I Write The Book chords by Patty Griffin

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

This song is in the key of DbDb

Intro:
A augmentedA C majorC A7A7 D MajorD
Am7Am7 D MajorD C majorC G+G

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Am7Am7      D MajorD     A minorAm
I'm over here, and it's cold
DmDm     Am7Am7
I'm writing recipes, baby, for growing on
Am7Am7
Growing old, oh, mean and alone
Am7Am7 DmDm        Dm7Dm7
Oh, baby, pick up the phone
Am7Am7          D MajorD
This pain in my heart
Am7Am7
Has been with me through the ages
Am7Am7         D MajorD      A minorAm
And I walk it around like a very old friend
E7E7
It goes everywhere I go
D MajorD
It's been everywhere I've been
E MajorE            E minorEm  D MajorD
There's something shiny in my pocket
E minorEm         G+G
It's the key to my heart
D MajorD
Why don't you wanna unlock it?

Chorus:
D MajorD      Am7Am7
I write the book on loneliness
Am7Am7
I write the poem on pain
Am7Am7
I'm the obituary in the newspaper
E7E7  G7G7     D MajorD    Am7Am7
Lying out in the pouring rain


Verse:
Am7Am7
It used to be, babe
Am7Am7        DmDm
Good between us
C majorC    Am7Am7
I don't know how to explain
Am7Am7
We used to be Adonis and Venus
A minorAm         G+G    Am7Am7
Now we're the water flowing down the drain
Am7Am7
Don't wanna be bad
Am7Am7
Don't wanna lie
Am7Am7
Dont' wanna make you mad
Am7Am7
And I don't wanna die, yeah
Am7Am7
Knowing we're apart for the rest of our lives
E7E7   E minorEm         D MajorD
Cutting through me like a knife
E MajorE     E minorEm            D MajorD
I've been eating your crops like a big old locust
E minorEm            D MajorD
Now I wanna, I'm gonna be a little more in focus

Chorus:
Am7Am7
I write the book on loneliness
Am7Am7
I write the poem on pain
Am7Am7
I'm the obituary in the newspaper
E7E7        D MajorD    Am7Am7
Lying out in the pouring rain

Instrumental:
Am7Am7 C majorC A7A7 G+G C majorC G+G A7A7
C majorC A7A7 C majorC E minorEm E MajorE D MajorD E MajorE D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD

Chorus:
A7A7 C majorC        Am7Am7
I wrote the book on loneliness
Am7Am7
I write the poem on pain
Am7Am7
I'm the obituary in the newspaper
E MajorE   G+G     D MajorD    Am7Am7  D MajorD Am7Am7
Lying out in the pouring rain

Outro:
Am7Am7
I melt a little bit
Am7Am7
All of them fall a little bit
E MajorE
I melt a little bit
D MajorD               F7F7  A minorAm
All of them fall, all of them fall