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I'm Writing A Novel chords by Father John Misty

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______________________
   / I'm Writing Chord diagramA augmentedA Novel  /
  / Father John Misty    /
 / Fear Fun             /
/______________________/


The essence of this song is the acoustic guitar playing this simple structure

  | Chord diagramFF  | Chord diagramFF  | Chord diagramF7F7 | Chord diagramF7F7 |

  | Chord diagramBb majorBb | Chord diagramBb majorBb | Chord diagramFF  | Chord diagramFF  |


and adding this tail after the verse no. 3, 6, 7.

  | Chord diagramC7C7 | Chord diagramDmDm | Chord diagramFF  | Chord diagramFF  |
The acoustic guitar is tuned a full step down to (Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramFF Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramD MajorD).

Chords:       Chord diagramFF          Chord diagramF7F7         Chord diagramBb majorBb         Chord diagramC7C7         Chord diagramDmDm
            _xooo_     _x_oo_     x__o_o     xoo___     o__ooo
            ||||||     ||||||     |||| |     |||| |     ||||||
            ||||||     ||||||     || |||     ||| |?     | ?|||
             ||||?      | ||?     | ||||     ||||||     ||||||
            ||||||     ||||||     ||||||     ||||||     ||||||


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Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramFF                    Chord diagramFF
   I ran down the road, pants down to my knees
             Chord diagramF7F7                                             Chord diagramF7F7
Screaming "please come help me, that Canadian shaman gave a little too much to me!"
                  Chord diagramBb majorBb     Chord diagramBb majorBb
And I'm writing a novel
                                Chord diagramFF    Chord diagramFF
Because it's never been done before


Chord diagramFF                              Chord diagramFF
First house that I saw I wrote house up on the door
             Chord diagramF7F7                                                     Chord diagramF7F7
And told the people who lived there they had to get out "Cause my reality is realer than yours"
                           Chord diagramBb majorBb       Chord diagramBb majorBb
And there's no time in the present
                                Chord diagramFF   Chord diagramFF
And there's a black dog on the bed
  Chord diagramFF                       Chord diagramFF
I went to the backyard to burn my only clothes
         Chord diagramF7F7                                               Chord diagramF7F7
And the dog ran out and said "You can't turn nothing into nothingness with me no more"
            Chord diagramBb majorBb      Chord diagramBb majorBb
Well I'm no doctor
                          Chord diagramFF     Chord diagramFF
but that monkey might be right
          Chord diagramC7C7  Chord diagramDmDm
And if he is
                              Chord diagramFF    Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramFF
I'll be walking him my whole life


  Chord diagramFF                   Chord diagramFF
I rode to Malibu on a dune buggy with Neil
                Chord diagramF7F7                                              Chord diagramF7F7
He said "You're gonna have to drown me down on the beach if you ever want to write the real"
                Chord diagramBb majorBb     Chord diagramBb majorBb
And I said "I'm sorry,
                               Chord diagramFF
young man, what is your name again "


    Chord diagramFF               Chord diagramFF
Now everywhere I go in West Hollywood
                 Chord diagramF7F7                                                    Chord diagramF7F7
It's filled with people pretending they don't see the actress, and the actress wishing that they could
                 Chord diagramBb majorBb    Chord diagramBb majorBb
We could do Ayahuasca
                                   Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramFF
Baby if I wasn't holding all these drinks


Chord diagramFF                       Chord diagramFF
Something 'bout the way Violet whips her hair
              Chord diagramF7F7                                                   Chord diagramF7F7
That makes me empty my pockets holding court on the corner burning twenties as if I was the mayor
                 Chord diagramBb majorBb                  Chord diagramBb majorBb
I don't need any new friends, Momma
                                     Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramFF
But I could really use something to do
                       Chord diagramC7C7        Chord diagramDmDm
So if you're up for it sometimes
                                    Chord diagramFF    Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramFF
I swear you wouldn't have to be my muse


Chord diagramFF                     Chord diagramFF
Heidegger and Sartre, drinking poppy tea
           Chord diagramF7F7                                                    Chord diagramF7F7
I could've sworn last night I passed out in my van and now these guys are pouring one for me
                     Chord diagramBb majorBb      Chord diagramBb majorBb
I'll never leave the canyon,
                              Chord diagramFF     Chord diagramFF
'cause I'm surrounded on all sides
                  Chord diagramC7C7      Chord diagramDmDm
By people writing novels
                         Chord diagramFF     Chord diagramF7F7
and living on amusement rides


+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 Jon Sebastian Frederiksen - 31st /December /14
 Just mail me at [email protected] with questions, comments and corrections!

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