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I Write The Book Chords by Patty Griffin

I Write The Book chords by Patty Griffin

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

This song is in the key of Db

Intro:
A C A7 D
Am7 D C G

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Am7            D         Am
I'm over here, and it's cold
Dm          Am7
I'm writing recipes, baby, for growing on
Am7
Growing old, oh, mean and alone
Am7 Dm                Dm7
Oh, baby, pick up the phone
Am7                    D
This pain in my heart
Am7
Has been with me through the ages
Am7                  D           Am
And I walk it around like a very old friend
E7
It goes everywhere I go
D
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It's been everywhere I've been
E                       Em    D
There's something shiny in my pocket
Em                 G
It's the key to my heart
D
Why don't you wanna unlock it?

Chorus:
D           Am7
I write the book on loneliness
Am7
I write the poem on pain
Am7
I'm the obituary in the newspaper
E7    G7         D       Am7
Lying out in the pouring rain


Verse:
Am7
It used to be, babe
Am7                Dm
Good between us
C        Am7
I don't know how to explain
Am7
We used to be Adonis and Venus
Am                  G       Am7
Now we're the water flowing down the drain
Am7
Don't wanna be bad
Am7
Don't wanna lie
Am7
Dont' wanna make you mad
Am7
And I don't wanna die, yeah
Am7
Knowing we're apart for the rest of our lives
E7      Em                 D
Cutting through me like a knife
E         Em                       D
I've been eating your crops like a big old locust
Em                        D
Now I wanna, I'm gonna be a little more in focus

Chorus:
Am7
I write the book on loneliness
Am7
I write the poem on pain
Am7
I'm the obituary in the newspaper
E7               D       Am7
Lying out in the pouring rain

Instrumental:
Am7 C A7 G C G A7
C A7 C Em E D E D Dsus4 D

Chorus:
A7 C                Am7
I wrote the book on loneliness
Am7
I write the poem on pain
Am7
I'm the obituary in the newspaper
E     G          D       Am7    D Am7
Lying out in the pouring rain

Outro:
Am7
I melt a little bit
Am7
All of them fall a little bit
E
I melt a little bit
D                             F7    Am
All of them fall, all of them fall

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