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Burn After Writing by The Menzingers
Burn After Writing
D# G# C# F# A# D#
Tuning: Half-Step Down
INTRO: (w/ lead): E
VERSE: (w/ lead)
E C#m B
Here's to you, the same chords that I stole from a song that I once heard
E C#m B
The Same melody I borrowed from the void. I'd rather observe
E C#m B
than structure a narrative, the characters are thin
E C#m B
the plot does not develop it ends where it begins
E C#m B x2
E C#m B
It's on the screen, in paperbacks, in section 8 and cul-de-sacs
E C#m B A
Electro haikus and drunk sonnets are moving me along. Along
INTERLUDE: (w/ lead): E A x2
CHORUS:
E C#m
You cut my hair, you left red ink everywhere
B A B
Do my hands tell a story? Is it boring?
E C#m
You cut my hair, you left red ink everywhere
B A B
Do my hands tell a story? Is it boring?
VERSE: (w/ lead)
E C#m B
What I'd give to force your sigh, what I'd give to see you cry
E C#m B
What I'd give for your caress to see your blue cotton dress balled up on the floor
E C#m B
Certain memories are the problem certain drunken lines are the shame
E C#m B A
Seven hundred miles and four years I can't fight the flame; it burns
CHORUS:
E C#m
You cut my hair, you left red ink everywhere
B A B
Do my hands tell a story? Is it boring?
E C#m
You cut my hair, you left red ink everywhere
B A B
Do my hands tell a story? Is it boring?
OUTRO: (w/ lead)
E
Was I wishing on satellites?
Tell me how you've been doing that trick
I'm just wishing the flame away
Now I'm wishing the flame away
INTRO:
E
eb|----------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------|
Db|-9---~~~-------9---7-6------------|
Ab|-7---~~~---7-----------9-~~~~-----|
Eb|-0---~~~--------------------------|
VERSE:
E C#m B
eb|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
Gb|-------9------8------9-------|------9-----8-----9--------|x4
Db|-----9----9------9-----9---9-|----11--11----9-----9---9--|
Ab|---7--------7------7-----7---|--11------11----9-----9----|
Eb|-0---------------------------|-9-------------------------|
A
eb|------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------|
Gb|-------6------6------6--------|x2
Db|-----7----7------7-----7---7--|
Ab|---7--------7------7-----7----|
Eb|-5----------------------------|
INTERLUDE:
E
eb|-----------------------------------------|-------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------| |
Gb|-----------------------------------------| |
Db|-----9---7--6------------9---7--6--------| |
Ab|-7-------------9--7----------------9-----| |
Eb|-0---------------------------------------| |
A x2
eb|-----------------------------------------| |
Bb|-----------------------------------------| |
Gb|-----------------------------------------| |
Db|-----9---7--6----------------------------| |
Ab|-7-------------9--7------6---7--6--7--9--| |
Eb|-5---------------------------------------|-------------------|
OUTRO:
E
eb|----------------------------------------------|-------------------|
Bb|-----12--10--9-------------------9---------9--| |
Gb|-9--------------11--9-------9h11---11-9-11----| |
Db|--------------------------11------------------| |
Ab|----------------------------------------------| |
Eb|----------------------------------------------| |
E x2
eb|----------------------------------------------| |
Bb|-----12--10--9-------------------9-10-9----9--| |
Gb|-9--------------11--9-------9h11--------11----| |
Db|--------------------------11------------------| |
Ab|----------------------------------------------| |
Eb|----------------------------------------------|-------------------|
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version 2
Verse 1:
D Bm
Here's to you, the same chords that I stole
A D
From a song that I once heard
Bm A
The Same melody I borrowed from the void
D Bm
I'd rather observe than structure a narrative
A
The characters are thin;
D Bm
The plot does not develop
A D
It ends where it begins
Link; D, Bm, A (x2)
Verse 2:
D
It's on the screen, in paperbacks
Bm A
In section 8 and cul-de-sacs
D
Electro haikus and drunk sonnets
Bm A
Are moving me along
Em
Along
Link: G, D, G, D
Chorus: (x2)
D
You cut my hair
Bm A
You left red ink everywhere
Em
Do my hands tell a story?
A
Is it boring?
Link (Palm Muted): D, Bm, A
Verse 3: (Palm-Muted)
D
What I'd give to force your sigh
Bm A
What I'd give to see you cry
D
What I'd give for your caress
Bm
To see your blue cotton dress
A
Balled up on the floor
D
Certain memories are the problem
Bm A D
Certain drunken lines are the shame
Bm
Seven hundred miles and four years
A D
I can't fight the flame; it burns
G
Burns, and it burns and it burns.
Chorus: (x2)
D
You cut my hair
Bm A
You left red ink everywhere
Em
Do my hands tell a story?
A
Is it boring?
Outro:
D
Was I wishing on satellites?
A D
Tell me how you've been doing that trick
A D
I'm just wishing the flame away
A D
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.
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