Chords for Elvis Costello - Everyday I Write the Book - 7/25/1999 - Woodstock 99 East Stage (Official)
Tempo:
80.05 bpm
Chords used:
E
G#m
C#m
A
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
Hope you like our new direction.
What about youse over there?
[E] Don't tell me don't know [G#m] what love is
[C#m] You'll find strange heads in your [F#m] sweater
[G#m] you your dream book, [C#] turns out to be a footnote
the man who'll miss you then, [G#m] do your three additions [E] and
I'll give you the long and good
every day, every day, every day I write me books
What about youse over there?
[E] Don't tell me don't know [G#m] what love is
[C#m] You'll find strange heads in your [F#m] sweater
[G#m] you your dream book, [C#] turns out to be a footnote
the man who'll miss you then, [G#m] do your three additions [E] and
I'll give you the long and good
every day, every day, every day I write me books
100% ➙ 80BPM
E
G#m
C#m
A
F#m
E
G#m
C#m
Hope you like our new direction.
How y'all doing over there?
_ How you people right over there on the hill?
What about youse over there? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ Don't tell me don't know [G#m] what love is
When [C#m] you're old enough to know better
[C#m] You'll find strange heads in your [F#m] sweater
Bring [G#m] you your dream book, _ [C#] turns out to be a footnote
[F#m] I'm the man who'll miss you then, [G#m] do your three additions [E] and _
I'll give you the long and good
Every day, every day, every day, every day I write me books _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] Chapter one, we didn't really get along
Chapter two, I [A] think I fell [E] in love with you
You [G#m] said you'd [C#m] stand by me in the middle of
Chapter three, but you [F#m] were up to your old tricks and games
[G#m] Five, five [E] and six, hey
_ I'll give you [A] the long and good
[E] Every day, every day, every [E] day, every day I write me books
The [A] _
_ [B] _ [C#m] way you walk, the way you talk and try to kiss [E] me
And laugh [A] in five, five [E] paragraphs
_ _ [C#m] _ All your compliments and your guts and remarks
[F#m] I captured here [G#m] in my quotation [E] marks and
_ I'll give [A] you the [B] long and good
[E] Every day, every day, every day, [B] every day I write [C#m] me books
_ _ [G#m] _ _
Every [A] _ _ _ [B] day I write me books
_ [E] Don't tell me you don't know [G#m] the difference
_ [C#m] Between a lover [G#m] and a fighter
You [C#m] might've been an electric [F#m] _
typewriter
[G#m] Even in a perfect world where [C#] everyone was equal
I was [F#m] still on the film right, saying [G#m] I've been working on [E] the sequel
_ _ I'll give you the long and good
Every day, every day, [A] every day, [B] every day I [E] write me books
I'm giving you the long and good
[A] Every day, every day I write me books
[E] I'm giving you the long and good
Every day I write me books
I'm giving you the long and good
Every day I write me books
Every day, every day, every [A] day, every day, every day, every day
_ [C#m] Every _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
day [A] I _ write [E] me books
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
How y'all doing over there?
_ How you people right over there on the hill?
What about youse over there? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ Don't tell me don't know [G#m] what love is
When [C#m] you're old enough to know better
[C#m] You'll find strange heads in your [F#m] sweater
Bring [G#m] you your dream book, _ [C#] turns out to be a footnote
[F#m] I'm the man who'll miss you then, [G#m] do your three additions [E] and _
I'll give you the long and good
Every day, every day, every day, every day I write me books _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] Chapter one, we didn't really get along
Chapter two, I [A] think I fell [E] in love with you
You [G#m] said you'd [C#m] stand by me in the middle of
Chapter three, but you [F#m] were up to your old tricks and games
[G#m] Five, five [E] and six, hey
_ I'll give you [A] the long and good
[E] Every day, every day, every [E] day, every day I write me books
The [A] _
_ [B] _ [C#m] way you walk, the way you talk and try to kiss [E] me
And laugh [A] in five, five [E] paragraphs
_ _ [C#m] _ All your compliments and your guts and remarks
[F#m] I captured here [G#m] in my quotation [E] marks and
_ I'll give [A] you the [B] long and good
[E] Every day, every day, every day, [B] every day I write [C#m] me books
_ _ [G#m] _ _
Every [A] _ _ _ [B] day I write me books
_ [E] Don't tell me you don't know [G#m] the difference
_ [C#m] Between a lover [G#m] and a fighter
You [C#m] might've been an electric [F#m] _
typewriter
[G#m] Even in a perfect world where [C#] everyone was equal
I was [F#m] still on the film right, saying [G#m] I've been working on [E] the sequel
_ _ I'll give you the long and good
Every day, every day, [A] every day, [B] every day I [E] write me books
I'm giving you the long and good
[A] Every day, every day I write me books
[E] I'm giving you the long and good
Every day I write me books
I'm giving you the long and good
Every day I write me books
Every day, every day, every [A] day, every day, every day, every day
_ [C#m] Every _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
day [A] I _ write [E] me books
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
