{"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":1942689,"song":"Leaving La","artist":"Father John Misty","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11434427-leaving-la-chords-by-father-john-misty/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1942689?type=chord","rating":4.30987,"votes":44,"content":"Chord notes: The F is played fairly quickly, just listen to get the strumming right. The C/G is a standard C\r\nchord with the G note added on the low E, play the original root note too! Here is a what a Bdim7 looks like.\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bdim7[/ch]\r\nx____x[/tab]\r\n|||●||\r\n|●||||\r\n||●|●|\r\n||||||\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was living on the hill[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nBy the water tower and hiking trails[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the big one hit I’d have a seat[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nTo watch masters abandon their dogs and dogs run free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bdim7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh, baby, it’s time to leave[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nTake the van and the hearse down to New Orleans[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bdim7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLeave under the gaze of the billboard queens[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n5 foot chicks with parted lips selling sweatshop jeans[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThese LA phonies and their bullshit bands[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nSound like dollar signs and Amy Grant,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo reads the pulled quote from my last cover piece[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nEntitled \"The Oldest Man in Folk Rock Speaks”[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bdim7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou can hear it all over the air---waves[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nThe manufactured gasp of the final days[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bdim7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSomeone should tell them ‘bout the time that they don’t have[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nTo praise the glorious future and the hopeless past[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA few things the songwriter needs[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nArrows of love, a mask of tragedy[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut if you want ecstasy or birth control[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nJust run the tap until the water's cold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bdim7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnything else, you can get online[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nA creation myth or a forty-five[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bdim7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou're going to need one or the other to survive[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nWhere only the armed or the funny make it out alive[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMara taunts me 'neath the tree[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nShe's like, \"Oh great, that's just what we all need[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnother white guy in two thousand seventeen[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nWho takes himself so goddamn seriously\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bdim7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe's not far off, the strange thing is[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nThat's pretty much what I thought when I started this[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bdim7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt took me my whole life to learn to the play the G[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nBut the role of Oedipus was a total breeze[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nStill, I dreamt of garnering all rave reviews[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nJust believably a little north of God's own truth[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"He's a national treasure now and here's the proof[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nIn the form of his major label debut[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bdim7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA little less human with each release[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nClosing the gap between the mask and me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bdim7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI swear I never do this, but is it okay?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nDon't want to be that guy but it's my birthday[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nIf everything ends with the photo then I'm on my way[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, oh oh-oh, oh, oh[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nOh, oh oh-oh, oh, oh-oh, oh oh[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, oh oh-oh, oh, oh[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nOh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh, oh-oh[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI watched my old gods all collapse[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nWere way more violence than my cartoon past[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's like my father said before he croaked[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n\"Son, you're killing me and that's all folks\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bdim7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo why is it I'm so distraught[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nThat what I'm selling is getting bought?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bdim7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAt some point you just can't control[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nWhat people use your fake name for[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo I never learned to play the lead guitar[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nI always more preferred the speaking parts[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBesides, there's always someone willing to[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nFill up the spaces that I couldn't use[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bdim7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNonetheless, I've been practicing my whole life[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nWashing dishes, playing drums, and getting by[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bdim7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nUntil I figured, if I'm here then I just might[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nConceal my lack of skill here in the spot-light [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nMaya, the mother of illusions, a beard, and I[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTwo-thousand years or so since Ovid taught[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nNight-blooming, teenage rosebuds, dirty talk[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm merely a minor fascination to[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nManic virginal lust and college dudes[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bdim7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm beginning to begin to see the end[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nOf how it all goes down between me and them[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bdim7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSome ten verse chorus-less dia--tribe[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nPlays as they all jump ship, \"I used to like this guy[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nThis new shit really kind of makes me want to die\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, oh oh-oh, oh, oh[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nOh, oh oh-oh, oh, oh-oh, oh oh[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, oh oh-oh, oh, oh[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nOh oh, oh-oh oh, oh, oh-oh[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy first memory of music's from[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nThe time at JCPenneys with my mom[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe watermelon candy I was choking on[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nBarbara screaming, \"Someone help my son!\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bdim7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI relive it most times the radio's on[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nThat \"tell me lies, sweet little white lies\" song[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bdim7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThat's when I first saw the comedy won't stop for[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nEven little boys dying in the department store[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 10]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo we leave town in total si-lence[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nNew Year's Day, it's six o'clock A.M.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI've never seen Sunset this abandoned[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nReminds me predictably of the world's end[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bdim7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt'll be good to get more space[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nGod knows what all these suckers pay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bdim7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI can stop drinking and you can write your script[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nBut what we both think now is[/tab]","plain_text":"Chord notes: The F is played fairly quickly, just listen to get the strumming right. The C/G is a standard C\nchord with the G note added on the low E, play the original root note too! Here is a what a Bdim7 looks like.\n\n\n|||●||\n|●||||\n||●|●|\n||||||\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 10]","chords":["F","C/G","C","G","E","Bdim7","Em","Am","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}