Chords for Father John Misty - I'm Writing a Novel

_ _ _ I ran down the road, pants down to my knees, [F] screaming please come help me, that Canadian
shaman gave a little too much to me and I'm [Bb] writing a novel. _ _
_ Because it's never been [F] done before, _ _ _ _ _ _ first house that I saw, I wrote house up on the
door and told the people who live there they had to get out because my reality is neater
than yours and there's no [Bb] time in the present. _ _
_ And there's a black dog [F] on the bed, _ _ _ _ _ I went to the backyard to burn my only clothes and
the dog ran out and said you can't turn nothing into nothingness with me no more, well [Bb] I'm
no doctor, _ _ _ but that monkey might [F] be right, _ _ _ _ and if he [C] _ _ _
[Dm] is, I'll be walking in my own blood
my [F] whole life. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
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 want to write the reel, and I [Bb] said I'm sorry.
_ _ _ Young man what is your [F] name again? _ _ _ _ _
Now everywhere I go in West Hollywood is filled with people pretending they don't see the
actress and the actress wishing that they could, we could [Bb] do ayahuasca.
_ _ _ Baby if I wasn't holding [F] all these drinks, _ _ _ _ some couldn't bounce away, violet rips her
hair, it makes me empty my pockets, so I'm caught in the corner from the twenties as
[F] if I was the mayor, well I don't [Bb] need any new friends, mama, but I could really use
[F] something to do, _ _ _ so if [C] you're up for some _ [Dm] time, I swear you wouldn't have to [F] be my
muse. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
High in the Gertz Art, 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 [Bb] never leave the canyon, _ _ _ cause
I'm surrounded [F] on all _ sides _ _ by [C] people writing novels _ [Dm] _ _ and living on [F] amusement rides. _ _ _ _ _