Kunci: Eb major•
Verse 1
G
Bb
F
Bb
When
Eb
C
I look back to life I find
Fm
Lots of memories remain
Bb
Eb
C
Certain days stay in my mind
Ddim
And keep runnin' through my
G
brain
Cm
I remember the day that
G
D
I remember the Wall Street crash
Gm
Bb
Oh, when Winslow first shouted, Flash!
Fm
C
But there's one day that I recall,
Fm
though it was years ago
Gm
D
All my life I will remember it,
Fm
Bb
Eb
I know I'll never forget
Bb
Eb
the day I read a book
Fm
Bb
Eb
It was contagious, seventy pages
Fm
Bb
There were pictures here and there,
Eb
C
so it wasn't hard to bear
Bb
Eb
Fm
It's a shame I don't recall
Bb
Eb
the name of the book
Cm
C
I know because it had no plot
It wasn't a mystery,
F
Bb
because nobody there got shot
Fm
Bb
The day I read a book,
Eb
C
I can't remember when
Fm
But one of these days I'm
Bb
Eb
gonna do it again
Eb
C
there's nothing like sitting home
Fm
F
nights at the fireplace
Bb
Eb
With a pipe, a dog,
Bb
and a good book at your feet
Fm
But if you walk into my house,
Eb
you'll see loads of books
And believe me,
C
F
they're not there just for appearance.
Fm
Bb
I press an awful lot of butterflies.
Eb
C
Fm
My literary appetite is stupendous.
Eb
C
Edim
quick enough for me.
Eb
Fm
didn't come out fast enough,
so I read the book of the week.
didn't come out fast enough,
so I read the book of the day.
The book of the minute.
But that wasn't even fast enough.
So far this week, I've read six books
that haven't been written yet.
home reading.
I once spent two weeks in a library.
C
G
C
I would have been out of there sooner,
F
but I buried my nose in a book
and forgot which book I buried it in.
A dilemma.
Bb
C
Why, on the first page of this book
Eb
they printed the author's name,
and right underneath it was his
Bb
Eb
C
Copyright 1939.
Bb
it back.
Eb
I've been dialing that num
ber for four months,
Nevertheless,
while perusing through the library,
I found the classic I was looking for.
It was in the Encyclopedia Britannia.
Bb
It was in Forever Umbreago.
It was a book that was
Bb
Bbdim
3 ,857 pages thick.
Bb
And I'm glad I took it.
It fits perfectly under the short leg
of my pool table.
C
I know because it had no plot,
Bb
Because nobody there got shot
Fm
Bb
the day I read a book.
Eb
C
I can't remember when,
Fm
Bb
But one of these days I'm going
Eb
G
to do it again.
C
Fm
Yes, one of these days
Bb
Eb
Ab
Eb
I'm going to do it again.
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