Elvis Costello - Everyday i write the book
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From: wsl6174@is.nyu.edu (William S. Lipchitz)
Here it is, by request. This is from memory, so don't blame me for typos
or mistakes. If anyone is looking for other Elvis tabs, email me, and
I'll see what I can do. Also, check out the homepage on WWW. Enjoy,
Everyday I Write the Book
Elvis Costello
Intro (2x):
C#m
G#m
Amaj7
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G#m
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E
G#m
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B
Don't teEll me you don't know what lG#move is when you're oC#mld enough to
know beG#mtter. When you finC#md strange hands in your swF#meater, when
your dreamG#mboat turns oC#ut to be a footnote, I'm a mF#man with a
mission in tG#mwo or three edBitions, and'
(chorus)
IE'm gG#miving you a Along loBok ev'rydEay, ev'rydG#may,
ev'rydAay, ev'rydBay I write the boEok. G#m
A
B
1st Verse:
Chapter oneC#m, we didn't really get along, Chapter twoE, I think I
feG#mll in love with yEou.A Byou saC#mid you'd stand by me in the
middle of Chapter three, but you were uF#mp to your old tricks in Chapters
fG#mour, five, and sBix, and'
(chorus)
IE'm gG#miving you a Along loBok ev'rydEay, ev'rydG#may,
ev'rydAay, ev'rydBay I write the boEok. G#m
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B
2nd verse:
The way you walkC#m, the way you talk and try to kiss me and laughE in four
or fiG#mve paragraEphs.A B C#m All your compliments and your
cutting remarks are caF#mptured here in my qG#muotation maBrks, and'
(chorus)
IE'm gG#miving you a Along loBok ev'rydEay, ev'rydG#may,
ev'rydAay, ev'rydBay I write the boEok. G#m
A
B
Don't teEll me you don't know the difG#mf'rence, betwC#meen a lover and a
fiG#mghter. With my pC#men and my electric typewrF#miter, even iG#mn a
perfect world where evC#'ryone was equal, I'd still F#mown the film rights
and be woG#mrking on the seBquel.
coda
IE'm gG#miving you a Along loBok ev'rydEay, ev'rydG#may, ev'rydAay, ev'rydBay I write the boC#mok.Ev'ryEday, ev'ryG#mday, ev'ryAday, ev'ryBday I write the book.
(repeat unitl fade)
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