Chords for Elvis Costello - Everyday I Write The Book
Tempo:
94.95 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
G#m
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
How y'all doing?
there in the head?
[G#]
[E]
[A] [E]
[A] [E] Don't tell me you don't know [G#m] what love is.
enough [G#m] to know better.
strange [F#m] hands and you swagger.
there in the head?
[G#]
[E]
[A] [E]
[A] [E] Don't tell me you don't know [G#m] what love is.
enough [G#m] to know better.
strange [F#m] hands and you swagger.
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G#m
C#m
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ How y'all doing?
_ How y'all up there in the head?
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ Don't tell me you don't know [G#m] what love is.
_ [C#m] You're old enough [G#m] to know better.
_ [C#m] When you find strange [F#m] hands and you swagger.
[G#m] When you dream more.
It [C#] turns out to be for naught.
[F#m] I'm a man with a vision.
[G#m] You would be [B] just as good as I am.
[E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] I'm a [E] man with _ _ [C#m] a vision.
You _ would _ _ _ [F#m] be just [G#] as good as I am.
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
I'm [A] a man with a vision.
You would be just as good [G#m] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ as _ _ _ [E] I [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [C#m] am.
I'm a man with a vision.
You _ would be just as good as I am.
I'm a man with a vision.
You would be just as good as I am.
You would be just as good as I am.
[F#m] _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] I'm a [C#m] _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ man [A] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [G#m] with a _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
vision.
I've been a lover [G#m] and a fighter.
_ [C#m] I've been an electric [F#m] _ typewriter.
_ [G#m] In a perfect world, [C#] everyone was equal.
[F#m] I would tell all the film writers,
[G#m] every fucking [B] secret.
[E] _ _
I've [A] given you [B] a longing look.
[E] Every day, every [G#m] day, every day,
[A] every day, every [E] day,
every day I write the book.
[G#m] Every day, every [A] day, every day,
[B] every day, every day,
I [E] write the book.
[G#] Every day, [A] every day, [Bm] every day,
every day I [C#m] write _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [C#] _
_ [E] the book.
[G#] I've given you a longing [A] look.
Every day, every [B] day, I write the [E] book.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _
_ [E] I've given you a longing [A] look.
Every day, every day, [B] I write the book.
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _
Every [G#m] day, every day, [A] every day,
[B] every day, [E] every day,
every day I [A] write the book.
_ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ How y'all doing?
_ How y'all up there in the head?
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ Don't tell me you don't know [G#m] what love is.
_ [C#m] You're old enough [G#m] to know better.
_ [C#m] When you find strange [F#m] hands and you swagger.
[G#m] When you dream more.
It [C#] turns out to be for naught.
[F#m] I'm a man with a vision.
[G#m] You would be [B] just as good as I am.
[E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] I'm a [E] man with _ _ [C#m] a vision.
You _ would _ _ _ [F#m] be just [G#] as good as I am.
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
I'm [A] a man with a vision.
You would be just as good [G#m] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ as _ _ _ [E] I [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [C#m] am.
I'm a man with a vision.
You _ would be just as good as I am.
I'm a man with a vision.
You would be just as good as I am.
You would be just as good as I am.
[F#m] _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] I'm a [C#m] _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ man [A] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [G#m] with a _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
vision.
I've been a lover [G#m] and a fighter.
_ [C#m] I've been an electric [F#m] _ typewriter.
_ [G#m] In a perfect world, [C#] everyone was equal.
[F#m] I would tell all the film writers,
[G#m] every fucking [B] secret.
[E] _ _
I've [A] given you [B] a longing look.
[E] Every day, every [G#m] day, every day,
[A] every day, every [E] day,
every day I write the book.
[G#m] Every day, every [A] day, every day,
[B] every day, every day,
I [E] write the book.
[G#] Every day, [A] every day, [Bm] every day,
every day I [C#m] write _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [C#] _
_ [E] the book.
[G#] I've given you a longing [A] look.
Every day, every [B] day, I write the [E] book.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _
_ [E] I've given you a longing [A] look.
Every day, every day, [B] I write the book.
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _
Every [G#m] day, every day, [A] every day,
[B] every day, [E] every day,
every day I [A] write the book.
_ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _