When I Write The Book Chords by Rockpile

[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ But I can [A] remember _ [D] like _ [E] it was [A] only yesterday
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] [G] Love was [A] young and foolish _ [D] like [Em] a little [A] child at play
_ [D] _ _ [Em] But oh how [A] lovers change [D] I [Em] never dreamed [A] of easily
For [D] _ _ [G] now I'm [A] just a shadow _ _ [D] of [Em] the boy I [Am] used to be
_ [D] Oh yeah, [E] yeah
[A] And when I write the book [C#] about my love
[F#m] It will be about a man [D] who was torn in half
[A] Of how his hope and ambition [E] wasted through the years
[C#] The pain will be written [F#m] on every page [D] in tears
[A] Oh when I write _ the [D] book, oh [E] when I write the book [A] about my love
When I write [D] the book [E] about my love
[A] I was a fool to myself [D] _ [E] when I kept [Am] on running around
And [D] _ _ [E] I [A] felt a little better [D] when _ [E] I [Am] tried settling down
_ _ [D] _ _ [E] Maybe [Am] some magic moment, _ [D] _ [E] have I known [A] but not for long
_ [D] _ _ [E] For all [A] too soon the magic _ [D] _ [Em] was in a [Am] moment gone
[D] Oh yeah, [E] _
[A] yes
When I write the book [C#] about my love
It [F#m] will be a heartbreaking story [D] of bad luck
[A] When I get down on the pages [E] all I felt
[C#] It will make the hardest hearted [F#] for critics [D] heart melt
Oh [A] when I write _ [D] the book, oh [E] when I write the [A] book about my love
When I write [D] the book [E] about my love
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[F#m] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _
[A] When I was young love was fun [D] and I was [E] so happy
[A] I looked so good, [D] I [E] dressed so snappy
[A] Two torn shoes on my feet, [D] big old smile on [E] my face
[A] But I moved, moved, [D] moved around [E] all over the [A] place
Now I'm down here [G] and [D] my complexion [E] is bad
[Am] Because my love of [D] life is sadder [E] than sad
Oh [A] when I write the book [C#] about my love
It will [F#] be a publication _ [D] tougher than tough
[A] When I get down on the [E] pages all I missed
It [C#] will shoot to the [F#m] top of a best [D] seller's list
When [A] I write, when I [D] write the [E] book
When I write the book [A] about my love
When I [D] write the book
[E] A thousand words a [A] day is a living
When I [D] write the [E] book, when I write the book [A] about my love
[E] _ [D] [E] The world will see how [A] far we've stepped
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