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The Wrote And The Writ Tabs

(ver. 1)
Johnny Flynn
[Intro]

   Bm         F#     G            D                A  
e|---2----------2----3------------0h2--------------------0-------------------|
B|-------3------2----3------------------3------------2-----------------------|
G|--------------3----4---4--------2--------2---------2-----------------------|
D|---4-----4--------------5----0------0-------(0)0h2-2---2-------------------|
A|-2---2-----------------------------------------------0---0-----------------|
E|------------2----3--(3)----------------------------------------------------|

   Bm         F#     G            D                A       D
e|---2----------2----3------------0h2----------------------2------0h2--2-----|
B|-------3------2----3------------------3------------2--------3------------3-|
G|--------------3----4---4--------2--------2---------2-----2----2----2------2|
D|---4-----4--------------5----0------0-------(0)0h2-2-2--0--0----0------0---|
A|-2---2---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------2----3--(3)----------------------------------------------------|

   D+5th fret       A     F#           D           A
e|-5---5--------------------2----------0h2-----------------------------------|
B|---------3----------2-----3----------------3-----2-------------------------|
G|---2-------2--------2-----4---4------2-------2-------2---------------------|
D|-0-----0-----(0)0h2-2-----4-----4--0-----0-------2-----2-------------------|
A|----------------------0-2---2------------------0---0-----------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


   D+5th fret   A     F#          D            A       D      
e|-2--5-----------------2---------0h2------------------2--------2-------2----|
B|------3---------2-----3-------------3----------2----------3-------3--------|
G|---2---2--------2-----4---4-----2-----2--------2-----2------2---2-------2--|
D|-0---0---(0)0h2-2-----4-----4-0----0----(0)0h2-2-2-0----0-----0-----0------|
A|------------------0-2---2--------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


[Verse 1]

   Bm         F#     G            D                  A 
e|---2----------2----3------------2------------------------------------------|
B|-------3------2----3------------------3------------2-----------------------|
G|--------------3----4---4--------2--------2-------------2-------------------|
D|---4-----4--------------5----0------0--------------2-----2-----------------|
A|-2---2------------------------------------------0----0---------------------|
E|------------2----3--(3)----------------------------------------------------|
They're taking pictures of the man from God, I hope his cassock's clean

   Bm         F#     G            D                  A    D
e|---2----------2----3------------2-----------------------2------0h2--2------|
B|-------3------2----3------------------3------------2-------3-----------3---|
G|--------------3----4---4--------2--------2--------------2----2----2------2-|
D|---4-----4--------------5----0------0--------------2--0---0----0------0----|
A|-2---2------------------------------------------0--------------------------|
E|------------2----3--(3)----------------------------------------------------|
The burden of being our holy fellas, Your halo'd better gleam, better gleam

   D+5th fret       A     F#            D          A
e|-5---5--------------------2-----------2------------------------------------|
B|---------3----------2-----3----------------3-----2-------------------------|
G|---2-------2--------2-----4---4-------2------2-------2---------------------|
D|-0-----0------------2-----4-----4--0-----0-------2-----2-------------------|
A|-----------------0------2---2------------------0---0-----------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
What of all those wayward priests? The ones who like to drink

   D+5th fret     A   F#          D              A     D
e|-2--5-----------------2---------2--------------------2--------0h2--2-------|
B|------3---------2-----3-------------3----------2----------3-----------3----|
G|---2---2--------2-----4---4-----2-----2--------------2------2-----2-----2--|
D|-0---0----------2-----4-----4-0----0-----------2---0----0-----0------0-----|
A|-------------0------2---2-------------------0------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Do you suppose they'd swap their blood for wine, Like you swapped yours for ink, for ink


[Verse 2]

   Bm         F#     G            D                  A 
e|---2----------2----3------------2------------------------------------------|
B|-------3------2----3------------------3------------2-----------------------|
G|--------------3----4---4--------2--------2-------------2-------------------|
D|---4-----4--------------5----0------0--------------2-----2-----------------|
A|-2---2------------------------------------------0----0---------------------|
E|------------2----3--(3)----------------------------------------------------|
You wrote me, oh so many letters, And all of them seemed true

   Bm         F#     G            D                  A    D
e|---2----------2----3------------2-----------------------2------0h2--2------|
B|-------3------2----3------------------3------------2-------3-----------3---|
G|--------------3----4---4--------2--------2--------------2----2----2------2-|
D|---4-----4--------------5----0------0--------------2--0---0----0------0----|
A|-2---2------------------------------------------0--------------------------|
E|------------2----3--(3)----------------------------------------------------|
Promises look good on paper, Especially from you, from you

   D+5th fret         A     F#          D          A
e|-5---5--------------------2-----------2------------------------------------|
B|---------3----------2-----3----------------3-----2-------------------------|
G|---2-------2--------2-----4---4-------2------2-------2---------------------|
D|-0-----0------------2-----4-----4--0-----0-------2-----2-------------------|
A|-----------------0------2---2------------------0---0-----------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
The weight of all those willing words, I carried all alone

   D+5th fret     A   F#          D              A     D
e|-2--5-----------------2---------2--------------------2--------2------------|
B|------3---------2-----3-------------3----------2----------3----------------|
G|---2---2--------2-----4---4-----2-----2--------------2------2--------------|
D|-0---0----------2-----4-----4-0----0-----------2---0----0-----0------------|
A|-------------0------2---2-------------------0------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
You wouldn't put your pen to bed, When we hadn't found our own, our own


[Bridge]

e|-------------------2-----5----3--2------------------------2--7p5---3-2-----|
B|-------------------3--/7---7--5--3----2-------------------3--7--7--5-3---2-|
G|-------------------4------------------2-------------------4--------------2-|
D|--------0-----0----4------------------2---------0-----0---4--------------2-|
A|----------0h2------2----------------0-------------0h2-----2------------0---|
E|-3-2-3----------2------------------------3-2-3----------2------------------|


[Verse 3]

   Bm         F#     G            D                  A 
e|---2----------2----3------------2------------------------------------------|
B|-------3------2----3------------------3------------2-----------------------|
G|--------------3----4---4--------2--------2-------------2-------------------|
D|---4-----4--------------5----0------0--------------2-----2-----------------|
A|-2---2------------------------------------------0----0---------------------|
E|------------2----3--(3)----------------------------------------------------|
Your sentences rose high at night, And circled round my head

   Bm         F#     G            D                  A    D
e|---2----------2----3------------2-----------------------2------0h2--2------|
B|-------3------2----3------------------3------------2-------3-----------3---|
G|--------------3----4---4--------2--------2--------------2----2----2------2-|
D|---4-----4--------------5----0------0--------------2--0---0----0------0----|
A|-2---2------------------------------------------0--------------------------|
E|------------2----3--(3)----------------------------------------------------|
The circle's since been broken, Like the priest before me is breaking bread

   D+5th fret       A     F#            D          A
e|-5---5--------------------2-----------2------------------------------------|
B|---------3----------2-----3----------------3-----2-------------------------|
G|---2-------2--------2-----4---4-------2------2-------2---------------------|
D|-0-----0------------2-----4-----4--0-----0-------2-----2-------------------|
A|-----------------0------2---2------------------0---0-----------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
I'm being asked to drink the blood of Christ, And soon I'll eat his flesh

   D+5th fret     A   F#          D              A     D
e|-2--5-----------------2---------2--------------------2--------2------------|
B|------3---------2-----3-------------3----------2----------3----------------|
G|---2---2--------2-----4---4-----2-----2--------------2------2--------------|
D|-0---0----------2-----4-----4-0----0-----------2---0----0-----0------------|
A|-------------0------2---2-------------------0------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
I'm alone again before the altar, Shedding all my old regrets


[Verse 4]

   Bm         F#     G            D                  A 
e|---2----------2----3------------2------------------------------------------|
B|-------3------2----3------------------3------------2-----------------------|
G|--------------3----4---4--------2--------2-------------2-------------------|
D|---4-----4--------------5----0------0--------------2-----2-----------------|
A|-2---2------------------------------------------0----0---------------------|
E|------------2----3--(3)----------------------------------------------------|
The last of which I'll tell you now, As it flies down the sink

   Bm         F#     G            D                  A    D
e|---2----------2----3------------2-----------------------2------0h2--2------|
B|-------3------2----3------------------3------------2-------3-----------3---|
G|--------------3----4---4--------2--------2--------------2----2----2------2-|
D|---4-----4--------------5----0------0--------------2--0---0----0------0----|
A|-2---2------------------------------------------0--------------------------|
E|------------2----3--(3)----------------------------------------------------|
I never knew a part of you, You didn't set in ink, in ink

   D+5th fret       A     F#            D          A
e|-5---5--------------------2-----------2------------------------------------|
B|---------3----------2-----3----------------3-----2-------------------------|
G|---2-------2--------2-----4---4-------2------2-------2---------------------|
D|-0-----0------------2-----4-----4--0-----0-------2-----2-------------------|
A|-----------------0------2---2------------------0---0-----------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
The letters that you left behind, No longer shall I read

   D+5th fret     A   F#          D              A     D
e|-2--5-----------------2---------2--------------------2--------2------------|
B|------3---------2-----3-------------3----------2----------3----------------|
G|---2---2--------2-----4---4-----2-----2--------------2------2--------------|
D|-0---0----------2-----4-----4-0----0-----------2---0----0-----0------------|
A|-------------0------2---2-------------------0------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Your blood's between the pages, And I can't stand to see you bleed


[Bridge]

This is the instrumental bridge. The first bridge again will suffice...

e|-------------------2-----5----3--2------------------------2--7p5---3-2-----|
B|-------------------3--/7---7--5--3----2-------------------3--7--7--5-3---2-|
G|-------------------4------------------2-------------------4--------------2-|
D|--------0-----0----4------------------2---------0-----0---4--------------2-|
A|----------0h2------2----------------0-------------0h2-----2------------0---|
E|-3-2-3----------2------------------------3-2-3----------2------------------|


[Verse 5]

   Bm         F#     G            D                  A 
e|---2----------2----3------------2------------------------------------------|
B|-------3------2----3------------------3------------2-----------------------|
G|--------------3----4---4--------2--------2-------------2-------------------|
D|---4-----4--------------5----0------0--------------2-----2-----------------|
A|-2---2------------------------------------------0----0---------------------|
E|------------2----3--(3)----------------------------------------------------|
And I'll soon forget what was never there, Your words are ash and dust

   Bm         F#     G            D                  A    D
e|---2----------2----3------------2-----------------------2------0h2--2------|
B|-------3------2----3------------------3------------2-------3-----------3---|
G|--------------3----4---4--------2--------2--------------2----2----2------2-|
D|---4-----4--------------5----0------0--------------2--0---0----0------0----|
A|-2---2------------------------------------------0--------------------------|
E|------------2----3--(3)----------------------------------------------------|
All that's left is the song I've sung, The breath I've taken and the one I must

   D+5th fret       A     F#            D          A
e|-5---5--------------------2-----------2------------------------------------|
B|---------3----------2-----3----------------3-----2-------------------------|
G|---2-------2--------2-----4---4-------2------2-------2---------------------|
D|-0-----0------------2-----4-----4--0-----0-------2-----2-------------------|
A|-----------------0------2---2------------------0---0-----------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
If you're born with a love for the wrote and the writ, People of letters your warning stands clear

   D+5th fret     A   F#          D              A     D
e|-2--5-----------------2---------2--------------------2--------2------------|
B|------3---------2-----3-------------3----------2----------3----------------|
G|---2---2--------2-----4---4-----2-----2--------------2------2--------------|
D|-0---0----------2-----4-----4-0----0-----------2---0----0-----0------------|
A|-------------0------2---2-------------------0------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Pay heed to your heart and not to your wit, Don't say in a letter what you can't in my ear


[Outro]

Same as intro except for the final D

   Bm         F#     G            D                A  
e|---2----------2----3------------0h2--------------------0-------------------|
B|-------3------2----3------------------3------------2-----------------------|
G|--------------3----4---4--------2--------2---------2-----------------------|
D|---4-----4--------------5----0------0-------(0)0h2-2---2-------------------|
A|-2---2-----------------------------------------------0---0-----------------|
E|------------2----3--(3)----------------------------------------------------|

   Bm         F#     G            D                A       D
e|---2----------2----3------------0h2----------------------2------0h2--2-----|
B|-------3------2----3------------------3------------2--------3------------3-|
G|--------------3----4---4--------2--------2---------2-----2----2----2------2|
D|---4-----4--------------5----0------0-------(0)0h2-2-2--0--0----0------0---|
A|-2---2---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------2----3--(3)----------------------------------------------------|

   D+5th fret       A     F#           D           A
e|-5---5--------------------2----------0h2-----------------------------------|
B|---------3----------2-----3----------------3-----2-------------------------|
G|---2-------2--------2-----4---4------2-------2-------2---------------------|
D|-0-----0-----(0)0h2-2-----4-----4--0-----0-------2-----2-------------------|
A|----------------------0-2---2------------------0---0-----------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


   D+5th fret   A     F#          D            A       D      
e|-2--5-----------------2---------0h2----------------------2-----------------|
B|------3---------2-----3-------------3----------2-------3-------------------|
G|---2---2--------2-----4---4-----2-----2--------2-----2---------------------|
D|-0---0---(0)0h2-2-----4-----4-0----0----(0)0h2-2-2-0-----------------------|
A|------------------0-2---2--------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|            
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