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Father John Misty

10 songs|34 chords used|Hard

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Chords used

Fsus4

A#7

A#dim

F#dim

F#m

G#dim

Fmaj7

F/A

Abdim7

Gm7

G#m

C/G

Bdim

Blank Space

Key: DMedium

DNice to meet you, Fwhere you been? GI could show you iGncFredFible tEhings

DMagic madness Fheaven sin Gsaw ya there and tGhoFughFt OMG look at thaEt face you look like my next mistake

DLove?s a Fgame,G wanGt Fto FplayE?

DNew money, Fsuit and tie, IG can read you like a magGazFineF, ain't it fEunny how rumors fly

DAnd I know you heard about me so Flet's be friends GI'm dying toG sFee Fhow this oneE ends

DGrab your passport Fand my hand I Gcan make the baGd FguyFs good for a Eweekend

It's Dgonna be foFrever or it's gGonna gGo FdowFn in fElames

You Dtell me when it's Fover if the Ghigh waGs FworFth the Epain

I've got a Dlong list of ex-Flovers and they'll GtellG yFou FI'm Einsane

Cause you kDnow I love the pGlayers, oh you kDnow I love the pGlayers

DOh I love the Gplayers, whooo, and you love the gDame

Cause we're Dyoung and we're Freckless and we'll Gtake this GwaFy tFoo fEar

It'll leave yoDu, it'll leave you bFreathless baby or Gwith aG nFastFy scEar

I got a Dlong list of Fex-lovers and they'll Gtell yGouF I'Fm inEsane

But I've got a Dblank space Gbaby, oh I got a, I Dgot a blank space Gbaby, whooo

I got a Dblank space Gbaby and I'll write your nDame

DCherry lips, Fcrystal skies GI could GshFow Fyou incredEible things

DStolen kisses, Fpretty lies, you're the Gking baby andG IF'm Fyour queeEn, whoo

Find out Dwhat you want be that Fgirl for a month but theG worst is yet toG cFomeF, ohE no

I'm ScDreaming, baby I'm crFying perfect storm I coGuld make all theG tFablFes tEurn

DRose gardens Ffilled with thorns GKeep you second guessing like "OhG mFy GFod, Ewho is she?"

DGet drunk on jFealousy but you'll come Gback each time you leave cauGseF daFrlinEg I'm a nighmare dressed like a daydream

So it's Dgonna be foFrever or it's gGonna gGo FdowFn in fElames

You Dtell me when it's Fover if the Ghigh waGs FworFth the Epain

I've got a Dlong list of ex-Flovers and they'll GtellG yFou FI'm Einsane

Cause you kDnow I love the pGlayers, oh you kDnow I love the pGlayers

DOh I love the Gplayers, whooo, and you love the Dgame

Cause we're Dyoung and we're Freckless and we'll Gtake this GwaFy tFoo fEar

It'll leave yoDu, it'll leave you bFreathless baby or Gwith aG nFastFy scEar

I got a Dlong list of Fex-lovers and they'll Gtell yGouF I'Fm inEsane

But I've got a Dblank space Gbaby, oh I got a, I Dgot a blank space Gbaby, whooo

I got a Dblank space Gbaby and I'll write your nDame

DBoys only want you if it's tForture, don't say I didn't sGay I dGidFn'tF warn Eyou

DBoys only want love if it's Ftorture, don't say I didn't Gsay I didn'Gt FwarFn you,E whoo

So it'sD gonna be fForever or it's Ggonna GgoF doFwn in Eflames

You Dtell me when it's Fover if the Ghigh waGs FworFth the Epain

I've got a Dlong list of ex-Flovers and they'll GtellG yFou FI'm Einsane

Cause you kDnow I love the pGlayers, oh you kDnow I love the pGlayers

DOh I love the Gplayers, whooo, and you love the gaDme, whooooo oh oh oh oh.....

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Birdie

Key: GHard

Fsus4

A#7

A#dim

G7Take off, littleG7sus4 winged C9creaFture Fsus4 F

It's nothing but G7teens in ravinesG7sus4

And C9antics on concrete down Fhere Fsus4 F

And are you G7really as freG7sus4e as all theC9 great songs would have me FbelFsus4ieve? F

Let me tell you why G7some day, Birdie, yG7sus4ou're gonna C9envy Fme Fsus4 F

A#7Some dream of a A#dimworld written in CmlinCmes Aof Fcode Fsus4 F

Well, I hope they G7engineer out polG7sus4itics, C9romance, and edifice

Two outta Fthree ain't bad Fsus4 F

A#7Some envision a A#dimstate governed by Cmlaws ofCm buAsinFess Fsus4 F

G7Merger and acquisition G7sus4instead of C9violence or nations

Where do FI sign up? Fsus4 F

G7Take off, littleG7sus4 winged C9creaFture Fsus4 F

It's nothing but G7falling dG7sus4ebris, C9strollers, and babies down Fhere Fsus4 F

And you may be G7up in the sG7sus4ky but C9our paradigms are just as Fdeep and just aFsus4s wide F

What with all G7our best attG7sus4empts aC9t transcendence

Something's Fbound to take Fsus4 F

Soon, A#7we'll live in a A#dimglobal culture deCmvoid ofCm geAnder or Frace Fsus4 F

There's just G7one tiny line:

YoG7sus4u're either C9born behind

Or you're free to Fpeek inside Fsus4 F

A#7Life as just narraA#dimtive, metadCmata inCm agAgreFgate Fsus4 F

Where the G7enigma of humaG7sus4nity's C9wrapped up finally

That as they Fsay is that Fsus4 F

Oh, that day Cmcan't comeCm soAon FenoughFsus4 F

It'll Cmbe so CmgloArioFus Fsus4 F

When they Cmfinally CmfinAd out what's Fbugging uFsus4s F

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I'm Writing A Novel

Key: FHard

The essence of this song is the acoustic guitar playing this simple structure

FFF7F7

BbBbFF

and adding this tail after the verse no. 3, 6, 7.

C7DmFF

F FI ran down the road, Fpants down to my knees

Screaming "plF7ease come help me, that Canadian shaman gave a F7little too much to me!"

And I'm writing a Bbnovel Bb

Because it's never been done befFore F

FFirst house that I saw I wrote Fhouse up on the door

And told the F7people who lived there they had to get out "Cause my reF7ality is realer than yours"

And there's no time in the Bbpresent Bb

And there's a black dog on the bFed F

I Fwent to the backyard to Fburn my only clothes

And the dF7og ran out and said "You can't turn nothing into F7nothingness with me no more"

Well I'm no Bbdoctor Bb

but that monkey might be rFight F

And if he C7is Dm

I'll be walking him my whole lFife F F

I Frode to Malibu on a Fdune buggy with Neil

He said "You're F7gonna have to drown me down on the beach if you F7ever want to write the real"

And I said "I'm Bbsorry, Bb

young man, what is your name agFain?"

Now Feverywhere I go Fin West Hollywood

It's filled with F7people pretending they don't see the actress, and the F7actress wishing that they could

We could do AyahuBbasca Bb

Baby if I wasn't holding all these Fdrinks F

FSomething 'bout the way FViolet whips her hair

That makes me F7empty my pockets holding court on the corner burning F7twenties as if I was the mayor

I don't need any Bbnew friends, Momma Bb

But I could really use something to dFo F

So if you're up for it C7sometimes Dm

I swear you wouldn't have to be my mFuse F F F

FHeidegger and Sartre, Fdrinking poppy tea

I could've F7sworn last night I passed out in my van and now these F7guys are pouring one for me

I'll never leave the Bbcanyon, Bb

'cause I'm surrounded on all sFides F

By people writing C7novels Dm

and living on amusement rFides F7

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Holy Shit

Key: CHard

F#dim

F#m

G#dim

CAncient holy Emwars

Dead reFligions, holoAmcausts

New reAmgimes, old iF#dimdeals

That's now Fmyth, that's now Greal

Original sCin, genetic fEmate

RevolFutions, spinning Amplates

It's imAmportant to stay inF#dimformed

The commentFary to comment oGn

Oh, and Cno one ever really Emknows you

and lFife is brAmief

So I've hAmeard, but what's that gF#dimotta do

with this bFlack hole in mGe?

AmOooF#dimooooooFh Am

AmOooF#dimooooooFh G

CAge-old gender rEmoles

InfoFtainment, capitAmal

Golden Amboughs and mercuF#dimry

Bohemian nFightmare,dust bowl chGic

This docuCmentary's lost on meEm

Satirical nFews, free enAmergy

Mobile liAmfestyle, loveless sF#dimex

IndepeFndence, happinGess

Oh, and nCo one ever knows the Emreal you

and lFife is brAmief

So I've hAmeard, but what's that gF#dimotta do

with this aFtom bomb in mGe?

AmOooF#dimooooooFh Am

AmOooF#dimooooooFh G

- Key Change - Up 1 whole step -

ColossDeum familF#mies

The golden eGra of TBmV

Eunuch slBmuts, consumer slG#dimaves

A rose by Gany other nAame

Carbon foDotprint, incest drF#meams

Fuck the mGother in the greBmen

Planet cBmancer, sweet reveG#dimnge

IsolGation, online fAriends

Oh, and Dlove is just an instiF#mtution

Based on Ghuman frailtBmy

What's your pBmaradise gG#dimotta do

with GAdam and EAve?

Maybe Dlove is just an eF#mconomy

Based on Gresource scarciBmty

What I faBmil to see is whG#dimat that's gotta do

DGo with you and mAe

BmOooG#dimooooooGh Bm

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The Memo

Key: CHard

CI'm gonna steal some bedsheets

From an amputee

CI'm gonna mount em on a canvas

In the Dmiddle of the gallerGy

FI'm gonna tell everybodEy it was Ampainted by a chimpanDzee

AmBut just between you Dme

G (single strum)

Here at the cultural low water mark

If it's fraud or art

They'll pay you to believe

CI'm gonna take five young dudes

FFrom white familiCes

CGonna mount em on a billboard

In the Dmiddle of the Gcountry

FI'm gonna tell everyEbody they sing like Amangels with whiter Dteeth

AmBut just between you and Eme

G (single strum)

They're just like the ones before

With their standards lower

Every concert goer will pay you to believe

FCaffeine in the morning, Calcohol at night

FCameras to record you and mirCrors to recognize

And as the Amworld is getting smaller

DSmall things take up all your time

Narcissus Amwould have had a field day if he Dcould have got online

And friends it's Gnot self-love that kills you

It's when those who Amhate you are Dallowed

To sell you that Gyou're a glorious shit the entire Amworld revolves arDound

And that you're the Geater, and not the eaten

But that your Amhunger will only Dcease

If you come Gbinge on radiant blandness at the disAmposable fDeast

(All single strum for thus part)

Just Amquickly how would you Frate yourself

In terms of Amsex appeal and cultural siFgnificance

GmDo you usually listen to Gmmusic like this

We can Gmrecommend some similar artists

Are you Gmfeeling depressed?

But your feedback's Fimportant

To Fus

(Return to strumming pattern)

CGonna buy myself a sports team

FAnd put em in a Cpit

CGonna wage the old crusade

DAgainst consciousGness

FAll I need is a couple Ewinners to get every Amloser to fight in Dit

You keep the Amgolden calf

I just need the bullDshit

GThey won't just sell themselves into slavery

They'll get on their knees and pay you to believe

End on C

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Ballad Of The Dying Man

Key: FHard

Fmaj7

F/A

Abdim7

Gm7

FFmaj7F7FBbF/AGmAbdim7GmGm7

FNaturally the dying Dmman woEbnders to himsGmelf:Gm7

FHas commentary been more luDmcid tEbhan anybody eGmlse?Gm7

And hAmad he successively beaten back the riF7sing tide

Of idiots, diletDmtantes, and fools Db

On his watch whilAbdim7e he was aliGmve

FLord, jusAbdim7t a little more tiDbme Dm

Oh, FinFmaj7 no tiF7me at aFll

This'll be the BbdistF/Aant pGmast

G7Ooh Gm Gm7

FSo says the dying Dmman oEbnce I'm in the bGmox Gm7

FJust think of all the overraDmted hEbacks running aGmmok Gm7

And all of the prAmetentious, ignorant voices that will F7go unchecked

The homophobes, hDmipsters, and 1% Db

The false feminists he'd mAbdim7anaged to deGmtect

FOh, who wilAbdim7l critique them once he's lDbeft? Dm

Oh, FinFmaj7 no tiF7me at aFll

This'll be the BbdistF/Aant pCast

AbWhat he'd give for oCne more day to rFate and anBbalyze

GmThe world made in his iCmage as of yFet to reaBblize

What a mDmess to lGmeave beChind

FEventually the dying Dmman tEbakes his final GmbreaGm7th

FBut first checks his news feed Dmto see wEbhat he's 'bout to GmmissGm7

And it oAmccurs to him a little lateF7 in the game

We leave as cDmlueless as we came Db

From rented heavens to the sAbdim7hadows in the cGmave

FWe'll allAbdim7 be wrong somedDbay Dm

While Josh sings the "Oh oh oh" bit and the choir comes in, just repeat this sequence

until the end of the song:

BbF/A

GmGm7

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I Love You Honeybear

Key: CHard

COh honeybear, honeybear, Emhoneybear EmoooAh

EmMascAmara, blood, ash, and cum on the GRorschach sheets

Where we make love

HConeybear, honeybear, EmhoneybeEmar A Em

AmFuck the world

Damn straight malaise

It may bGe just us who feel this way

But dCon't ever doubt this

My A7sus4steadfast convAmiction

My Clove you're the one I want to wA7sus4atch the ship go dAmown with

The Efuture can't be real

I barely A7sus4know how long a moAmment is

UnlAess we're naked getting Dmhigh on the mattress

While the Gglobal market cEmrashes

And dCebt fills the streets with garden vA7sus4ariety. obAmlivious,

YoEmu gArab my hand and say in I-told-you-Dmso voice

"It'sEm just how we exAmpected"

CEverything is dEmoomed

GAnd nothing will beAm spDared

OhE I love you honeyCbear Em Em A Em Am G

CHoneybear, honeybear, honEmeybEmearA Em Am G

YoCu're bent over the altar

And the neA7sus4ighbors are compAmlaining

That the Cmisanthropes next door are probably A7sus4conceiving aAm Daemon

EDon't they see the darkness rA7sus4ising

Good luck fAmingering oblivion

We're Agetting out now while wDme can

YoEu're welcome boys

Have the Clast of the smokes and cA7sus4hicken

AmJust one CCadillac will do to get us A7sus4out to where we're gAmoing

I bEmrouAght my mother's depression

You've got your fDmather's scorn

And a Emwayward and schizoAmphrenia

But Ceverything is fEmine

Don't Ggive into AmdesDpair

CauseE I love you honCeybear

EmOooEmoooAooEmohh

Amooooh Gooh

EmOooAmoooDh Cooh

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When The God Of Love Returns

Key: DHard

F#m

G#m

DWhen the god of love returns

There'll be hell to pay

Though the world may Bmbe out of eDxcuses

I know just what I would say

Let the seven tGrumpets sDound

As a locust sGky grows daDrk

But first let's Bmtake you on a Dquick tour of your creatBmion's haDndiwork

Barely got through the priDsons and stores

And the pale horse lGooks a little sDick

Says, "Jesus, you didn't lBmeave a whole lot for me

If this isDn't hell already then Emtell me what the hDell is?"

And we say iFt's just huBmman, hAmuman nature

GThis place is savage and uBmnjust

F#mWe crawled out of the darkness

DAnd enAmdured your impatience

GWe're more than willing tGo adBmjust

And now you've got the gGall to judge Dus A D Am

AThe spider sGpins his Dweb

The tiger sDtalks his prey

And we steal fBmire from the Dheavens to try to keep thGe niBmght at bDay

Every monster hGas a coDde

One that steadies the sDhaking hand

And he's dBmetermined to accrue more cDapital by whatever means he can

Oh, iFt's just human, hAmuman nature

GWe've got these appetites to seBmrve

FYou must not know the first thing Amabout human beings

GWe're the earth's most soAmulful pGredator Bm

BmTry something less ambiG#mtious the next time you get Dbored Am

AmOh, my Lord

We just want lDight in the dark

Some warGmth in the Dcold

And to make sBmomething out of nDothing sounds like sGomeone else I knDow

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So I'm Growing Old On Magic Mountain

Key: BMedium

C/G

B7That was the last AmNew Year I'll Gever sC/Gee

And I wanna Gstay on that magic C/Gmountain

With lost Gsouls and beautiful C/Gwomen

AmI drank some of Farmer's C/GpotioGn

AmAnd we were moving in slow C/GmotioGn

C/GThe slower, the Gbetter

C/GThe slower, the Embetter Am

Am'Cause there's no one old on magic C/GmountGain

There's no one Amold, old on magic C/GmountGain

B7And that was the very last Ambarn I'm GburC/Gning

GSo for now everyone is C/Gdancing

GAs if it's any time but the C/Gpresent

AmSo for now every young thing C/Gin my pGath

AmI'll hold their face so long C/Ginside my Ghands

C/GThe longer, the Gbetter

C/GThe longer, the Embetter Am

Am'Cause there's no one old on magic C/GmountGain

There's no one Amold, old on magic C/GmountaGin

B7The wine has all been Amemptied

GAnd smoke has C/Gcleared

As people Gfile back to the C/Gvalley

On the Glast night of lC/Gife's party

AmThese days the years thin till I can't C/GrememGber

AmJust what it feels like to be young C/GforevGer

C/GSo the longer I stay Ghere

C/GThe longer there's Emno fuAmture

AmSo I'm growing old on magic C/GmountGain

AmI'm growing old, old on magic C/GmountGain

B7Am

GC/G

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10.

Baby Ride Easy

Key: CCapo 2Hard

Bdim

CIf I drove a truck

FAnd you were a waitress

CI ordered coffee

And you poured me Gsome

Then FI'd stop by on my Cway somewhere later

And if we mud-wrestled

I'd Gsay that you Cwon Bdim

Ai-eeee-ay my Cbaby, ride easy, ride Emhigh in the saddle all Gday

If your Cloving is Fgood

GOften Ceasy

I'd fall off the Fwagon and Gwe'll..... riG7de aCway

CEmFAmGC

If you were a pale Fwinsome senorita

And CI a bull-fighter, way down in the Gsand

While the Fband they kept on playing that COld Caso Dore

Would you throw me a flower

While GI take your Chand? Bdim

Ai-eeee-ay my Cbaby, ride easy, ride Emhigh in the saddle all Gday

If your Cloving is Fgood

GFreaky Ceasy

I'd fall off the Fwagon and Gwe'll..... well we'll riG7de awCay

CEmFAmGC

If I ran the country

FYou my first lady

CSmoke cigarettes at the end of the Gday

And Fspy on civilians and put Cbrown folks in prison

If your Cdad's got some money

I Gthink I can Crun Bdim

Ai-eeee-ay my Cbaby, ride easy, ride Emhigh in the saddle all Gday

If your Cloving is Fgood

GFrequent and Ceasy

I'd fall off the Fwagon and Gwe'll..... riG7de awCay

CEm

FAmGC

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