The Wrote And The Writ

rock on ( by fabian )
E – mail : bluetrees@live . nl

* use a capo @ second fret *

chords

Bm F# G D A D5 Em
2 2 3 2 0 5 0
3 2 3 3 2 3 0
4 3 4 2 2 2 0
4 4 5 0 2 0 2
2 4 5 0 0 0 2
2 2 3 0 0 0 0

Bm F# G
they’re taking pictures of the man from god
D A
i hope his cassock’s clean
Bm F# G
the burden of being a holy fellow
D A D
your halo better gleam , better gleam

D5 A Bm
what of all those wayward priests?
D A
the ones who like to drink
D5 A Bm
do you suppose they’d swap their blood for wine
D A D
like you swapped yours for ink , for ink

Bm F# G
you wrote me oh so many letters
D A
and all of them seemed true
Bm F# G
promises look good on paper
D A D
especially from you , from you

D5 A Bm
the weight of all those willing words
D A
i carried all alone
D5 A Bm
you wouldn’t put your pen to bed
D A D
when we hadn’t found our own , our own

G Em D A
G Em D A

Bm F# G
your sentences rose high at night
D A
and circled round my head
Bm F# G
the circle’s since been broken
D A D
like the priest before me is breaking bread

D5 A Bm
i’m being asked to drink the blood of christ
D A
and soon i’ll eat his flesh
D5 A Bm
i’m alone again before the altar
D A D
shedding all my old regrets

Bm F# G
the last of which i’ll tell you now
D A
as it flies down the sink
Bm F# G
i never knew a part of you
D A D
you didn’t set in ink , in ink

D5 A Bm
the letters that you left behind
D A
no longer shall i read
D5 A Bm
your blood’s between the pages
D A D
and i can’t stand to see you bleed

Bm F# G F# G A
Bm F# G F# G A D

D5 D G D5 A
D5 D G D5 A D
D5 D G D5 A
D5 D G D5 A D

Bm F# G
and i’ll soon forget what was never there
D A
your words are ash and dust
Bm F# G
all that’s left is the song i’ve sung
D A D
the breath i’ve taken and the one i must

D5 A Bm
if you’re born with a love for the wrote and the writ
D A
people of letters your warning stands clear
D5 A Bm
pay heed to your heart and not to your wit
D A D
don’t say in a letter what you can’t in my ear

Bm F# G D A
Bm F# G D A D

D5 A Bm D A
D5 A Bm D A D