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Inflammatory Writ

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Intro and Outro:
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| D   D  D| D   D  G| D   D  A| D- -|
Oh Dwhere is your infGlammatAory Dwrit
Your text that would insGide a Alight be Dlit
Our music deserving devotion unswerving
Cried do I deserve her with unflagging fervour
Well no we do not if we Gcannot get Aover Dit
But GMaj7what’s it mean when suddenly we’re spBment tell me true
AmGMaj7bition came and reared it’s head and weBmnt far from you
Even GMaj7molluscs have weddings though solemn and leaden
But you Bmdirge for the dead and take no jam on your bread
Just a Dsupper of salt and a Gwaltz through your Aempty Dbed
And Fall at once it Acame to me
And I Bbwrote in hunch til F4:30
CmBut that vesGmtal light Ait burns out Dwith the night
In G7spite of all the time that Dmwe spent on it
On Bbone bedraggled Fghost of a sonnet
While Goutside the wild Dboars root
BmWithout bending a Abough underfoot
Oh it Cbreaks my heart I don’t Gknow how they do it
So don’t ask me
And Das for my inGflammaAtory Dwrit
I wrote it and I was Gnot infAlamed one Dbit
AdGMaj7vice from the master derailed that disaster
He said Bmhand that pen over to me poetaster
While GMaj7‘cross the great plains keening lovely and awful
You Bmulate the lost great American novels
An Dunlawful lot left to Gstutter and Afreeze floodDlit
But at least they didn’t Crun to their GundyAing credDit

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Inflammatory Writ

by Joanna Newsom

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GMaj7

Intro and Outro:

3/4

D D D D D G D D A D

| | | | - -|

D G A D

Oh where is your inflammatory writ

G A D

Your text that would inside a light be lit

Our music deserving devotion unswerving

Cried do I deserve her with unflagging fervour

G A D

Well no we do not if we cannot get over it

GMaj7 Bm

But what’s it mean when suddenly we’re spent tell me true

GMaj7 Bm

Ambition came and reared it’s head and went far from you

GMaj7

Even molluscs have weddings though solemn and leaden

But you dirge for the dead and take no jam on your bread

D G A D

Just a supper of salt and a waltz through your empty bed

F A

And all at once it came to me

Bb F

And I wrote in hunch til 4:30

Cm Gm A D

But that vestal light it burns out with the night

G7 Dm

In spite of all the time that we spent on it

Bb F

On one bedraggled ghost of a sonnet

G D

While outside the wild boars root

Bm A

Without bending a bough underfoot

C G

Oh it breaks my heart I don’t know how they do it

So don’t ask me

D G A D

And as for my inflammatory writ

G A D

I wrote it and I was not inflamed one bit

GMaj7

Advice from the master derailed that disaster

He said hand that pen over to me poetaster

GMaj7

While ‘cross the great plains keening lovely and awful

You ulate the lost great American novels

D G A D

An unlawful lot left to stutter and freeze floodlit

C G A D

But at least they didn’t run to their undying credit

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