{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1469529,"song":"Everyday I Write The Book","artist":"Ron Sexsmith","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1469529-everyday-i-write-the-book-chords-by-ron-sexsmith/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1469529?type=chord","rating":4.70066,"votes":30,"content":"Every Day I Write the Book\r\n\r\nElvis Costello: Ron Sexsmith version with Costello live\r\n\r\nThis version of the song sounds best w/ Travis picking.\r\n(think \"Dust in the Wind\" or \"The Boxer\")\r\n\r\nCapo: 2nd fret\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  x2\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDon't tell me you don't know what love is when you're old enough to[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nknow better.  When you find strange hands in your sweater, when[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nyour dreamboat turns out to be a footnote, I'm a man with a[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nmission in two or three editions, and?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm giving you a longing look ev'ryday, ev'ryday,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nev'ryday, ev'ryday I write the book.[/tab]\r\n\r\nIntro x1\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nChapter one, we didn't really get along, Chapter two, I think I[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nfell in love with you.  you said you'd stand by me in the[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nmiddle of Chapter three, but you were up to your old tricks in Chapters[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nfour, five, and six, and?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm giving you a long look ev'ryday, ev'ryday,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nev'ryday, ev'ryday I write the book.[/tab]\r\n\r\nIntro x1\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]                                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe way you walk, the way you talk and try to kiss me and laugh in four[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nor five paragraphs.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAll your compliments and your cutting remarks are[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\ncaptured here in my quotation marks, and?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm giving you a longing look ev'ryday, ev'ryday,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nev'ryday, ev'ryday I write the book.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDon't tell me you don't know the diff'rence,   between a lover and a[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nfighter.  With my pen and my electric typewriter, even in a[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nperfect world where ev'ryone was equal, I'd still own the film rights[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand be working on the sequel.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Coda]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm giving you a longing look ev'ryday, ev'ryday, I write the book and[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nev'ryday, ev'ryday ev'ryday  ev'ryday I write the book.[/tab]\r\n\r\nIntro part played out till end","plain_text":"Every Day I Write the Book\n\nElvis Costello: Ron Sexsmith version with Costello live\n\nThis version of the song sounds best w/ Travis picking.\n(think \"Dust in the Wind\" or \"The Boxer\")\n\nCapo: 2nd fret\n\n\n[Intro]\nC G F G  x2\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\nIntro x1\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\nIntro x1\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Coda]\n\n\n\nIntro part played out till end","chords":["C","G","F","Em","Am","Dm","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}