a mission
In [Em]two or three [G]editions, and
Form [B])
[C] I'm [Em]giving you a[F] longing [G]look
Every[C]day, every[Em]day, every[F]day,
Everyd[G]ay I write the [C]book
[Em] [F] [G]
Form [C]):
Chaaa-pter [Am]one, we didn't really get along
Chapter [C]two, I think I [Em]fell in love with [C]you
You [Am]said you'd, stand by me in the middle of Chapter three
But you were [Dm]up to your old tricks in Chapters
[Em]Four, five, and [G]six, and
Repeat Chorus (Form [B])
[C] I'm [Em]giving you a[F] longing [G]look
Every[C]day, every[Em]day, every[F]day,
Everyd[G]ay I write the [C]book
[Em] [F] [G]
Form [C]):
The wa-ay[Am] you walk
The way you talk and try to kiss me and [C]laugh
In four or [Em]five parag[C]raphs.
All your [Am]compliments and your cutting remarks
are [Dm]captured here in my [Em]quotation [G]marks, and
Repeat Chorus
[C] I'm [Em]giving you a[F] longing [G]look
Every[C]day, every[Em]day, every[F]day,
Everyd[G]ay I write the [Am]book
[Am]Oo [Em]oooooo [F]Everyday I write t[G]he book
Form [A]):
Don't [C]tell me you don't know the [Em]difference
Bet[Am]ween a lover and a [Em]fighter
With my [Am]pen and my electric type[Dm]writer
Even [Em]in a perfect world
Where [A]everyone was equal
I'd [Dm]still own the film rights
And be [Em]working on the [G]sequel, and
Repeat Chorus (Form B) x 3
[C] I'm [Em]giving you a[F] longing [G]look
Every[C]day, every[Em]day, every[F]day,
Everyd[G]ay I write the [C]book
[Em]Everyday, [F]everyday,
Everyd[G]ay I write the [C]book
[Em]Everyday, [F]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