I'm Writing a Novel Chords

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[Verse 1]
[D]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 [G]a novel because

[Interlude 1]
it's never been done before
[D]

[Verse 2]
[D]First house that I saw I wrote
house up on the door
And told the people who lived there they had to get
out "cause my reality is realer than yours"
And there's no time for the [G]present
And there's a black dog on the bed
[D]

[Verse 3]
I went to the backyard to
burn my only clothes
And the dog ran out and said "you can't turn
nothing into nothing is with me no more"
Well I'm no [G]doctor but that
monkey might be [D]right
And if he [A]is [Bm]I'll be walking

[Interlude 2]
him my whole life
[D]

[Verse 4]
[D]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 real"
And I said "I'm [G]sorry,
young man what is your name again?"
[D]

[Verse 5]
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 [G]do ayahuasca
Baby if I wasn't holding all
these drinks
[D]

[Verse 6]
Something 'bout the way
Violet whips her hair
That makes me empty my pockets on the corner to
corner bumming twenties as if I was the mayor
I don't need any [G]new friends, Momma
But I could really use something [D]to do
So if you're up for it [A]sometimes[Bm]
I swear you wouldn't have

[Interlude 3]
to be my muse
[D]

[Verse 7]
[D]Heidegger and Sartre, drinking
poppy tea
I could've sworn last night I passed out in my van
and now these guys are pouring one for me
I'll never leave [G]the canyon 'cause I'm
surrounded on all [D]sides
By people writing [A]novels[Bm]

[Outro 1]
and living on amusement rides
[D]