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Paperback writer, paperback writer! 
  
     G 
Dear Sir or Madam, will you read my book? 
           G7 
It took me years to write, will you take a look? 
     G 
It's based on a novel by a man named Lear, 
      G7                                     C 
and I need a job so I want to be a paperback writer, 
          G7 
paperback writer 
 
       G 
It's a dirty story of a dirty man, 
        G7 
and his clinging wife doesn't understand. 
    G 
His son is working for the Daily Mail, 
       G7                                        C 
it's a steady job but he wants to be a paperback writer, 
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paperback writer. Paperback writer, paperback writer. 
 
       G 
It's a thousand pages, give or take a few, 
        G7 
I'll be writing more in a week or two. 
      G 
I can make it longer if you like the style, 
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I can change it 'round and I want to be a paperback writer, 
          G7 
paperback writer.