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From: phillip@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Phillip Charles Saunders)
WELCOME TO THE WORKING WEEK
Elvis Costello
E (022100@1) G#m7Now (131141@4)that your picture's in the paper bein' rythmic'lly admired
C#m7 (x4242x@1) F#And (244322@1)you can have anyone that you have ever desired,
A (x02220@1) BAll (x2444x@1)you gotta tell me now is why, why, why why.
A (x02220@1) C#mWelcome (x13321@4)to the working week.
AOh, (x02220@1)I know it don't thrill you.
EI (022100@1)hope it don't kill you.
A (x02220@1) C#m (x13321@4) F#Welcome (244322@1)to the working week.
A (x02220@1) BYou (x2444x@1)gotta do it till you're through it so you better get to it.
E (022100@1) G#mAll (133111@4)of your fam'ly had to kill to survive,
C#m (x13321@4) F#And (244322@1)they're still waitin' for their big day to arrive.
A (x02220@1) BBut (x2444x@1)if they knew how I felt, they'd bury me alive.
A (x02220@1) C#mWelcome (x13321@4)to the working week.
AOh, (x02220@1)I know it don't thrill you.
EI (022100@1)hope it don't kill you.
A (x02220@1) C#m (x13321@4) F#Welcome (244322@1)to the working week.
A (x02220@1) BYou (x2444x@1)gotta do it till you're through it so you better get to it.
G#m (133111@4) C#mI (x13321@4)hear you sayin', "Hey, the city's all right,"
F#m (244222@1) G#m (133111@4) A (x02220@1) BWhen (x2444x@1)you only read about it in books.
G#m (133111@4) C#mSpend (x13321@4)all your money gettin' so convinced
A (x02220@1) BThat (x2444x@1)you never even bother to look
E (022100@1) G#m (133111@4) C#mSometimes (x13321@4)I wonder if we're livin' in the same land.
F#Why (244322@1)d'you wanna be my friend
A (x02220@1) BWhen (x2444x@1)I feel like a juggler runnin' outta hands?
A (x02220@1) C#mWelcome (x13321@4)to the working week,
A (x02220@1) EOh (022100@1)ah, welcome to the working week.
From: jstaton@math.lsa.umich.edu (Joseph L Staton)
The first verse hit the chords once each and let's them ring-- the first
chorus and after the chords are struck once on the first downbeat followed
by two half beats (a "one and two" syncopated count if you wasted
years as a high-school band-nazi)
Welcome to the Working Week- Elvis Costello
Verse: (tacit until picture)
E (022100@1) G#mNow (133111@4)that your picture?s in the paper bein' publicly admired
C#mYou (x13321@4)can have anyone
F#That (244322@1)you have ever desired
A (x02220@1) BAll (x2444x@1)you gotta do is tell me why, why, why, why...
Chorus
A (x02220@1) EWelcome (022100@1)to the workin' week
AOh, (x02220@1)I know it don?t thrill you
EI (022100@1)hope it don't kill you
A (x02220@1) F#Welcome (244322@1)to the workin' week
AYou (x02220@1)gotta do it 'til you do it
BSo (x2444x@1)you'd better get to it
Verse 2:
Not like your family had to kill to survive
They're still waitin' for their
Big day to arrive
If they knew how I felt
They'd bury me alive
Chorus
Bridge
G# (xx1114@1) C#mI (x13321@4)hear you sayin' that the city?s all right
F#m (244222@1) G#m (133111@4) A (x02220@1) BBut (x2444x@1)you've only read about it in books
G# (xx1114@1) C#mSpent (x13321@4)all your money gettin' so convinced
A (x02220@1) BThat (x2444x@1)you never even bothered to learn
Verse 3:
Not like we're even livin' in the same land
Why you want to be my friend
When I'm actin' like a juggler
Runnin' outta hands
A (x02220@1) EWelcome (022100@1)to the workin' week
A (x02220@1) EWell (022100@1)now, welcome to the workin' week
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Joe Staton jstaton@umich.edu
Department of Biology Joe.Staton@um.cc.umich.edu
University of Michigan
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