Everyday I Write The Book
Elvis Costello
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C#m - - 2 1 2 0G#m 4 6 6 4 4 4Amaj7 - 0 2 1 2 0B - 2 4 4 4 2E 0 2 2 1 0 0F#m 2 4 4 2 2 2C# - - 3 1 2 1A - 0 2 2 2 0[Intro] (2x) C#m G#m Amaj7 BE Don't tell me you don't know whatG#m C#m love is when you're old enough toG#m C#m know better. When you findF#m strange hands in your sweater, whenG#m C# your dreamboat turns out to be aF#m footnote, I'm a man with aG#m B mission in two or three editions, and? [Chorus]E G#m A B I'm giving you a long lookE G#m ev'ryday, ev'ryday,A B ev'ryday, ev'ryday I write theE G#m book.A BContinues after the ad[Verse 1]C#m Chapter one, we didn't really getE along, Chapter two, I think IG#m E A B fell in love with you. you saidC#m you'd stand by me in the middle of Chapter three, but youF#m were up to your old tricks in ChaptersG#m B four, five, and six, and? [Chorus]E G#m A B I'm giving you a long lookE G#m ev'ryday, ev'ryday,A B ev'ryday, ev'ryday I write theE G#m book.A B [Verse 2]C#m The way you walk, the way you talkE and try to kiss me and laugh in fourG#m E A B C#m or five paragraphs. All your compliments and yourF#m cutting remarks are captured hereG#m B in my quotation marks, and? [Chorus]E G#m A B I'm giving you a long lookE G#m ev'ryday, ev'ryday,A B ev'ryday, ev'ryday I write theE G#m book.A BE Don't tell me you don't know theG#m C#m diff'rence, between a lover and aG#m C#m fighter. With my pen and myF#m G#m electric typewriter, even in aC# perfect world where ev'ryone wasF#m equal, I'd still own the film rightsG#m B and be working on the sequel. {Coda]E G#m A B I'm giving you a long lookE G#m ev'ryday, ev'ryday,A B C#m ev'ryday, ev'ryday I write the book.G#m A B E G#m A BE G#m A Ev'ryday, ev'ryday, ev'ryday,B ev'ryday I write the book.