Nick Lowe - When I Write The Book Chords
Tempo:
59.8 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
F#m
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] [Dm] So for those [G] of you that weren't around to see this [E] band, [A#] I'll play this song now.
You've just got to imagine [N] it about 30,000 times louder.
You'll get the [A] idea.
Well, I can't remember like [D] [A] it was only yesterday.
[A] Love was young and foolish [D] like [C#m] a little [A] child in play.
[D] [A] But oh how love has changed.
[D] [E] Never seen it [A] that easily.
[D] [A] For now I'm just a shadow [D] of [A] the boy I used to be.
[D] And oh, [E] [A] when I write the book, [C#] [F#m] it'll be about a [D] man
who's torn in half [A] by this hope and ambition [E] wasted through the years.
[G#]
Pain will be written [D] on every page in his years [A] when I write
[D] [E] yet a book [A] about my love.
[D] [E] [A] I was a fool to [D] myself [E] when I kept [A] on running around.
[D] [E] And I [A] failed to do better [D] when [E] I tried [A] to settle down.
[D] [C#m] But oh [A] how love will change.
[D] [E] Nothing [A] I'm nearly.
[D] [C#m] For now [A] I'm just a shadow [D] of [E] the boy [A] I used to be.
And [D] oh, [E] [A] when I write a book [C#] about my love,
[F#m] it'll be a heart-breaking [D] story of bad love and love.
[A] When I get down on the [E] pages, all that I felt
[C#m] is going to make the hardest heart [F#m] in Brooklyn its [D] heart will melt
[A] when I write [D] [E] a book [A] about my love.
I'm going to [D] [E] make it really [F] loud.
[F#m]
[G] [E] When [A] I was young, I was funny, [D] I was [E] so happy.
[A] I looked so good, [E] I dressed so snappy, [A] took Tom Chico,
and a [D] big old smile on [E] my face.
[A] I was using the bruising on [D] all of the [E] blades.
But [A] now I'm down in heels, [D] my complexion [E] is back
[A] because my love life [D] is sad, [E] boy, sad.
[A] When I write a [C#] [F#m]
[D] book about my love,
[A] it'll be a heart-breaking story of bad love and love.
When I get down on the pages, [E] all that I miss
is [C#] going straight to the top of [G#] the best [D] seller's list
[A] when I write [D] [E] a book about [A] my love.
[D] Yeah, [A] a book about my love.
[A] A [E] thousand words a [A] day, so listen.
[D] When [Em] I write a book about [Cm] my love.
[A]
You've just got to imagine [N] it about 30,000 times louder.
You'll get the [A] idea.
Well, I can't remember like [D] [A] it was only yesterday.
[A] Love was young and foolish [D] like [C#m] a little [A] child in play.
[D] [A] But oh how love has changed.
[D] [E] Never seen it [A] that easily.
[D] [A] For now I'm just a shadow [D] of [A] the boy I used to be.
[D] And oh, [E] [A] when I write the book, [C#] [F#m] it'll be about a [D] man
who's torn in half [A] by this hope and ambition [E] wasted through the years.
[G#]
Pain will be written [D] on every page in his years [A] when I write
[D] [E] yet a book [A] about my love.
[D] [E] [A] I was a fool to [D] myself [E] when I kept [A] on running around.
[D] [E] And I [A] failed to do better [D] when [E] I tried [A] to settle down.
[D] [C#m] But oh [A] how love will change.
[D] [E] Nothing [A] I'm nearly.
[D] [C#m] For now [A] I'm just a shadow [D] of [E] the boy [A] I used to be.
And [D] oh, [E] [A] when I write a book [C#] about my love,
[F#m] it'll be a heart-breaking [D] story of bad love and love.
[A] When I get down on the [E] pages, all that I felt
[C#m] is going to make the hardest heart [F#m] in Brooklyn its [D] heart will melt
[A] when I write [D] [E] a book [A] about my love.
I'm going to [D] [E] make it really [F] loud.
[F#m]
[G] [E] When [A] I was young, I was funny, [D] I was [E] so happy.
[A] I looked so good, [E] I dressed so snappy, [A] took Tom Chico,
and a [D] big old smile on [E] my face.
[A] I was using the bruising on [D] all of the [E] blades.
But [A] now I'm down in heels, [D] my complexion [E] is back
[A] because my love life [D] is sad, [E] boy, sad.
[A] When I write a [C#] [F#m]
[D] book about my love,
[A] it'll be a heart-breaking story of bad love and love.
When I get down on the pages, [E] all that I miss
is [C#] going straight to the top of [G#] the best [D] seller's list
[A] when I write [D] [E] a book about [A] my love.
[D] Yeah, [A] a book about my love.
[A] A [E] thousand words a [A] day, so listen.
[D] When [Em] I write a book about [Cm] my love.
[A]
Key:
A
D
E
F#m
C#m
A
D
E
[A] _ [Dm] So for those [G] of you that weren't around to see this [E] band, [A#] I'll play this song now.
You've just got to imagine [N] it about 30,000 times louder.
You'll get the [A] idea.
Well, I can't remember like [D] [A] it was only yesterday.
_ [A] Love was young and foolish [D] like [C#m] a little [A] child in play.
_ [D] [A] But oh how love has changed.
[D] [E] Never seen it [A] that easily.
_ [D] [A] For now I'm just a shadow [D] of [A] the boy I used to be.
[D] And oh, [E] [A] when I write the book, [C#] _ [F#m] it'll be about a [D] man
who's torn in half [A] by this hope and ambition [E] wasted through the years.
[G#]
Pain will be written [D] on every page in his years [A] when I write
[D] [E] yet a book [A] about my love.
[D] _ [E] [A] I was a fool to [D] myself [E] when I kept [A] on running around.
[D] [E] And I [A] failed to do better [D] when [E] I tried [A] to settle down.
_ [D] [C#m] But oh [A] how love will change.
[D] [E] Nothing [A] I'm nearly.
_ [D] [C#m] For now [A] I'm just a shadow [D] of [E] the boy [A] I used to be.
And [D] oh, [E] [A] when I write a book [C#] about my love,
[F#m] it'll be a heart-breaking [D] story of bad love and love.
[A] When I get down on the [E] pages, all that I felt
[C#m] is going to make the hardest heart [F#m] in Brooklyn its [D] heart will melt
[A] when I write [D] [E] a book [A] about my love.
I'm going to [D] _ [E] make it really [F] loud.
_ [F#m] _
_ [G] [E] When [A] I was young, I was funny, [D] I was [E] so happy.
[A] I looked so good, [E] I dressed so snappy, [A] took Tom Chico,
and a [D] big old smile on [E] my face.
[A] I was using the bruising on [D] all of the [E] blades.
But [A] now I'm down in heels, [D] my complexion [E] is back
[A] because my love life [D] is sad, [E] boy, sad.
[A] When I write a [C#] _ _ [F#m] _
[D] book about my love,
[A] it'll be a heart-breaking story of bad love and love.
When I get down on the pages, [E] all that I miss
is [C#] going straight to the top of [G#] the best [D] seller's list
[A] when I write [D] [E] a book about [A] my love.
[D] Yeah, [A] a book about my love.
[A] A [E] thousand words a [A] day, so listen.
[D] When [Em] I write a book about [Cm] my love.
[A] _ _ _
You've just got to imagine [N] it about 30,000 times louder.
You'll get the [A] idea.
Well, I can't remember like [D] [A] it was only yesterday.
_ [A] Love was young and foolish [D] like [C#m] a little [A] child in play.
_ [D] [A] But oh how love has changed.
[D] [E] Never seen it [A] that easily.
_ [D] [A] For now I'm just a shadow [D] of [A] the boy I used to be.
[D] And oh, [E] [A] when I write the book, [C#] _ [F#m] it'll be about a [D] man
who's torn in half [A] by this hope and ambition [E] wasted through the years.
[G#]
Pain will be written [D] on every page in his years [A] when I write
[D] [E] yet a book [A] about my love.
[D] _ [E] [A] I was a fool to [D] myself [E] when I kept [A] on running around.
[D] [E] And I [A] failed to do better [D] when [E] I tried [A] to settle down.
_ [D] [C#m] But oh [A] how love will change.
[D] [E] Nothing [A] I'm nearly.
_ [D] [C#m] For now [A] I'm just a shadow [D] of [E] the boy [A] I used to be.
And [D] oh, [E] [A] when I write a book [C#] about my love,
[F#m] it'll be a heart-breaking [D] story of bad love and love.
[A] When I get down on the [E] pages, all that I felt
[C#m] is going to make the hardest heart [F#m] in Brooklyn its [D] heart will melt
[A] when I write [D] [E] a book [A] about my love.
I'm going to [D] _ [E] make it really [F] loud.
_ [F#m] _
_ [G] [E] When [A] I was young, I was funny, [D] I was [E] so happy.
[A] I looked so good, [E] I dressed so snappy, [A] took Tom Chico,
and a [D] big old smile on [E] my face.
[A] I was using the bruising on [D] all of the [E] blades.
But [A] now I'm down in heels, [D] my complexion [E] is back
[A] because my love life [D] is sad, [E] boy, sad.
[A] When I write a [C#] _ _ [F#m] _
[D] book about my love,
[A] it'll be a heart-breaking story of bad love and love.
When I get down on the pages, [E] all that I miss
is [C#] going straight to the top of [G#] the best [D] seller's list
[A] when I write [D] [E] a book about [A] my love.
[D] Yeah, [A] a book about my love.
[A] A [E] thousand words a [A] day, so listen.
[D] When [Em] I write a book about [Cm] my love.
[A] _ _ _
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