Chord Everyday I Write The Book Acoustic by Elvis Costello

transcribed by kellie G from 1983 ’punch the clock’ key C#m * capo on the 4th fret * the song is in an A/B/C format , making it a little tricky intro : Am / Em / Fmaj7 / G i like Gm better Am / Em / Fmaj7 / G verse form A : C Em don’t tell me you don’t know what love is Am Em when you’re old enough to know better Am Dm when you find strange hands in your sweater Em when your dreamboat A turns out to be a footnote Dm i’m a man with a mission Em G in two or three editions , and chorus form B C Em F G i’m giving you a longing look C Em F everyday , everyday , everyday , G C everyday i write the book Em / F / G verse form C : Am chaaa - pter one , we didn’t really get along C Em C chapter two , i think i fell in love with you Am you said you’d , stand by me in the middle of chapter three Dm but you were up to your old tricks in chapters Em G four , five , and six , and repeat chorus form B C Em F G i’m giving you a longing look C Em F everyday , everyday , everyday , G C everyday i write the book Em / F / G verse form C : Am the wa - ay you walk C the way you talk and try to kiss me and laugh Em C in four or five paragraphs . Am all your compliments and your cutting remarks Dm Em G are captured here in my quotation marks , and repeat chorus C Em F G i’m giving you a longing look C Em F everyday , everyday , everyday , G Am return to intro everyday i write the book Am Em Fmaj G oo oooooo everyday i write the book verse form A : C Em don’t tell me you don’t know the difference Am Em between a lover and a fighter Am Dm with my pen and my electric typewriter Em even in a perfect world A where everyone was equal Dm i’d still own the film rights Em G and be working on the sequel , and repeat chorus form B x 3 C Em F G i’m giving you a longing look C Em F everyday , everyday , everyday , G C everyday i write the book Em F everyday , everyday , G C everyday i write the book Em F everyday , everyday , G Am everyday i write the book back into following intro but miss the G oooo oooo oooooo Am / Em / Fmaj C / Em / F / G / C to when you would like to end