#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
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

Abm

Amaj7

B

        E                          Abm                 C#m
Don't tell me you don't know what love is when you're old enough to
       Abm                C#m                       F#m
know better.  When you find strange hands in your sweater, when
          Abm         C#                          F#m
your dreamboat turns out to be a footnote, I'm a man with a
            Abm           B
mission in two or three editions, and?

  (chorus)
 E   Abm         A      B        E         Abm
I'm giving you a long look ev'ryday, ev'ryday,
      A         B                E   Abm
ev'ryday, ev'ryday I write the book.
 A

 B


1st Verse:
           C#m                                      E
Chapter one, we didn't really get along, Chapter two, I think I
  Abm              E  A B     C#m
fell in love with you.  you said you'd stand by me in the
                                       F#m
middle of Chapter three, but you were up to your old tricks in Chapters
 Abm             B
four, five, and six, and?

  (chorus)
 E   Abm         A      B        E         Abm
I'm giving you a long look ev'ryday, ev'ryday,
      A         B                E   Abm
ev'ryday, ev'ryday I write the book.
 A

B


2nd verse:
                C#m                                            E
The way you walk, the way you talk and try to kiss me and laugh in four
     Abm       E   A B C#m
or five paragraphs.	  All your compliments and your
                      F#m                Abm        B
cutting remarks are captured here in my quotation marks, and?

  (chorus)
 E   Abm         A      B        E         Abm
I'm giving you a long look ev'ryday, ev'ryday,
      A         B                E   Abm
ev'ryday, ev'ryday I write the book.
A
B


        E                           Abm          C#m
Don't tell me you don't know the diff'rence, between a lover and a
  Abm              C#m                      F#m         Abm
fighter.  With my pen and my electric typewriter, even in a
                      C#                          F#m
perfect world where ev'ryone was equal, I'd still own the film rights
         Abm            B
and be working on the sequel.

{coda}
 E   Abm         A      B        E         Abm
I'm giving you a long look ev'ryday, ev'ryday,
      A         B                C#m
ev'ryday, ev'ryday I write the book.

Abm

A

B
 E

Abm

A
 B


     E         Abm       A         B
Ev'ryday, ev'ryday, ev'ryday, ev'ryday I write the book.

(repeat unitl fade)

  Chords      E A D G B E
    C#m       - - 2 1 2 0
        E |????|???|???|???|???|
        B ||???|???|???|???|???|
        G ||???|???|???|???|???|
        D ||???|???|???|???|???|
        A ||???|???|???|???|???|
        E ||???|???|???|???|???|

    G#m       4 6 6 4 4 4
        E ||???|???|???|???|???|
        B ||???|???|???|???|???|
        G ||???|???|???|???|???|
        D ||???|???|???|???|???|???|
        A ||???|???|???|???|???|???|
        E ||???|???|???|???|???|

    Amaj7     - 0 2 1 2 0
        E |????|???|???|???|???|
        B ||???|???|???|???|???|
        G ||???|???|???|???|???|
        D ||???|???|???|???|???|
        A |????|???|???|???|???|
        E ||???|???|???|???|???|

    B         - 2 4 4 4 2
        E ||???|???|???|???|???|
        B ||???|???|???|???|???|
        G ||???|???|???|???|???|
        D ||???|???|???|???|???|
        A ||???|???|???|???|???|
        E ||???|???|???|???|???|

    E         0 2 2 1 0 0
        E |????|???|???|???|???|
        B |????|???|???|???|???|
        G ||???|???|???|???|???|
        D ||???|???|???|???|???|
        A ||???|???|???|???|???|
        E |????|???|???|???|???|

    F#m       2 4 4 2 2 2
        E ||???|???|???|???|???|
        B ||???|???|???|???|???|
        G ||???|???|???|???|???|
        D ||???|???|???|???|???|
        A ||???|???|???|???|???|
        E ||???|???|???|???|???|

    C#        - - 3 1 2 1
        E ||???|???|???|???|???|
        B ||???|???|???|???|???|
        G ||???|???|???|???|???|
        D ||???|???|???|???|???|
        A ||???|???|???|???|???|
        E ||???|???|???|???|???|

    A         - 0 2 2 2 0
        E |????|???|???|???|???|
        B ||???|???|???|???|???|
        G ||???|???|???|???|???|
        D ||???|???|???|???|???|
        A |????|???|???|???|???|
        E ||???|???|???|???|???|