The Menzingers – Burn After Writing (Guitar)
Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Tuned a half step down - all chords relative to standard tuning.
E - 022100
E5 - x799xx
E/Eb - x798xx
C#m7 - 9x99xx
B5 - 7x99xx
A - x0222x
B - x24442
G#m - 466444
C#m - x46654
[Intro]
E
[Verse]
E5 E/Eb E5 C#m7 Here's to you, the same chords that I stole B5 E5 From a song that I once heard E/Eb E5 C#m7 B5 The same melody I borrowed from the void E5 E/Eb E5 C#m7 I'd rather observe than structure a narrative B5 E5 E/Eb E5 C#m7 The characters are thin; the plot does not develop B5 It ends where it begins
[Interlude]
E C#m B (x2)
[Verse]
E5 E/Eb E5 It's on the screen, in paperbacks C#m7 B5 In section 8 and cul-de-sacs E5 E/Eb E5 Electro haikus and drunk sonnets C#m7 B5 A E Are moving me along. Along. E A E A One, two, three, four!
[Chorus]
E You cut my hair G#m B You left red ink everywhere A Do my hands tell a story? B Is it boring? E You cut my hair G#m B You left red ink everywhere A Do my hands tell a story? B E5 E/Eb E5 C#m7 B5 Is it boring you?
[Verse]
E5 E/Eb E5 What I'd give to force your sigh C#m7 B5 What I'd give to see you cry E5 E/Eb E5 What I'd give for your caress C#m7 To see your blue cotton dress B7 E5 Balled up on the floor E/Eb E5 C#m7 Certain memories are the problem B5 E5 Certain drunken lines are the shame E/Eb E5 C#m7 Seven hundred miles and four years B5 A I can't fight the flame; it burns. A And it burns and it burns and it burns.
[Chorus]
E You cut my hair G#m B You left red ink everywhere A Do my hands tell a story? B Is it boring? E You cut my hair G#m B You left red ink everywhere A Do my hands tell a story? B E Is it boring you?
[Outro]
B C#m E Was I wishing on satellites? B C#m E Tell me how you've been doing that trick B C#m E I'm just wishing the flame away B C#m E Now I'm wishing the flame away.