Welcome To The Working Week Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

 Now that your pEicture's in the paper bein' rG♯m7ythmic'lly admired

 And you can C♯m7have anyone that you have F♯ever desired,

AAll you gotta tell me now is wBhy, why, why why.

AWelcome to the working C♯mweek.

 Oh, I knAow it don't thrill you.

 I hEope it don't kill you.

AWelcome to the C♯mworking wF♯eek.

 You gotta Ado it till you're through it so you bBetter get to it.

EAll of your fam'ly had to G♯mkill to survive,

C♯mAnd they're still waitin' for their F♯big day to arrive.

 But Aif they knew how I felt, they'd bBury me alive.

AWelcome to the working C♯mweek.

 Oh, I knAow it don't thrill you.

 I hEope it don't kill you.

AWelcome to the C♯mworking wF♯eek.

 You gotta Ado it till you're through it so you bBetter get to it.

G♯mI hear you sayin', "Hey, the cC♯mity's all right,"

 When you F♯monly read aG♯mbout it in bAooks. B

G♯mSpend all your money gettin' C♯mso convinced

 That you nAever even bother to loBok

ESometimes I wonder if we're lG♯mivin' in the same land. C♯m

 Why d'you wanna F♯be my friend

 When I fAeel like a juggler runnin' Boutta hands?

AWelcome to the working C♯mweek,

AOh ah, welcome to the working wEeek.

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)

 Now that your picture?s Ein the paper bein' publG♯micly admired

 You can hC♯mave anyone

 That you have eF♯ver desired

 AAll you gotta do is tell me Bwhy, why, why, why...

Chorus

 WAelcome to the workin' weEek

 Oh, I kAnow it don?t thrill you

 I hope Eit don't kill you

 Welcome Ato the workin' week F♯

 You gotta do it 'Atil you do it

 So you'd betteBr 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

 I heG♯ar you sayin' that the city?s all rightC♯m

 But you've oF♯mnly read about it in G♯mbooks A B

 Spent aG♯ll your money gettin' so convinced C♯m

 That you never even bothereAd to learn B

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

 WelcomeA to the workin' week E

 Well now, welcome to tAhe workin' week E