Elvis Costello - Everyday I Write The Book Chords

Standard guitar tuning: 
E
A
D
G
B
E
No capo


Intro
2x):
C♯m

A♭m

Amaj7

B

Don't teEll me you don't know what lA♭move is when you're oC♯mld enough to
know beA♭mtter.  When you finC♯md strange hands in your swF♯meater, when
your dreamA♭mboat turns oC♯ut to be a footnote, I'm a mF♯man with a
mission in tA♭mwo or three edBitions, and?

IE'm gA♭miving you a Along loBok ev'rydEay, ev'rydA♭may,
ev'rydAay, ev'rydBay I write the boEok. A♭m
 A

 B

1st Verse:
Chapter oneC♯m, we didn't really get along, Chapter twoE, I think I
feA♭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
fA♭mour, five, and sBix, and?

IE'm gA♭miving you a Along loBok ev'rydEay, ev'rydA♭may,
ev'rydAay, ev'rydBay I write the boEok. A♭m
 A

B

2nd verse:
The way you walkC♯m, the way you talk and try to kiss me and laughE in four
or fiA♭mve paragraEphs.A  B  C♯m   All your compliments and your
cutting remarks are caF♯mptured here in my qA♭muotation maBrks, and?

IE'm gA♭miving you a Along loBok ev'rydEay, ev'rydA♭may,
ev'rydAay, ev'rydBay I write the boEok. A♭m
AB

Don't teEll me you don't know the difA♭mf'rence, betwC♯meen a lover and a
fiA♭mghter.  With my pC♯men and my electric typewrF♯miter, even iA♭mn a
perfect world where evC♯'ryone was equal, I'd still F♯mown the film rights
and be woA♭mrking on the seBquel.


IE'm gA♭miving you a Along loBok ev'rydEay, ev'rydA♭may,
ev'rydAay, ev'rydBay I write the boC♯mok.

A♭m

A

B E

A♭m

A B

Ev'ryEday, ev'ryA♭mday, ev'ryAday, ev'ryBday I write the book.

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