Huey Lewis and The News - When I Write the Book Chords

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Now I [A] can remember _ [D] like _ [E] it was only [A] yesterday.
_ [D] _ _
_ [E] I was [A] young and foolish [D] like [E] a little [F#m] child at play.
[E] _ _ [D] _
_ [C#m] Oh, how [A] I've never changed.
[D] _
I [E] never dreamed I'd [A] be the lead.
_ [D] _ _
[E] Because now I'm [A] just a shadow.
Yeah, [D] yeah.
[E] The boy I used to [A] be.
_ [D] Oh, yeah, [C#m] yeah.
[A] When I write the book [C#]
about my love,
[F#m] it will be about a man [D] who's torn in half.
[A] All of his hopes and ambitions [E]
wasted through the years,
[C#] they will be written on [F#m] every page [D] and tip.
When [A] I write, when I write [D] the book,
when I [E] write the book about [A] my love,
when I write [D] the book about [E] my love,
I [A] was a fool to [D] myself. _
[E] When I kept on [A] running around, [D] yeah, _
[A] and I felt a little better.
_ [D] _
[E] But when I tried [A] settling down,
_ [D] _ _
[A] oh, maybe some bad moment.
_ _ [D] _
[E] I never know when [A] not for long.
_ _ [Bm] _
_ [E] Oh, too [D] soon the [A] magic [D] _
_ [E] was in a [A] moment gone.
_ [Bm] Oh, yeah.
[A] _ And when I write the book [C#]
about my love,
[F#m] it'll be a heartbreaking [D] story about love and love.
[A] When I get down on the [E] pages, all I've felt,
it [C#] will make the hardest heart [F#m] of the critics [D] heart melt.
[A] When I write, when I [D] write the book,
[E] when [A] I write _ _ [D] the book [E] about my love,
_ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [G]
[E] when _ I was [A] young, I was [D] fun, and I was [E] so [A] happy.
I looked so good [D] in a dress [E] so snappy,
[A] tone shoes on my feet, [Bm] big old smile on [E] my face.
[A] As I moved and [Bm] grooved all over [C#m] the place,
[A] now I'm dying [E] to heal, so my complexion is [G] bad,
because [A] my [G] love life [E]
is sadder than sad.
[A] When I write the book [C#]
about my love,
[F#m] it'll be a pop publication, [D]
tougher than tough.
[A] When I get down on the [E] pages, all I've missed,
[C#] it will shoot through the top [F#m] of the [D] bestsellers list.
When [A] I write, when I write [D] the book,
[E] the book [A] about my love,
when I write [D] the _ [E] _ [A] book,
the _ [D] _
_ [E] book about [A] my love,
[D]
about [A] my love,
when I write the [D] book
[E] I've got [A] so much possibility
_ _ [D] _
[E] I'm writing [A] every day
when I write the [D] _
[E] _ _ [A] book
_ _ _ [D]
[E] That's when I'm fuckin' [A] about, man
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