{"id":7313,"date":"2022-01-30T05:37:39","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T05:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=7313"},"modified":"2025-08-20T15:37:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T15:37:45","slug":"paperback-writer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/paperback-writer\/","title":{"rendered":"Paperback Writer"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 900;\">The Beatles\r\n\r\nC         G         Em7 \r\nPaperback writer, writer            \r\nG7 \r\nDear Sir or Madam, will you read my book? \r\nIt took me years to write, will you take a look? \r\nIt's based on a novel by a man named Lear \r\n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C \r\nAnd I need a job so I want to be a paperback writer \r\nG7  -  Paperback writer \r\n\r\nG7 \r\nIt's a dirty story of a dirty man \r\nAnd his clinging wife doesn't understand \r\nHis son is working for the Daily Mail\r\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C \r\nIt's a steady job but he wants to be a paperback writer \r\nG7  -  Paperback writer \r\n\r\nG7 \r\nIt's a thousand pages, give or take a few \r\nI'll be writing more in a week or two \r\nI can make it longer if you like the style\r\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C \r\nI can change it 'round and I want to be a paperback writer \r\nG7  -  Paperback writer \r\n\r\nC         G         Em7 \r\nPaperback writer, writer \r\nG7 \r\nIf you really like it you can have the rights \r\nIt could make a million for you overnight \r\nIf you must return it you can send it here\r\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C \r\nBut I need a break and I want to be a paperback writer \r\nG7  - Paperback writer \r\nC         G         Em7 \r\nPaperback writer, writer\r\n<\/span><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Beatles C G Em7 Paperback writer, writer G7 Dear Sir or Madam, will you read my book? It took me years to write, will you take a look? It&#8217;s based on a novel by a man named Lear . . . . . . . . . . . &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/paperback-writer\/\" class=\"more-link\">CLICK TO VIEW SONG<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Paperback Writer<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,58,116,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3-chords","category-beatles","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7313\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}