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Capo 1
Only acoustic and vocals until the last line of Intro where all else comes in.
[Intro]
EI ran down the road, pants down to my knees,
screaming E7please come help me, that Canadian shaman
gave a E7little too much to me
and I'm writing a Anovel,
'cause it's never been done beEfore
[Verse 1]
EFirst house that I saw, I wrote house up on the door,
and told the E7people who lived there they have to get out
'cause my E7reality is realer than yours
ya there's no time in the preAsent,
and there's a black dog on the Ebed
[Verse 2]
I Ewent to the backyard, to burn my only clothes,
and then the E7dog ran out, he said you 
E7can't turn nothing into nothing, this would be no more
Well, I'm no Adoctor, but that monkey might be Eright
and if he B7is,C#m  
I'll be walking him my whole Elife
[Verse 3]
I Erode to Malibu, on a dune buggy with Neil,
he said you're E7gonna have to drive me down on the beach
if you E7ever wanna write for real
and I said I'm soArry,
young man what was your name aEgain?
[Verse 4]
Now, Eeverywhere I go in West Hollywood
it's E7filled with people pretending they don't see the actress
and the E7actress wishing that they could
we could do ayaAhuasca,
baby, if I wasn't holding all these Edrinks
[Verse 5]
ESomething 'bout the way Violet whips her hair
makes me eE7mpty my pockets on the corner to corner,
bumming E7twenties as if I was the mayor
I don't need any neAw friends,
but I could really use something to Edo
so if you're up for it B7sometime,C#m  
I swear you wouldn't have to be my Emuse
[Outro]
E E E E
EHeidegger and Sartre, drinking poppy tea
I could have E7sworn last night I passed out in my van
and now these E7guys are pouring one for me
I'll never leave the Acanyon
'cause I'm surrounded on all Esides
by people writing nB7ovelsC#m  
and living on amusement Erides
* When playing A in the verse you can throw in an A/F or A7 to make it sound a bit better.

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Im Writing A Novel

by Father John Misty

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

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C#m

Capo 1

Only acoustic and vocals until the last line of Intro where all else comes in.

[Intro]

I ran down the road, pants down to my knees,

screaming please come help me, that Canadian shaman

gave a little too much to me

and I'm writing a novel,

'cause it's never been done before

[Verse 1]

First house that I saw, I wrote house up on the door,

and told the people who lived there they have to get out

'cause my reality is realer than yours

ya there's no time in the present,

and there's a black dog on the bed

[Verse 2]

I went to the backyard, to burn my only clothes,

and then the dog ran out, he said you

can't turn nothing into nothing, this would be no more

A E

Well, I'm no doctor, but that monkey might be right

B7 C#m

and if he is,

I'll be walking him my whole life

[Verse 3]

I rode to Malibu, on a dune buggy with Neil,

he said you're gonna have to drive me down on the beach

if you ever wanna write for real

and I said I'm sorry,

young man what was your name again?

[Verse 4]

Now, everywhere I go in West Hollywood

it's filled with people pretending they don't see the actress

and the actress wishing that they could

we could do ayahuasca,

baby, if I wasn't holding all these drinks

[Verse 5]

Something 'bout the way Violet whips her hair

makes me empty my pockets on the corner to corner,

bumming twenties as if I was the mayor

I don't need any new friends,

but I could really use something to do

B7 C#m

so if you're up for it sometime,

I swear you wouldn't have to be my muse

[Outro]

E E E E

Heidegger and Sartre, drinking poppy tea

I could have sworn last night I passed out in my van

and now these guys are pouring one for me

I'll never leave the canyon

'cause I'm surrounded on all sides

B7 C#m

by people writing novels

and living on amusement rides

* When playing A in the verse you can throw in an A/F or A7 to make it sound a bit better.

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