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