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Writing A Novel

Father John Misty
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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
First  house that I saw, I wrote house up on the door, and told the people who lived
 there you 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
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
 and I'm no doctor,  but that monkey might be right
 and if he is,  then I'll be walking him my whole life
 Drove to Malibu, on a dune buggy with Neil, he said you're gonna have to drive me out on
 the beach if you ever wanna write for real
 and I said I'm sorry, young man what was your name again?
 Everywhere I go in West Hollywood, it's filled with people pretending they don't see the
 actress and the actress wishing that they would
 we could do ayawaska, baby if I wasn't holding all these drinks
 Something bout the way, Violet whips her hair makes me empty my pockets, I'm cutting the
 corners, bumming twenties as if I was the mayor
 I don't need any new friends, but I could really use something to do
 so if you're up for it sometime, I swear you wouldn't have to be my muse
 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
 by people writing novels, and living on amusement rides

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Readable chord sheet for Writing A Novel by Father John Misty

[E]

[E]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[A] novel, cause it's never been done bef[E]ore
[E]First house that I saw, I wrote house up on the door, and told the people who lived
there you have to get out cause my reality is realer than yours
ya there's no time in the pre[A]sent. and there's a black dog on the [E]bed
[E]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
and I'm no [A]doctor, but that monkey might be rig[E]ht
and if he [B7]is, [A] then I'll be walking him my whole [E]life

Drove to Malibu, on a dune buggy with Neil, he said you're gonna have to drive me out on
the beach if you ever wanna write for real
and I said I'm sorry, young man what was your name again?

Everywhere I go in West Hollywood, it's filled with people pretending they don't see the
actress and the actress wishing that they would
we could do ayawaska, baby if I wasn't holding all these drinks

Something bout the way, Violet whips her hair makes me empty my pockets, I'm cutting the
corners, bumming twenties as if I was the mayor
I don't need any new friends, but I could really use something to do

so if you're up for it sometime, I swear you wouldn't have to be my muse

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

by people writing novels, and living on amusement rides

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