#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
From: [email protected] (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: [email protected] (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

-- 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Joe Staton						 [email protected]
Department of Biology				[email protected]
University of Michigan
--------------------------------------------------------------------------