Johnny Flynn – The Wrote And The Writ (Guitar)
Capo 2
Key
-
Versions
(3)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Notes:
with the D sometimes the last note is left out and then hammered on + off a bit.
D5 xx0235
[Verse 1]
Bm F# G They're taking pictures of the man from God D A I hope his cassock's clean Bm F# G The burden of being a holy fellow D A D Your halo better gleam, better gleam D5 A Bm What of all those wayward priests? D A The ones who like to drink D5 A Bm Do you suppose they'd swap their blood for wine D A D Like you swapped yours for ink, for ink
[Verse 2]
Bm F# G You wrote me oh so many letters D A And all of them seemed true Bm F# G Promises look good on paper D A D Especially from you, from you D5 A Bm The weight of all those willing words D A I carried all alone D5 A Bm You wouldn't put your pen to bed D A D When we hadn't found our own, our own
[Verse 3]
Bm F# G Your sentences rose high at night D A And circled round my head Bm F# G The circle's since been broken D A D Like the priest before me is breaking bread D5 A Bm I'm being asked to drink the blood of Christ D A And soon I'll eat his flesh D5 A Bm I'm alone again before the altar D A D Shedding all my old regrets
[Verse 4]
Bm F# G The last of which I'll tell you now D A As it flies down the sink Bm F# G I never knew a part of you D A D You didn't set in ink, in ink D5 A Bm The letters that you left behind D A No longer shall I read D5 A Bm Your blood's between the pages D A D And I can't stand to see you bleed
[Verse 5]
Bm F# G And I'll soon forget what was never there D A Your words are ash and dust Bm F# G All that's left is the song I've sung D A D The breath I've taken and the one I must D5 A Bm If you're born with a love for the wrote and the writ D A People of letters your warning stands clear D5 A Bm Pay heed to your heart and not to your wit D A D Don't say in a letter what you can't in my ear