Burn After Writing chords by The Menzingers

Chords with lyrics

This is The Menzinger's song 'Burn After Writing', second track from their latest
record: 'On the Impossible Past'. It's an acoustic version, with a fairly loose
structure in
comparison to the technicality of the record.

Verse 1:
D MajorD                   B minorBm
Here's to you, the same chords that I stole
A augmentedA             D MajorD
From a song that I once heard
          B minorBm       A augmentedA
The Same melody I borrowed from the void
D MajorD                     B minorBm
I'd rather observe than structure a narrative
A augmentedA
The characters are thin;
D MajorD           B minorBm
The plot does not develop
A augmentedA           D MajorD
It ends where it begins

Link; D, Bm, A augmentedA (x2)

Verse 2:
D MajorD
It's on the screen, in paperbacks
B minorBm            A augmentedA
In section 8 and cul-de-sacs
D MajorD
Electro haikus and drunk sonnets
B minorBm        A augmentedA
Are moving me along
E minorEm
Along

Link: G, D, G, D MajorD

Chorus: (x2)
D MajorD
You cut my hair
B minorBm        A augmentedA
You left red ink everywhere
   E minorEm
Do my hands tell a story?
A augmentedA
Is it boring?

Link (Palm Muted): D, Bm, A augmentedA

Verse 3: (Palm-Muted)
D MajorD
What I'd give to force your sigh
B minorBm            A augmentedA
What I'd give to see you cry
D MajorD
What I'd give for your caress
B minorBm
To see your blue cotton dress
A augmentedA
Balled up on the floor
D MajorD
Certain memories are the problem
B minorBm            A augmentedA    D MajorD
Certain drunken lines are the shame
        B minorBm
Seven hundred miles and four years
            A augmentedA    D MajorD
I can't fight the flame; it burns
G+G
Burns, and it burns and it burns.

Chorus: (x2)
D MajorD
You cut my hair
B minorBm        A augmentedA
You left red ink everywhere
   E minorEm
Do my hands tell a story?
A augmentedA
Is it boring?

Outro:
D MajorD
Was I wishing on satellites?
A augmentedA           D MajorD
Tell me how you've been doing that trick
A augmentedA           D MajorD
I'm just wishing the flame away
A augmentedA           D MajorD
Now I'm wishing the flame away


Nota Bene:
On the D's in the outro, and throughout other points during the song, you can add
embellishments to make it sounds a bit more tidy, but you don't have to. If you wanna
give it
a try, then whilst you're on the regular D MajorD Major shape, hit the fourth fret on the D MajorD