The Menzingers – Burn After Writing (Ukulele)
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Ukulele
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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:
C Am Here's to you, the same chords that I stole F C From a song that I once heard Am F The Same melody I borrowed from the void C Am I'd rather observe than structure a narrative F The characters are thin; C Am The plot does not develop F C It ends where it begins
Link; C, Am, F (x2)
Verse 2:
C It's on the screen, in paperbacks Am F In section 8 and cul-de-sacs C Electro haikus and drunk sonnets Am F Are moving me along Dm Along
Link: F, C, F, C
Chorus: (x2)
C You cut my hair Am F You left red ink everywhere Dm Do my hands tell a story? F Is it boring?
Link (Palm Muted): C, Am, F
Verse 3: (Palm-Muted)
C What I'd give to force your sigh Am F What I'd give to see you cry C What I'd give for your caress Am To see your blue cotton dress F Balled up on the floor C Certain memories are the problem Am F C Certain drunken lines are the shame Am Seven hundred miles and four years F C I can't fight the flame; it burns F Burns, and it burns and it burns.
Chorus: (x2)
C You cut my hair Am F You left red ink everywhere Dm Do my hands tell a story? F Is it boring?
Outro:
C Was I wishing on satellites? F C Tell me how you've been doing that trick F C I'm just wishing the flame away F C 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 Major shape, hit the fourth fret on the D
string, then move it up to second, then open again. Large.