Elvis Costello

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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 pictureÕs 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 donÕt 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 cityÕs 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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