Chords for Elvis Costello, Ron Sexsmith 6-14-14: Every Day I Write the Book

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_ _ _ _ _ I'm gonna, I'm gonna, [Abm] I already am gonna introduce a special guest for the [Ab] theater.
Richard Price and I toured [Bb] together, we toured together in Japan.
_ [C] _ And this gentleman, he taught me how to sing a song of my own.
I'm gonna [G] ask him to come out and do this.
[Eb] Tomorrow's your run, six minutes!
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_ _ _ _ _ A bit, uh, _ [Eb] a bit chilly.
I can't [F] watch.
No, [Gb] _ _
[Db] it's good that, [Bb] I'm saying we were on that Japanese tour while I'm there.
And an unfortunate, [G] often we stand, you know, the enormous length of the Japanese [Eb] audience
is going to appreciate what we do, but we just have to put the other language and other characters in there.
[Bb] _ And [Eb] we saw the translation [Bb] of the press release of George at Belfast Tower and the imposters of Tora in Japan
with the acclaimed Canadian songwriter Mr.
Ron [Eb] Settemoff.
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I said, Ron, is there something you want to tell me?
Well, look, Ron's sung this song [D] probably better than I have, so I'm gonna hand it over to him to kick it [N] off.
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[Bb] Richard, I, uh, [D] _ _ we haven't rehearsed this, as you will [N] find out for yourselves in a minute. _ _ _ _
[D] You're pretty tight, [Bbm] though.
I'm pretty [N] tight.
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_ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ [D] Don't tell me, don't
_ [Eb] _ When [Bm] you're old enough to know [Gbm] bedtime
When [Bm] you find sweet scars in your [B] sweater
[Gbm] When you dream on, [B] turn down to be ignored
[Em] I'm a [E] man with a mission
[A] Two or three [D] additions, yeah
I'm giving you [G] a [A] long enough
Every day, _ [G] _ [A] every day [D] I like to fool _ [A]
you
[G] _ _ [A] _ [Bm] Chapter one, did I really get along?
[D] Chapter two, I [G] think I fell in love [D] with you
_ [Bm] I said, it's time that we build up
Chapter three, [Em] _ I'll be [D]
chasing you
For about a decade, yeah
[A] I'm giving [G] you a [D] lot
Every day, [A] every day, [Bm] every day, [A] every day I [D] like to fool you _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ [Bm] The way you walk, the way you talk, the way you try to kiss me and laugh
[G] For [D] about every
_ _ _ _ [Bm] All your compliments and your cutting remarks
I've [B] got to adhere in my [A] rotation, I swear
[D] _ [A] I'm giving you [G] a [A] long enough
[D] Every [A] day, [G] every day, [A] every day I [D] like to fool you
[A] Every day, [G] _ [A] every day I [Bm] like _ _
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[A] _ _ _ [D] Don't tell me you don't know the difference
_ [Bm] Between a lover [D] and a fighter
_ [Bm] We're battling by the edge, we're tight _ [D]-fisted
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We're everywhere, we're [Em] secret [B] lovers
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And we're looking on the secret [D] roof
I'm giving [D] you a [B] long enough
[D] Every day, every day, every [B] day I like to fool [A] you
Every day, [G] every day, [A] every day [Bm] I like to _ _ _
_ [Gbm] _ _ [D] fool [G] you
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_ _ _ I'm giving [A] you a long enough
[D] Every day, every day [A] I like to fool [D] you
I'm giving you a long enough
[G] Every _ [D] _ _ _ day, _ [Bm]
every day [D] I like to fool you
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[A] Every day I [G] like [D] to fool you
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