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This is The Menzinger's song 'Burn After Writing', second track from their latest
record: 'On the Impossible Past'. It's an acoustic version, with a fairly loose 
structure in
comparison to the technicality of the record.

Verse 1:
D (xx0232@1)                                    BmHere's (x24432@1)to you, the same chords that I stole
A (x02220@1)                        DFrom (xx0232@1)a song that I once heard
                   Bm (x24432@1)           AThe (x02220@1)Same melody I borrowed from the void
D (xx0232@1)                                       BmI'd (x24432@1)rather observe than structure a narrative
AThe (x02220@1)characters are thin;
D (xx0232@1)                   BmThe (x24432@1)plot does not develop
A (x02220@1)                   DIt (xx0232@1)ends where it begins

Link; D, Bm, A (x2)

Verse 2:
DIt's (xx0232@1)on the screen, in paperbacks
Bm (x24432@1)                     AIn (x02220@1)section 8 and cul-de-sacs
DElectro (xx0232@1)haikus and drunk sonnets
Bm (x24432@1)              AAre (x02220@1)moving me along
EmAlong (022000@1)
Link: G, D, G, D

Chorus: (x2)
DYou (xx0232@1)cut my hair
Bm (x24432@1)              AYou (x02220@1)left red ink everywhere
      EmDo (022000@1)my hands tell a story?
AIs (x02220@1)it boring?

Link (Palm Muted): D, Bm, A

Verse 3:  (Palm-Muted)
DWhat (xx0232@1)I'd give to force your sigh
Bm (x24432@1)                     AWhat (x02220@1)I'd give to see you cry
DWhat (xx0232@1)I'd give for your caress
BmTo (x24432@1)see your blue cotton dress
ABalled (x02220@1)up on the floor
DCertain (xx0232@1)memories are the problem
Bm (x24432@1)                     A (x02220@1)     DCertain (xx0232@1)drunken lines are the shame
                BmSeven (x24432@1)hundred miles and four years
                        A (x02220@1)     DI (xx0232@1)can't fight the flame; it burns
GBurns, (320003@1)and it burns and it burns.

Chorus: (x2)
DYou (xx0232@1)cut my hair
Bm (x24432@1)              AYou (x02220@1)left red ink everywhere
      EmDo (022000@1)my hands tell a story?
AIs (x02220@1)it boring?

Outro:
DWas (xx0232@1)I wishing on satellites?
A (x02220@1)                    DTell (xx0232@1)me how you've been doing that trick
A (x02220@1)                    DI'm (xx0232@1)just wishing the flame away
A (x02220@1)                    DNow (xx0232@1)I'm wishing the flame away



Nota Bene:
On the D's in the outro, and throughout other points during the song, you can add
embellishments to make it sounds a bit more tidy, but you don't have to. If you wanna 
give it
a try, then whilst you're on the regular D Major shape, hit the fourth fret on the D 
string, then move it up to second, then open again. Large.
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