Chords for Father John Misty - Writing a Novel

_ _ _ I ran down the road, pants down to my knees, screaming [F] 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 done [F] before, _ _ _ _ _ _ first house that I saw, I wrote house up on the
door and told [F] the people who live there they had to get out cause my reality is neater
than yours and there's no time in [Bb] the present. _ _
_ And there's a black dog 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 I'm [Bb] no doctor. _
_ _ But that monkey might [F] be right, _ _ _ _ and if he [C] _ _
_ [Dm] is, I'll be walking in [F] my 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 for real and I said [Bb] I'm sorry.
_ _ Young man what is your name [F] again? _ _ _ _ _
_ 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 [Bb] do ayahuasca. _ _ _
Baby if I wasn't holding [F] all these drinks, _ _ something _ _ about the way violet whips her hair,
that makes me empty my pockets, only put them in the corner from the twenties as [F] if I was
the mayor, well I [Bb] don't need a new friend, mama.
But I could really [F] use something to do, _ _ _ serve you up [C] for some _ time, [Dm]
I swear you wouldn't
[F] have to be my muse. _ _
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_ _ _ Heidegger at Sardis, 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 never leave the [Bb] canyon.
_ Cause I'm surrounded on all _ sides, _ _ by people writing [C] novels _ _
[Dm] and living on amusement rides. _ _
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