From: phillip@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Phillip Charles Saunders)
WELCOME TO THE WORKING WEEK
Elvis Costello
E Gm7
Now that your picture`s in the paper bein` rythmic`lly admired
Cm7 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 Cm
Welcome to the working week.
A
Oh, I know it don`t thrill you.
E
I hope it don`t kill you.
A Cm F
Welcome to the working week.
A B
You gotta do it till you`re through it so you better get to it.
E Gm
All of your fam`ly had to kill to survive,
Cm 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 Cm
Welcome to the working week.
A
Oh, I know it don`t thrill you.
E
I hope it don`t kill you.
A Cm F
Welcome to the working week.
A B
You gotta do it till you`re through it so you better get to it.
Gm Cm
I hear you sayin`, Hey, the city`s all right,
Fm Gm A B
When you only read about it in books.
Gm Cm
Spend all your money gettin` so convinced
A B
That you never even bother to look
E Gm Cm
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 Cm
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 Gm
Now that your pictureХs in the paper bein` publicly admired
Cm
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 donХt 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 Cm
I hear you sayin` that the cityХs all right
Fm Gm A B
But you`ve only read about it in books
G Cm
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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