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                    Everyday I Write the Book
                          Elvis Costello


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, andÉ

  (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, andÉ

  (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, andÉ

  (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
    C#m       - - 2 1 2 0
        e |¨ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        B ||ÐÐÐ|ШÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        G ||ШÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        D ||ÐÐÐ|ШÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        A ||ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        E ||ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|

    G#m       4 6 6 4 4 4
        e ||ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ШÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        B ||ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ШÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        G ||ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ШÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        D ||ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ШÐ|
        A ||ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ШÐ|
        E ||ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ШÐ|ÐÐÐ|

    Amaj7     - 0 2 1 2 0
        e |¨ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        B ||ÐÐÐ|ШÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        G ||ШÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        D ||ÐÐÐ|ШÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        A |¨ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        E ||ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|

    B         - 2 4 4 4 2
        e ||ÐÐÐ|ШÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        B ||ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ШÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        G ||ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ШÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        D ||ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ШÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        A ||ÐÐÐ|ШÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        E ||ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|

    E         0 2 2 1 0 0
        e |¨ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        B |¨ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        G ||ШÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        D ||ÐÐÐ|ШÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        A ||ÐÐÐ|ШÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        E |¨ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|

    F#m       2 4 4 2 2 2
        e ||ÐÐÐ|ШÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        B ||ÐÐÐ|ШÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        G ||ÐÐÐ|ШÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        D ||ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ШÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        A ||ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ШÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        E ||ÐÐÐ|ШÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|

    C#        - - 3 1 2 1
        e ||ШÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        B ||ÐÐÐ|ШÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        G ||ШÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        D ||ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ШÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        A ||ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        E ||ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|

    A         - 0 2 2 2 0
        e |¨ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        B ||ÐÐÐ|ШÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        G ||ÐÐÐ|ШÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        D ||ÐÐÐ|ШÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        A |¨ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|
        E ||ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|ÐÐÐ|

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