Chords for Elvis Costello solo - Everyday I Write The Book - live Circus Krone Munich 2014-10-13
Tempo:
89.6 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
Phil, we're all friends now.
So I can play [N] a song of Hayes.
[D#] Yeah, yeah.
to Catholic school.
[N] injections for everything.
measles, [D] German measles, [C#] East German measles,
[C#] another big needle and a shovel full of gilt.
I wrote [C] this next song in ten minutes.
So I can play [N] a song of Hayes.
[D#] Yeah, yeah.
to Catholic school.
[N] injections for everything.
measles, [D] German measles, [C#] East German measles,
[C#] another big needle and a shovel full of gilt.
I wrote [C] this next song in ten minutes.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Phil, we're all friends now.
_ So I can play [N] a song of Hayes. _ _
_ _ _ [D#] Yeah, yeah.
I [C#] went to Catholic school.
So, they sent me to the school nurse and I got _ _
[N] injections for everything.
Diphtheria, pooping cough, measles, [D] German measles, _ [C#] East German measles,
[B] _ and tuberculosis.
[Fm] And then I got [C#] another big needle and a shovel full of gilt.
[A#] And [C#] so I wrote [C] this next song in ten minutes.
So when it was a hit, [N] I was stricken with guilt.
_ _ I had to say [B] ten hours of Father Supreme to 12-month-old Hayes. _ _ _ _
But he was only a little bit of a hit, so_
[D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ You [D] don't _ [A] know what love is [Bm] when you're old enough [D] to know that
when [Bm] you find strange hands, your soul [D] goes to dream worlds.
[B] It turns out to be a footnote [Bm] in a hand in the [A] _ three editions
and [D] _ _
[Bm] I'm giving you love.
[D] Every day, [F#m] every day, [B] every day, every day [D] I write a book.
_ [B] _ _ _ [Bm] Chapter four, you get everything you need and demand.
[D] Chapter two, [G] I think I fell [D] in love with you.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ Chapter three, you [B] drew up your own tricks and [D] jigs.
Chapter four, five, six, [D] and I'm giving you [G] [A] love.
Every day, [F#m] every day, [B] every day, [A] every day I [D] write a _ _ _
_ [A] book.
The [Bm] way you look, the way you talk, try to kiss me [G] back.
Far off [D] I've got a grasp.
[Bm] _ All your compliments and you can tell I'm all in song.
[D] Guess you knew my quotation marks in hand.
I'm [G] giving you [D] love.
Every day, every [C#m] day, every day, [G] _
every [D] day I write a book.
Every day, every [G] day, every [D] day I write a book.
Every [C] day, every_
[G] _
_ [D] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ Girl, [D] tell me you don't [Bm] know the [F#m] difference _ [Bm] between _ [C#m] love and a fighter.
_ [Bm] _ With my pen and my [C] letter, [E] you tell right.
_ [Dm] You're the [D] perfect one.
_ [B] _ We're always [Bm] equal, I hope.
Still on the [A] front lines, [D] I hope.
Why can't I speak well and _ I [G] can't do the wrong [D] move?
Every day, every day, every day, every day [A] I _ [F#m] write a [Dm] book.
Every day, every day I [D] write a book.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] I'm giving you love.
[G] _ _ _ [D] I'm giving you [F#m] love.
[G] Every _ _ _ [D] _ day, every day, every day, [G] every day, _ [D] every day, [F#m] every day.
[G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Phil, we're all friends now.
_ So I can play [N] a song of Hayes. _ _
_ _ _ [D#] Yeah, yeah.
I [C#] went to Catholic school.
So, they sent me to the school nurse and I got _ _
[N] injections for everything.
Diphtheria, pooping cough, measles, [D] German measles, _ [C#] East German measles,
[B] _ and tuberculosis.
[Fm] And then I got [C#] another big needle and a shovel full of gilt.
[A#] And [C#] so I wrote [C] this next song in ten minutes.
So when it was a hit, [N] I was stricken with guilt.
_ _ I had to say [B] ten hours of Father Supreme to 12-month-old Hayes. _ _ _ _
But he was only a little bit of a hit, so_
[D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ You [D] don't _ [A] know what love is [Bm] when you're old enough [D] to know that
when [Bm] you find strange hands, your soul [D] goes to dream worlds.
[B] It turns out to be a footnote [Bm] in a hand in the [A] _ three editions
and [D] _ _
[Bm] I'm giving you love.
[D] Every day, [F#m] every day, [B] every day, every day [D] I write a book.
_ [B] _ _ _ [Bm] Chapter four, you get everything you need and demand.
[D] Chapter two, [G] I think I fell [D] in love with you.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ Chapter three, you [B] drew up your own tricks and [D] jigs.
Chapter four, five, six, [D] and I'm giving you [G] [A] love.
Every day, [F#m] every day, [B] every day, [A] every day I [D] write a _ _ _
_ [A] book.
The [Bm] way you look, the way you talk, try to kiss me [G] back.
Far off [D] I've got a grasp.
[Bm] _ All your compliments and you can tell I'm all in song.
[D] Guess you knew my quotation marks in hand.
I'm [G] giving you [D] love.
Every day, every [C#m] day, every day, [G] _
every [D] day I write a book.
Every day, every [G] day, every [D] day I write a book.
Every [C] day, every_
[G] _
_ [D] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ Girl, [D] tell me you don't [Bm] know the [F#m] difference _ [Bm] between _ [C#m] love and a fighter.
_ [Bm] _ With my pen and my [C] letter, [E] you tell right.
_ [Dm] You're the [D] perfect one.
_ [B] _ We're always [Bm] equal, I hope.
Still on the [A] front lines, [D] I hope.
Why can't I speak well and _ I [G] can't do the wrong [D] move?
Every day, every day, every day, every day [A] I _ [F#m] write a [Dm] book.
Every day, every day I [D] write a book.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] I'm giving you love.
[G] _ _ _ [D] I'm giving you [F#m] love.
[G] Every _ _ _ [D] _ day, every day, every day, [G] every day, _ [D] every day, [F#m] every day.
[G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _