{"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":1863506,"song":"Burn After Writing","artist":"The Menzingers","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11415400-burn-after-writing-chords-by-the-menzingers/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1863506?type=chord","rating":4.47664,"votes":11,"content":"Tuned a half step down - all chords relative to standard tuning.\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch] - 022100\r\n[ch]E5[/ch] - x799xx\r\n[ch]E/Eb[/ch] - x798xx\r\n[ch]C#m7[/ch] - 9x99xx\r\n[ch]B5[/ch] - 7x99xx\r\n[ch]A[/ch] - x0222x\r\n[ch]B[/ch] - x24442\r\n[ch]G#m[/ch] - 466444\r\n[ch]C#m[/ch] - x46654\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]E5[/ch]      [ch]E/Eb[/ch]    [ch]E5[/ch]          [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\nHere's to you, the same chords that I stole[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B5[/ch]               [ch]E5[/ch]\r\nFrom a song that I once heard[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E/Eb[/ch]  [ch]E5[/ch]    [ch]C#m7[/ch]                 [ch]B5[/ch]\r\nThe same melody I borrowed from the void[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]E5[/ch]         [ch]E/Eb[/ch]     [ch]E5[/ch]     [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\nI'd rather observe than structure a narrative[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B5[/ch]             [ch]E5[/ch]       [ch]E/Eb[/ch]      [ch]E5[/ch]     [ch]C#m7[/ch]             \r\nThe characters are thin; the plot does not develop[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B5[/ch]\r\nIt ends where it begins[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] (x2)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]E5[/ch]               [ch]E/Eb[/ch]   [ch]E5[/ch]\r\nIt's on the screen, in paperbacks[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C#m7[/ch]           [ch]B5[/ch]\r\nIn section 8 and cul-de-sacs[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E5[/ch]               [ch]E/Eb[/ch]     [ch]E5[/ch]                 \r\nElectro haikus and drunk sonnets[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C#m7[/ch]        [ch]B5[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAre moving me along. Along.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOne, two, three, four![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou cut my hair[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G#m[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]\r\nYou left red ink everywhere[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDo my hands tell a story?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nIs it boring?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou cut my hair[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G#m[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]\r\nYou left red ink everywhere[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDo my hands tell a story?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]E5[/ch]  [ch]E/Eb[/ch]  [ch]E5[/ch]  [ch]C#m7[/ch]  [ch]B5[/ch]\r\nIs it boring you?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]E5[/ch]     [ch]E/Eb[/ch]        [ch]E5[/ch]\r\nWhat I'd give to force your sigh[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C#m7[/ch]     [ch]B5[/ch]\r\nWhat I'd give to see you cry[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E5[/ch]      [ch]E/Eb[/ch]   [ch]E5[/ch]      \r\nWhat I'd give for your caress[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\nTo see your blue cotton dress[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                     [ch]E5[/ch]\r\nBalled up on the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E/Eb[/ch] [ch]E5[/ch]           [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\nCertain memories are the problem[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]B5[/ch]                     [ch]E5[/ch]\r\nCertain drunken lines are the shame[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E/Eb[/ch]   [ch]E5[/ch]     [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\nSeven hundred miles and four years[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]B5[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI can't fight the flame; it burns.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd it burns and it burns and it burns.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou cut my hair[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G#m[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]\r\nYou left red ink everywhere[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDo my hands tell a story?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nIs it boring?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou cut my hair[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G#m[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]\r\nYou left red ink everywhere[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDo my hands tell a story?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIs it boring you?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]     [ch]C#m[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWas I wishing on satellites?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]       [ch]C#m[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTell me how you've been doing that trick[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]         [ch]C#m[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI'm just wishing the flame away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]         [ch]C#m[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow I'm wishing the flame away.[/tab]","plain_text":"Tuned a half step down - all chords relative to standard tuning.\n\nE - 022100\nE5 - x799xx\nE/Eb - x798xx\nC#m7 - 9x99xx\nB5 - 7x99xx\nA - x0222x\nB - x24442\nG#m - 466444\nC#m - x46654\n\n\n[Intro]\n\nE\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n\nE C#m B (x2)\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["E","E5","E/Eb","C#m7","B5","A","B","G#m","C#m","B7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"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]}}}