The Pursewarden Affair chords by Anais Mitchell

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: D

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G D
G D
Em D

Verse 1:
G       D
Percy Pursewarden
G       D
Open up your door
G       D
I haven't come to break your cadence
Em      D
Or mix your metaphor
          G             D
And if I swore I was no critic
          G             D
would you let me come inside?
          G             D
Would you write your famous lines?
          G             D
Where you lay your secret plans
Em                       A
For suicide by slight of hand?

                        G   D
And you let me down so kindly
A
You don't love me
               G   D
But you don't mind me

Bridge:
G D
G D
Em D

Verse 2:
G       D
Percy Pursewarden
G       D
After all your hard traveling
G       D
Think a girl could lay down beside you
Em      D
without your world unraveling?
      G        D
In a maudlin mess
             G             D
Yes, that's my clothing in a pile
             G             D
Just wanna stay a little while
             G             D
Just wanna see that crooked grin
Em D                     A
After the sedatives set in, hey

                       G  D
And then we're feeling fine
A                F
You don't love me
        G   D
I don't mind

Bridge:
G D
G D
Em D

Verse 3:
G       D
Percy Pursewarden
G       D
I'll be gone before you wake
G       D
Back to the gallery of failures
Em     D
to see what I can make of you
G      D
Pursewarden
      G           D
Have mercy on my heart
      G           D
Maybe I don't want to call it art
      G           D
Just because you nailed it to the wall
     Em           D          A
Maybe I'm a critic after all

                           G   D
And you don't have to remind me
A
You don't love me
               G   D
But you don't mind me

Outro:
G D
G D
Em D