Chords for Johnny Flynn - The Wrote And The Writ (High Quality)
Tempo:
120.45 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Dm
Bb
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C]
[Ebm]
[Cm]
[Eb] [Bb]
[B]
[Cm] [Gm] [Cm]
[Gm]
[Cm] [Gm] [Dm]
[A] [Bb] [D]
[Dm] [Bb]
[D] [F]
[D] [Dm]
[C] [G] [D]
[Dm] [C] [F]
I'm [Dm] taking pictures [B] of the [Bb] man from God, [Fm] I hope his [C] cassock's clean,
[Dm] The burden of being a [Bb] holy [F] fellow's your halo better [G] gleam,
[F]
Ward of all those wayward priests, the ones who [C] like to drink,
[F] You suppose they [C] swap their [Dm] blood for wine, [F] Like you swap yours for ink for ink,
You wrote me oh so [Bb] many letters, [F] and all of [G] them seem true,
[Dm]
Promises [Bb] look good on paper, [F] especially [C]
from you [F] from you,
Weight of all those willing [Dm] words, [F] I carried [C] all along,
You wouldn't put your pen to bed, and we hadn't [C] found our own, [Dm] our own,
[Bb]
[C] [Dm] [G]
[Dm]
[B] [C] [Dm] Your sentences rose [Bb] high at night, [F] and circled [C] round my head,
[Dm] The circle's since been [B] [Bb] broken, [F] like the priest [C] before me is breaking [F] bread,
I'm being asked to drink the blood of Christ, and soon I'll [C] eat his flesh,
[F] I'm alone again [D] before [F] the altar, shedding [C] all my old [F] regrets,
The last of which I'll tell [Bb] you now, [F] as if lies [C] down the sink,
[Dm] I never [Bb] knew a part of you, [F] you didn't said in ink in ink,
The letters [A] that you left [F] behind, no longer shall [C] I read,
[F] It bluds between [C] the [Dm] pages, [F] and I can't [C] stand to see [F] you bleed,
[Dm]
[Bb] [A]
[Gm] [Bb]
[A] [G]
[D] [Bb]
[D] [Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[F]
[Dm] [C]
[Gm] [Dm] [C]
[F] I'll soon [Am] forget what was never [Bb] there, [F] your words are ash [C] and dust,
[Dm] All that's left is the [Bb] song I've sung, [F] the breath I've taken, and the one I must,
If you're born with a love for the [Dm] rote and the writ,
[F] People of [C] letters, your warning stands clear, [F] they eat your [C] heart and not [F] your wit,
Don't say a letter [C] when you're calling my ear,
[F] [Bb] [C]
[Dm] [A] [Bb] [C]
[F]
[Dm] [C]
[F] [Dm]
[C] [F]
[N]
[Abm] [B]
[F]
[Eb]
[Ebm]
[Cm]
[Eb] [Bb]
[B]
[Cm] [Gm] [Cm]
[Gm]
[Cm] [Gm] [Dm]
[A] [Bb] [D]
[Dm] [Bb]
[D] [F]
[D] [Dm]
[C] [G] [D]
[Dm] [C] [F]
I'm [Dm] taking pictures [B] of the [Bb] man from God, [Fm] I hope his [C] cassock's clean,
[Dm] The burden of being a [Bb] holy [F] fellow's your halo better [G] gleam,
[F]
Ward of all those wayward priests, the ones who [C] like to drink,
[F] You suppose they [C] swap their [Dm] blood for wine, [F] Like you swap yours for ink for ink,
You wrote me oh so [Bb] many letters, [F] and all of [G] them seem true,
[Dm]
Promises [Bb] look good on paper, [F] especially [C]
from you [F] from you,
Weight of all those willing [Dm] words, [F] I carried [C] all along,
You wouldn't put your pen to bed, and we hadn't [C] found our own, [Dm] our own,
[Bb]
[C] [Dm] [G]
[Dm]
[B] [C] [Dm] Your sentences rose [Bb] high at night, [F] and circled [C] round my head,
[Dm] The circle's since been [B] [Bb] broken, [F] like the priest [C] before me is breaking [F] bread,
I'm being asked to drink the blood of Christ, and soon I'll [C] eat his flesh,
[F] I'm alone again [D] before [F] the altar, shedding [C] all my old [F] regrets,
The last of which I'll tell [Bb] you now, [F] as if lies [C] down the sink,
[Dm] I never [Bb] knew a part of you, [F] you didn't said in ink in ink,
The letters [A] that you left [F] behind, no longer shall [C] I read,
[F] It bluds between [C] the [Dm] pages, [F] and I can't [C] stand to see [F] you bleed,
[Dm]
[Bb] [A]
[Gm] [Bb]
[A] [G]
[D] [Bb]
[D] [Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[F]
[Dm] [C]
[Gm] [Dm] [C]
[F] I'll soon [Am] forget what was never [Bb] there, [F] your words are ash [C] and dust,
[Dm] All that's left is the [Bb] song I've sung, [F] the breath I've taken, and the one I must,
If you're born with a love for the [Dm] rote and the writ,
[F] People of [C] letters, your warning stands clear, [F] they eat your [C] heart and not [F] your wit,
Don't say a letter [C] when you're calling my ear,
[F] [Bb] [C]
[Dm] [A] [Bb] [C]
[F]
[Dm] [C]
[F] [Dm]
[C] [F]
[N]
[Abm] [B]
[F]
[Eb]
Key:
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C
Dm
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_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ I'm [Dm] taking pictures [B] of the [Bb] man from God, [Fm] I hope his [C] cassock's clean,
[Dm] The burden of being a [Bb] holy [F] fellow's your halo better [G] gleam,
_ _ _ [F] _
Ward of all those wayward priests, the ones who [C] like to drink,
[F] You suppose they [C] swap their [Dm] blood for wine, [F] Like you swap yours for ink for ink, _
_ _ You wrote me oh so [Bb] many letters, [F] and all of [G] them seem true,
[Dm] _
Promises [Bb] look good on paper, [F] especially [C]
from you [F] from you,
_ _ _ Weight of all those willing [Dm] words, [F] I carried [C] all along,
_ You wouldn't put your pen to bed, and we hadn't [C] found our own, [Dm] our own,
[Bb] _
_ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] Your sentences rose [Bb] high at night, [F] and circled [C] round my head,
[Dm] The circle's since been [B] [Bb] broken, [F] like the priest [C] before me is breaking [F] bread,
_ _ I'm being asked to drink the blood of Christ, and soon I'll [C] eat his flesh,
[F] I'm alone again [D] before [F] the altar, _ shedding [C] all my old [F] regrets, _
_ The last of which I'll tell [Bb] you now, [F] as if lies [C] down the sink,
[Dm] I never [Bb] knew a part of you, [F] you didn't said in ink in ink,
The _ letters [A] that you left [F] behind, no longer shall [C] I read,
[F] It bluds between [C] the [Dm] pages, [F] and I can't [C] stand to see [F] you bleed,
_ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ I'll soon [Am] forget what was never [Bb] there, [F] your words are ash [C] and dust,
[Dm] All that's left is the [Bb] song I've sung, [F] the breath I've taken, and the one I must, _
_ If you're born with a love for the [Dm] rote and the writ,
[F] _ People of [C] letters, your warning stands clear, [F] they eat your [C] heart and not [F] your wit,
Don't say a letter [C] when you're calling my ear,
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [A] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
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_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
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_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ I'm [Dm] taking pictures [B] of the [Bb] man from God, [Fm] I hope his [C] cassock's clean,
[Dm] The burden of being a [Bb] holy [F] fellow's your halo better [G] gleam,
_ _ _ [F] _
Ward of all those wayward priests, the ones who [C] like to drink,
[F] You suppose they [C] swap their [Dm] blood for wine, [F] Like you swap yours for ink for ink, _
_ _ You wrote me oh so [Bb] many letters, [F] and all of [G] them seem true,
[Dm] _
Promises [Bb] look good on paper, [F] especially [C]
from you [F] from you,
_ _ _ Weight of all those willing [Dm] words, [F] I carried [C] all along,
_ You wouldn't put your pen to bed, and we hadn't [C] found our own, [Dm] our own,
[Bb] _
_ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] Your sentences rose [Bb] high at night, [F] and circled [C] round my head,
[Dm] The circle's since been [B] [Bb] broken, [F] like the priest [C] before me is breaking [F] bread,
_ _ I'm being asked to drink the blood of Christ, and soon I'll [C] eat his flesh,
[F] I'm alone again [D] before [F] the altar, _ shedding [C] all my old [F] regrets, _
_ The last of which I'll tell [Bb] you now, [F] as if lies [C] down the sink,
[Dm] I never [Bb] knew a part of you, [F] you didn't said in ink in ink,
The _ letters [A] that you left [F] behind, no longer shall [C] I read,
[F] It bluds between [C] the [Dm] pages, [F] and I can't [C] stand to see [F] you bleed,
_ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ I'll soon [Am] forget what was never [Bb] there, [F] your words are ash [C] and dust,
[Dm] All that's left is the [Bb] song I've sung, [F] the breath I've taken, and the one I must, _
_ If you're born with a love for the [Dm] rote and the writ,
[F] _ People of [C] letters, your warning stands clear, [F] they eat your [C] heart and not [F] your wit,
Don't say a letter [C] when you're calling my ear,
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [A] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
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