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From: phillip@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Phillip Charles Saunders)
WELCOME TO THE WORKING WEEK
Elvis Costello
E G#m7
Now that your picture's in the paper bein' rythmic'lly admired
C#m7 F#
And you can have anyone that you have ever desired,
A B
All you gotta tell me now is why, why, why why.
A C#m
Welcome to the working week.
A
Oh, I know it don't thrill you.
E
I hope it don't kill you.
A C#m F#
Welcome to the working week.
A B
You gotta do it till you're through it so you better get to it.
E G#m
All of your fam'ly had to kill to survive,
C#m F#
And they're still waitin' for their big day to arrive.
A B
But if they knew how I felt, they'd bury me alive.
A C#m
Welcome to the working week.
A
Oh, I know it don't thrill you.
E
I hope it don't kill you.
A C#m F#
Welcome to the working week.
A B
You gotta do it till you're through it so you better get to it.
G#m C#m
I hear you sayin', "Hey, the city's all right,"
F#m G#m A B
When you only read about it in books.
G#m C#m
Spend all your money gettin' so convinced
A B
That you never even bother to look
E G#m C#m
Sometimes I wonder if we're livin' in the same land.
F#
Why d'you wanna be my friend
A B
When I feel like a juggler runnin' outta hands?
A C#m
Welcome to the working week,
A E
Oh ah, welcome to the working week.
From: jstaton@math.lsa.umich.edu (Joseph L Staton)
The first verse hit the chords once each and let's them ring-- the first
chorus and after the chords are struck once on the first downbeat followed
by two half beats (a "one and two" syncopated count if you wasted
years as a high-school band-nazi)
Welcome to the Working Week- Elvis Costello
Verse: (tacit until picture)
E G#m
Now that your picture?s in the paper bein' publicly admired
C#m
You can have anyone
F#
That you have ever desired
A B
All you gotta do is tell me why, why, why, why...
Chorus
A E
Welcome to the workin' week
A
Oh, I know it don?t thrill you
E
I hope it don't kill you
A F#
Welcome to the workin' week
A
You gotta do it 'til you do it
B
So you'd better get to it
Verse 2:
Not like your family had to kill to survive
They're still waitin' for their
Big day to arrive
If they knew how I felt
They'd bury me alive
Chorus
Bridge
G# C#m
I hear you sayin' that the city?s all right
F#m G#m A B
But you've only read about it in books
G# C#m
Spent all your money gettin' so convinced
A B
That you never even bothered to learn
Verse 3:
Not like we're even livin' in the same land
Why you want to be my friend
When I'm actin' like a juggler
Runnin' outta hands
A E
Welcome to the workin' week
A E
Well now, welcome to the workin' week
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Joe Staton jstaton@umich.edu
Department of Biology Joe.Staton@um.cc.umich.edu
University of Michigan
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