{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1714378,"song":"Im Writing A Novel","artist":"Father John Misty","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11361849-im-writing-a-novel-chords-by-father-john-misty/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1714378?type=chord","rating":4.86229,"votes":281,"content":"Capo 1\r\n\r\nOnly acoustic and vocals until the last line of Intro where all else comes in.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI ran down the road, pants down to my knees,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nscreaming please come help me, that Canadian shaman[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\ngave a little too much to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand I'm writing a novel,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]E[/ch]\r\n'cause it's never been done before[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nFirst house that I saw, I wrote house up on the door,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nand told the people who lived there they have to get out[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n'cause my reality is realer than yours[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nya there's no time in the present,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand there's a black dog on the bed[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI went to the backyard, to burn my only clothes,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nand then the dog ran out, he said you [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\ncan't turn nothing into nothing, this would be no more[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell, I'm no doctor, but that monkey might be right[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B7[/ch]       [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nand if he is,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI'll be walking him my whole life[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI rode to Malibu, on a dune buggy with Neil,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nhe said you're gonna have to drive me down on the beach[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nif you ever wanna write for real[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand I said I'm sorry,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nyoung man what was your name again?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow, everywhere I go in West Hollywood[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nit's filled with people pretending they don't see the actress[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nand the actress wishing that they could[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwe could do ayahuasca,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nbaby, if I wasn't holding all these drinks[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nSomething 'bout the way Violet whips her hair[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nmakes me empty my pockets on the corner to corner,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nbumming twenties as if I was the mayor[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI don't need any new friends,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nbut I could really use something to do[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]B7[/ch]         [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nso if you're up for it sometime,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI swear you wouldn't have to be my muse[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nHeidegger and Sartre, drinking poppy tea[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI could have sworn last night I passed out in my van[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nand now these guys are pouring one for me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'll never leave the canyon[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\n'cause I'm surrounded on all sides[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]B7[/ch]        [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nby people writing novels[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand living on amusement rides[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n* When playing A in the verse you can throw in an A/F or A7 to make it sound a bit better.","plain_text":"Capo 1\n\nOnly acoustic and vocals until the last line of Intro where all else comes in.\n\n\n[Intro]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\nE E E E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n* When playing A in the verse you can throw in an A/F or A7 to make it sound a bit better.","chords":["E","E7","A","B7","C#m","A/F","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]}}}