Everyday I Write the Book
Elvis Costello • Key:
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Everyday I Write the Book
Elvis Costello
Intro (2x):
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Amaj7
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Don't te
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ll me you don't know what l
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ove is when you're o
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ld enough to
know be
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tter. When you fin
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d strange hands in your sw
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eater, when
your dream
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boat turns o
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ut to be a footnote, I'm a m
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an with a
mission in t
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wo or three ed
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itions, and�
chorus
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iving you a
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long lo
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ok ev'ryd
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ay, ev'ryd
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ay,
ev'ryd
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ay, ev'ryd
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ay I write the bo
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ok.
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1st Verse:
Chapter one
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, we didn't really get along, Chapter two
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, I think I
fe
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ll in love with y
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ou.
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you sa
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id you'd stand by me in the
middle of Chapter three, but you were u
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p to your old tricks in Chapters
f
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our, five, and s
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ix, and�
chorus
I
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'm g
G#m
iving you a
A
long lo
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ok ev'ryd
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ay, ev'ryd
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ay,
ev'ryd
A
ay, ev'ryd
B
ay I write the bo
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ok.
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A
B
2nd verse:
The way you walk
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, the way you talk and try to kiss me and laugh
E
in four
or fi
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ve paragra
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phs.
A
B
A
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ll your compliments and your
cutting remarks are ca
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ptured here in my q
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uotation ma
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rks, and�
chorus
I
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'm g
G#m
iving you a
A
long lo
B
ok ev'ryd
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ay, ev'ryd
G#m
ay,
ev'ryd
A
ay, ev'ryd
B
ay I write the bo
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ok.
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A
B
Don't te
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ll me you don't know the dif
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f'rence, betw
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een a lover and a
fi
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ghter. With my p
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en and my electric typewr
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iter, even i
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n a
perfect world where ev
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'ryone was equal, I'd still
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own the film rights
and be wo
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rking on the se
B
quel.
coda
I
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'm g
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iving you a
A
long lo
B
ok ev'ryd
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ay, ev'ryd
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ay,
ev'ryd
A
ay, ev'ryd
B
ay I write the bo
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ok.
G#m
A
B
E
G#m
A
B
Ev'ry
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day, ev'ry
G#m
day, ev'ry
A
day, ev'ry
B
day I write the book.
(repeat unitl fade)
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