• Song:

    Everyday I Write The Book Acoustic

  • Artist:

    Elvis Costello

Transcribed by Kellie G
From 1983 'Punch the Clock' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch_the_Clock
Key C#m
*Capo on the 4th fret*
The song is in an A/B/C format, making it a little tricky

Intro:
Am / Em / Fmaj7 / G (I like Gm better)
Am / Em / Fmaj7 / G

Verse (Form A):
      C (x32010@1)                         EmDon't (022000@1)tell me you don't know what love is 
            Am (x02210@1)               Em (022000@1)      
When you're old enough to know better
         Am (x02210@1)                       DmWhen (xx0231@1)you find strange hands in your sweater
          EmWhen (022000@1)your dreamboat 
      ATurns (x02220@1)out to be a footnote 
      DmI'm (xx0231@1)a man with a mission 
   Em (022000@1)         GIn (320003@1)two or three editions, and

Chorus (Form B)

C (x32010@1)   Em (022000@1)        F (133211@1)      G (320003@1) 
  I'm giving you a longing look
     C (x32010@1)       Em (022000@1)      F (133211@1)   
Everyday, everyday, everyday,
      G (320003@1)            CEveryday (x32010@1)I write the book

Em / F / G

Verse (Form C):
       
           AmChaaa-pter (x02210@1)one, we didn't really get along
        C (x32010@1)            Em (022000@1)              CChapter (x32010@1)two, I think I fell in love with you
    AmYou (x02210@1)said you'd, stand by me in the middle of Chapter three
             DmBut (xx0231@1)you were up to your old tricks in Chapters
Em (022000@1)            GFour, (320003@1)five, and six, and

Repeat Chorus (Form B)

C (x32010@1)   Em (022000@1)        F (133211@1)      G (320003@1) 
  I'm giving you a longing look
     C (x32010@1)       Em (022000@1)      F (133211@1)   
Everyday, everyday, everyday,
      G (320003@1)            CEveryday (x32010@1)I write the book

Em / F / G

Verse (Form C):
         Am (x02210@1)  
The wa-ay you walk
                                        CThe (x32010@1)way you talk and try to kiss me and laugh 
           Em (022000@1)      CIn (x32010@1)four or five paragraphs.
         Am (x02210@1)                 
All your compliments and your cutting remarks 
    Dm (xx0231@1)                Em (022000@1)      Gare (320003@1)captured here in my quotation marks, and

Repeat Chorus

C (x32010@1)   Em (022000@1)        F (133211@1)      G (320003@1) 
  I'm giving you a longing look
     C (x32010@1)       Em (022000@1)      F (133211@1)   
Everyday, everyday, everyday,
      G (320003@1)            Am(return (x02210@1)to intro)
Everyday I write the book

Am (x02210@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em     F (133211@1)               G (320003@1)     
Oo oooooo Everyday I write the book

Verse (Form A):
      C (x32010@1)                        EmDon't (022000@1)tell me you don't know the difference
   Am (x02210@1)               EmBetween (022000@1)a lover and a fighter  
        Am (x02210@1)                    DmWith (xx0231@1)my pen and my electric typewriter
     EmEven (022000@1)in a perfect world 
      AWhere (x02220@1)everyone was equal
    DmI'd (xx0231@1)still own the film rights
       Em (022000@1)           GAnd (320003@1)be working on the sequel, and

Repeat Chorus (Form B) x 3
C (x32010@1)   Em (022000@1)        F (133211@1)      G (320003@1) 
  I'm giving you a longing look
     C (x32010@1)       Em (022000@1)      F (133211@1)   
Everyday, everyday, everyday,
      G (320003@1)            CEveryday (x32010@1)I write the book
Em (022000@1)      F (133211@1)   
Everyday, everyday,
      G (320003@1)            CEveryday (x32010@1)I write the book
Em (022000@1)      F (133211@1)   
Everyday, everyday,
      G (320003@1)            AmEveryday (x02210@1)I write the book (back into following intro but miss the G)

Oooo oooo oooooo
Am / Em / F

C / Em / F / G / C to when you would like to end
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