Burn After Reading

The Menzingers

tom:

INTRO: (w/ lead): E


VERSE: (w/ lead)
E                                     C#m          B
Here's to you, the same chords that I stole from a song that I once heard
E                 C#m                   B
The Same melody I borrowed from the void. I'd rather observe
E                     C#m       B
than structure a narrative, the characters are thin
E                   C#m      B
the plot does not develop it ends where it begins

E      C#m   B    x2

E                                     C#m           B
It's on the screen, in paperbacks, in section 8 and cul-de-sacs
E                                    C#m        B      A
Electro haikus and drunk sonnets are moving me along. Along


INTERLUDE: (w/ lead):   E      A      x2


CHORUS:
E                         C#m
You cut my hair, you left red ink everywhere
B                  A            B
Do my hands tell a story? Is it boring?
E                         C#m
You cut my hair, you left red ink everywhere
B                  A            B
Do my hands tell a story? Is it boring?


VERSE: (w/ lead)
E                                          C#m     B
What I'd give to force your sigh, what I'd give to see you cry
         E                                C#m               B
What I'd give for your caress to see your blue cotton dress balled up on the floor
E                        C#m             B
Certain memories are the problem certain drunken lines are the shame
E             C#m                          B                A
Seven hundred miles and four years I can't fight the flame; it burns


CHORUS:
E                         C#m
You cut my hair, you left red ink everywhere
B                  A            B
Do my hands tell a story? Is it boring?
E                         C#m
You cut my hair, you left red ink everywhere
B                  A            B
Do my hands tell a story? Is it boring?


OUTRO: (w/ lead)
E
Was I wishing on satellites?
Tell me how you've been doing that trick
I'm just wishing the flame away
Now I'm wishing the flame away



INTRO:
   E
E|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-9---~~~-------9---7-6------------|
A|-7---~~~---7-----------9-~~~~-----|
E|-0---~~~--------------------------|

VERSE:
    E                             C#m        B
E|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
G|-------9------8------9-------|------9-----8-----9--------| x4
D|-----9----9------9-----9---9-|----11--11----9-----9---9--|
A|---7--------7------7-----7---|--11------11----9-----9----|
E|-0---------------------------|-9-------------------------|
   A
E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|-------6------6------6--------| x2
D|-----7----7------7-----7---7--|
A|---7--------7------7-----7----|
E|-5----------------------------|

INTERLUDE:
    E
E|-----------------------------------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------| |
G|-----------------------------------------| |
D|-----9---7--6------------9---7--6--------| |
A|-7-------------9--7----------------9-----| |
E|-0---------------------------------------| |
    A                                                           x2
E|-----------------------------------------| |
B|-----------------------------------------| |
G|-----------------------------------------| |
D|-----9---7--6----------------------------| |
A|-7-------------9--7------6---7--6--7--9--| |
E|-5---------------------------------------|-------------------|

OUTRO:
    E
E|----------------------------------------------|-------------------|
B|-----12--10--9-------------------9---------9--| |
G|-9--------------11--9-------9h11---11-9-11----| |
D|--------------------------11------------------| |
A|----------------------------------------------| |
E|----------------------------------------------| |
    E                                                                x2
E|----------------------------------------------| |
B|-----12--10--9-------------------9-10-9----9--| |
G|-9--------------11--9-------9h11--------11----| |
D|--------------------------11------------------| |
A|----------------------------------------------| |
E|----------------------------------------------|-------------------|