Chords for Nick Lowe - When I Write the Book [Rockpile] (Live in Copenhagen, April 30th, 2014)

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Nick Lowe - When I Write the Book [Rockpile] (Live in Copenhagen, April 30th, 2014) chords
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So if you don't know what I'm talking about, I used to be in a band called [A] Rockpile and this is one of their songs.
[D#] And if you've never heard of them, just listen to this song and [N] imagine about [G#] 200 times louder.
[D#] And you'll get some sort of idea.
[A] Well I can't read him
Like [D]
[E] it was [A] only yesterday
[D] [E] Love is young [A] and foolish
[D] Like [F#] a little child [A] at play
[D] But [A] oh how love has changed
[D] [E] And [A] I reason it
[D] For [E] now I'm [A] just a shadow
[D] Of [E] the boy [A] I used to be
And [D] oh [A] that's when I wrote the book
[C#] About my love [F#] revealed by a [D] man in his torn-in-hat
[A] While he called me a [E] man, wasted twenty [C#] years
With pain well-be [D]-written on every page in [A] tears
When I write [D] [E] the [A] book about my love
[D] [E] I was a [A] fool to [D] myself
[E] When I [A] kept on running around
[D] And [E] I [A] felt a little better
[D] When [E] I [A] tried to settle down
[D] [Am] Maybe [A] some magic moments
[D] Have [E] I known [A] but not for long
[D] [E] For [A] all too soon the magic [D] was [A] in a moment gone
[D] And [E] oh [A] that's when [C#] I wrote the book
About my [F#m] love, it'll be a [F#] heartbreaking [D] story
About my love when I [A] get down on the [E] pages
All that I [C#] felt is gonna make the hardest [F#m] heart of the [D] cribs
[A] When I write [D] [A] the book about my love
[D] When [E]
[F] [F#m] [G] [E] [A] I was [D] young love was fun and I was [E] so happy
[A] I looked so good, [D] I dressed [E] so snappy
[A] Two-tone shoes on my feet and [D] a big ol' smile [E] on my face
[A] I was using and bruising [D] on all that it [E] takes
But [A] now I'm down the hill, [D] my [E] complexion is bad
[A] Cause my love life [D] is sad, [E] boy, sad
And [A] when I write the book [C#] about my love
[D] It'll be a palpitation, suffering tough
[A] When I get down on the [E] pages
All that I miss [C#] is going straight to the top
[F#] Of the best [D]-sellers list
[A] When I write [D] [Em] the book [A] about my love
[D] [E] And I'll book about [A] my love
A [D] [E] thousand ways [A] to make it easier than [D] before
[E] So I'll book about [A] my love
[D] When I write [E] the book about [G] my love
[A] [N]
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So if you don't know what I'm talking about, I used to be in a band called [A] Rockpile and this is one of their songs.
[D#] And if you've never heard of them, just listen to this song and [N] imagine about [G#] 200 times louder.
[D#] And you'll get some sort of idea.
[A] _ Well I can't read him
Like [D]
[E] it was [A] only yesterday
[D] _ [E] Love is young [A] and foolish
[D] Like [F#] a little child [A] at play
[D] But [A] oh how love has changed
[D] [E] And [A] I reason it
[D] For [E] now I'm [A] just a shadow
[D] Of [E] the boy [A] I used to be
And [D] oh [A] that's when I wrote the book
[C#] About my love [F#] revealed by a [D] man in his torn-in-hat
[A] While he called me a [E] man, wasted twenty [C#] years
With pain well-be [D]-written on every page in [A] tears
When I write [D] [E] the [A] book about my love
[D] _ [E] I was a [A] fool to [D] myself
[E] When I [A] kept on running around
[D] And [E] I [A] felt a little better
[D] When [E] I [A] tried to settle down
[D] [Am] Maybe [A] some magic moments
[D] Have [E] I known [A] but not for long
[D] [E] For [A] all too soon the magic [D] was [A] in a moment gone
[D] And [E] oh [A] that's when [C#] I wrote the book
About my [F#m] love, it'll be a [F#] heartbreaking [D] story
About my love when I [A] get down on the [E] pages
All that I [C#] felt is gonna make the hardest [F#m] heart of the [D] cribs
[A] When I write [D] [A] the book about my love
[D] When [E] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [G] _ [E] [A] I was [D] young love was fun and I was [E] so happy
[A] I looked so good, [D] I dressed [E] so snappy
[A] Two-tone shoes on my feet and [D] a big ol' smile [E] on my face
[A] I was using and bruising [D] on all that it [E] takes
But [A] now I'm down the hill, [D] my [E] complexion is bad
[A] Cause my love life [D] is sad, [E] boy, sad
And [A] when I write the book [C#] about my love
[D] It'll be a palpitation, suffering tough
[A] When I get down on the [E] pages
All that I miss [C#] is going straight to the top
[F#] Of the best [D]-sellers list
[A] When I write [D] [Em] the book [A] about my love
[D] [E] And I'll book about [A] my love
A [D] [E] thousand ways [A] to make it easier than [D] before
[E] So I'll book about [A] my love
[D] When I write [E] the book about [G] my love
[A] _ _ _ [N] _

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