Father John Misty – Q4 (Guitar)

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[Intro] D | Fm | Cm | B | B7 [Verse 1]
Bm                        Em
Simone writes little of much consequence

A7                            D       Gm
Unless the theater’s how you pay the rent

Bm                      Em
A new work of some semi-memoir sits

A7                        D     Gm
Inside the weekend book editors desk

                D          Gm
And while they have not mentioned it

                  D             Gm
She must watch roses get thrown at less

           D
Oh, the indignity
[Chorus]
A                            D  G
It was just the thing for their Q4

                        D        A
“Deeply funny” was the rave refrain

                             D  G
It was just the thing for their Q4

                               D   A
It’ll be on stands before the holidays
[Instrumental] D | Fm | Cm | B7 [Verse 2]
Bm                       Em
Her sister was not much long for this world

A7                         D        Gm
She danced as if a dancer danced as if

Bm                   Em
As if she had a body to sustain

A7                  D     Gm
As if an audience to entertain

             D             Gm
This ironic distance kept her sane

           D            Gm
While her vessel sailed away

                 D
It was all very literary

D
And the truth was
[Chorus]
A                            D  G
It was just the thing for their Q4

                           D   A
What’s “deeply funny” mean anyhow?

A                            D  G
It was just the thing for their Q4

                               D          A
These are the stories that we need right now
[Bridge]
F#
How could she compete?

                       Bm
(I’m sure she wouldn’t mind)
With a memory such as she
                   G
(But who else then I)
Leigh died so many months ago
                         F#
(Could write the story of her life?)

                        A
“By now this tragedy’s my own!”

F   Em           A
Oh, oh, oh-oh oh-oh
[Instrumental] Bm Em A D Gm D Gm [Chorus]
A                            D  G
It was just the thing for their Q4

                        D        A
“Deeply funny” was the rave refrain

                             D  G
It was just the thing for their Q4

                               D   A
It’ll be on stands before the holidays
[Chorus]
A                            D  G
It was just the thing for their Q4

                           D     A
The film adaptation was a total mess

A                            D  G
It was just the thing for their Q4

                             D   A
’Til she was outed for her privilege
[Chorus]
A                            D  G
It was just a thing for their Q4

                             D    A
Can’t see her brother now unsupervised

A                            D  G
It was just the thing for their Q4

                                      D     A
Her family switched care right when she inquired