The Wrote & the Writ Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][E][F][C][G][Am]
[E][F][C][G][C][G][Am][C]
[G][C][G][Am]
[C][G][C]
They're taking [Am]pictures of the

[Verse 1]
[E]man from [F]God
I [C]hope his cas[G]sock's clean
The [Am]burden of being our [E]holy [F]fellas
[C]Your halo'd better gleam, [G]better [C]gleam

[Verse 2]
What of all those [G]wayward [Am]priests?
The [C]ones who like to [G]drink
Do [C]you suppose they'd swap
their [G]blood for [Am]wine
Like [C]you swapped yours for [G]ink, for [C]ink
You [Am]wrote me oh so

[Verse 3]
[E]many [F]letters
And [C]all of them seemed [G]true
[Am]Promises look good on [F]paper
Es[C]pecially from [G]you, from [C]you

[Verse 4]
The weight of all those [G]willing [Am]words
I [C]carried all [G]alone
You [C]wouldn't put your [G]pen to [Am]bed
When we [C]hadn't found our [G]own, our
[C]own[F]
[Dm][E][C][F]

[Verse 5]
[Dm][E][C][G]
Your [Am]sentences rose [E]high at [F]night
And [C]circled round my [G]head
The [Am]circle's since been broken
[F]Like the pri[C]est before me is
[G]breaking [C]bread

[Verse 6]
I'm [C]being asked to drink the
[G]blood of [Am]Christ
And [C]soon I'll eat his [G]flesh
I'm [C]alone again be[G]fore the [Am]altar
[C]Shedding all my [G]old re[C]grets

[Verse 7]
The [Am]last of which I'll [E]tell you [F]now
As [C]it flies down the [G]sink
I [Am]never knew a [E]part of [F]you
You [C]didn't set in [G]ink, in [C]ink

[Verse 8]
[C]The letters that you [G]left be[Am]hind
No [C]longer shall I [G]read
Your [C]blood's between the [G]pages[Am]
And [C]I can't stand to [G]see you [C]bleed

[Interlude 1]
[Am][F][Am][G][Am][G][Am]
[Dm][F]
[G][Am][E][F][C][G][Am][E]
[F][C][G][C][G][Am][C]
[G][C][G][Am][C][G][C]

[Verse 9]
And I'll [Am]soon forget what
was [E]never [F]there
Your [C]words are ash and [G]dust
[Am]All that's left is the [E]song I've [F]sung
The [C]breath I've taken and the [G]one I [C]must

[Verse 10]
If [C]you're born with a love for
the [G]wrote and the [Am]writ
[C]People of letters your
[G]warning stands clear
Pay [C]heed to your heart and
[G]not to your [Am]wit
Don't [C]say in a letter what you [G]can't in my [C]ear

[Outro 1]
[Am][E]
[F][C][G][Am][E][F][C][G][C]
[G][Am][C][G][C][G][Am]
[C][G]