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  5. From: phillip@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Phillip Charles Saunders)
  6.  
  7. WELCOME TO THE WORKING WEEK
  8. Elvis Costello
  9.  
  10.                E                            G#m7
  11. Now that your picture's in the paper bein' rythmic'lly admired
  12.             C#m7                      F#
  13. And you can have anyone that you have ever desired,
  14. A                             B
  15. All you gotta tell me now is why, why, why why.
  16.  
  17. A                      C#m
  18. Welcome to the working week.
  19.         A
  20. Oh, I know it don't thrill you.
  21.    E
  22. I hope it don't kill you.
  23. A              C#m      F#
  24. Welcome to the working week.
  25.           A                                    B
  26. You gotta do it till you're through it so you better get to it.
  27.  
  28. E                         G#m
  29. All of your fam'ly had to kill to survive,
  30. C#m                                 F#
  31. And they're still waitin' for their big day to arrive.
  32.     A                                B
  33. But if they knew how I felt, they'd bury me alive.
  34.  
  35. A                      C#m
  36. Welcome to the working week.
  37.         A
  38. Oh, I know it don't thrill you.
  39.    E
  40. I hope it don't kill you.
  41. A              C#m      F#
  42. Welcome to the working week.
  43.           A                                    B
  44. You gotta do it till you're through it so you better get to it.
  45.  
  46. G#m                           C#m
  47. I hear you sayin', "Hey, the city's all right,"
  48.          F#m        G#m         A     B
  49. When you only read about it in books.
  50. G#m                          C#m
  51. Spend all your money gettin' so convinced
  52.           A                     B
  53. That you never even bother to look
  54. E                            G#m                     C#m
  55. Sometimes I wonder if we're livin' in the same land.
  56.                 F#
  57. Why d'you wanna be my friend
  58.         A                          B
  59. When I feel like a juggler runnin' outta hands?
  60.  
  61. A                      C#m
  62. Welcome to the working week,
  63. A                              E
  64. Oh ah, welcome to the working week.
  65.  
  66.  
  67.  
  68. From: jstaton@math.lsa.umich.edu (Joseph L Staton)
  69.  
  70. The first verse hit the chords once each and let's them ring-- the first 
  71. chorus and after the chords are struck once on the first downbeat followed
  72. by two half beats (a "one      and two" syncopated count if you wasted
  73. years as a high-school band-nazi) 
  74.  
  75. Welcome to the Working Week-  Elvis Costello
  76.  
  77. Verse:   (tacit until picture)                                                        
  78.                         E                      G#m                 
  79. Now that your picture╒s in the paper bein' publicly admired
  80.          C#m                                                   
  81. You can have anyone
  82.                F#                                             
  83. That you have ever desired
  84.  A                          B                                 
  85. All you gotta do is tell me why, why, why, why...
  86.  
  87.                                                             
  88. Chorus
  89.  A                       E                                    
  90. Welcome to the workin' week
  91.        A                                                     
  92. Oh, I know it don╒t thrill you
  93.        E                                                     
  94. I hope it don't kill you
  95.         A                             F#                       
  96. Welcome to the workin' week
  97.                  A                                           
  98. You gotta do it 'til you do it 
  99.               B                                              
  100. So you'd better get to it
  101.                                                             
  102.  
  103. Verse 2:                                                            
  104. Not like your family had to kill to survive
  105. They're still waitin' for their 
  106. Big day to arrive
  107. If they knew how I felt
  108. They'd bury me alive
  109.                                                             
  110. Chorus
  111.                                                             
  112. Bridge
  113.     G#                                     C#m                 
  114. I hear you sayin' that the city╒s all right
  115.             F#m                  G#m             A          B                 
  116. But you've only read about it in books
  117.        G#                                  C#m                   
  118. Spent all your money gettin' so convinced
  119.                            A                         B        
  120. That you never even bothered to learn
  121.                                                             
  122. Verse 3:                                                            
  123. Not like we're even livin' in the same land
  124. Why you want to be my friend
  125. When I'm actin' like a juggler
  126. Runnin' outta hands
  127.  
  128.        A                              E                       
  129. Welcome to the workin' week
  130.                       A                               E                      
  131. Well now, welcome to the workin' week
  132.  
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  135. Joe Staton                         jstaton@umich.edu
  136. Department of Biology                Joe.Staton@um.cc.umich.edu
  137. University of Michigan
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