Everyday I Write the Book
The Attractions
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published by
nathan
[Capo on 4]
[Intro]Am Em Fmaj7 GAm Em Fmaj7 G
[Verse]C EmDon't tell me you don't know what love isAm EmWhen you're old enough to know betterAm DmWhen you find strange hands in your sweaterEmWhen your dreamboatATurns out to be a footnoteDmI'm a man with a missionEm GIn two or three editions, and[Chorus]C Em F GI'm giving you a longing lookC Em FEveryday, everyday, everyday,G CEveryday I write the bookEm F G[Verse]AmChaaa-pter one, we didn't really get alongC F CChapter two, I think I fell in love with youAmYou said you'd, stand by me in the middle of Chapter threeDmBut you were up to your old tricks in ChaptersEm GFour, five, and six, and[Chorus]C Em F GI'm giving you a longing lookC Em FEveryday, everyday, everyday,G CEveryday I write the bookEm F G[Verse]AmThe wa-ay you walkCThe way you talk and try to kiss me and laughF CIn four or five paragraphs.AmAll your compliments and your cutting remarksDm Em Gare captured here in my quotation marks, and[Chorus]C Em F GI'm giving you a longing lookC Em FEveryday, everyday, everyday,G AmEveryday I write the bookAm Em Fmaj GOo oooooo Everyday I write the book[Verse]C EmDon't tell me you don't know the differenceAm EmBetween a lover and a fighterAm DmWith my pen and my electric typewriterEmEven in a perfect worldAWhere everyone was equalDmI'd still own the film rightsEm GAnd be working on the sequel, and[Chorus]C Em F GI'm giving you a longing lookC Em FEveryday, everyday, everyday,G CEveryday I write the bookEm FEveryday, everyday,G CEveryday I write the bookEm FEveryday, everyday,G AmEveryday I write the book (back into following intro but miss the G)[Outro]Oooo oooo ooooooAm Em FmajC Em F G C