{"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":962386,"song":"The Wrote And The Writ","artist":"Laura Marling","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11618779-the-wrote-and-the-writ-chords-by-laura-marling/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/962386?type=chord","rating":4.92033,"votes":5,"content":"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n\r\nTuning: Standard - Capo 1st fret\r\n\r\nChords\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch](open)    [ch]Am[/ch](open)      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch](open)      [ch]C[/ch]*       [ch]B[/ch]\r\n 0           0            1        3            x        x[/tab]\r\n 1           1            1        0            x        x\r\n 0           2            2        0            5        4\r\n 2           2            3        0            5        4\r\n 3           0            3        2            3        2\r\n x           x            1        3            x        x\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTaking pictures of the man from God[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI hope his cassock's clean[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOh you are a holy fellow[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYour halo better gleam, better gleam[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]*        [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhat of all those wayward priests?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]             \r\nThe ones who like to drink[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]*                    [ch]B[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDo you suppose they'd swap their blood for wine[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLike you swapped yours for ink, for ink[/tab]\r\n\r\nYou wrote me oh so many letters\r\nAnd none of them seemed true\r\nPromises look good on paper\r\nEspecially from you, from you\r\n\r\nThe weight of all those willing words\r\nI carried all alone\r\nYou wouldn't put your pen to bed\r\nWhen we hadn't found our own, our own \r\n\r\nYour sentences rose high at night\r\nAnd all round my head\r\nSentences has been broken\r\nLike the priest before me is breaking bread\r\n\r\nI'm being asked to drink the blood of Christ [play the chords louder here]\r\nAnd soon I'll eat his flesh\r\nI'm alone again before the altar\r\nShedding all my old regrets\r\n\r\nThe loss of which I'll tell you now\r\nAs it flies down the sink\r\nI never knew a part of you\r\nYou didn't set in ink, in ink\r\n\r\nBut the letters that you left behind\r\nNo longer shall I read\r\nBlood's between the pages\r\nAnd I can't stand to see you bleed\r\n\r\n[tab]Bridge\r\n      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\ne|---------------------------------------------|\r\nB|----1----------1-----------1-----------------|\r\nG|----0----------2-----------0-----------------|\r\nD|----2----------2-----------2-----------------|\r\nA|-3--3---3-2-0--0----0-2-3--3-----------------|\r\nE|---------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nAnd I'll soon forget what was never there\r\nYour words are ash and dust\r\nAll that's left is the song I've sung\r\nThe breath I've taken and the one I must\r\n\r\nIf you're born with a love for the wrote and the writ\r\nPeople of letters your warning stands clear\r\nPay heed to your heart and not to your wit\r\nDon't say in a letter what you can't in my ear","plain_text":"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nTuning: Standard - Capo 1st fret\n\nChords\n\n\n 1           1            1        0            x        x\n 0           2            2        0            5        4\n 2           2            3        0            5        4\n 3           0            3        2            3        2\n x           x            1        3            x        x\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou wrote me oh so many letters\nAnd none of them seemed true\nPromises look good on paper\nEspecially from you, from you\n\nThe weight of all those willing words\nI carried all alone\nYou wouldn't put your pen to bed\nWhen we hadn't found our own, our own \n\nYour sentences rose high at night\nAnd all round my head\nSentences has been broken\nLike the priest before me is breaking bread\n\nI'm being asked to drink the blood of Christ [play the chords louder here]\nAnd soon I'll eat his flesh\nI'm alone again before the altar\nShedding all my old regrets\n\nThe loss of which I'll tell you now\nAs it flies down the sink\nI never knew a part of you\nYou didn't set in ink, in ink\n\nBut the letters that you left behind\nNo longer shall I read\nBlood's between the pages\nAnd I can't stand to see you bleed\n\n\n\n\nAnd I'll soon forget what was never there\nYour words are ash and dust\nAll that's left is the song I've sung\nThe breath I've taken and the one I must\n\nIf you're born with a love for the wrote and the writ\nPeople of letters your warning stands clear\nPay heed to your heart and not to your wit\nDon't say in a letter what you can't in my ear","chords":["C","Am","F","G","B","D","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"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]}}}