The Pursewarden Affair chords by Anais Mitchell

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: D

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G D
G D
Em D

Verse 1:
G    D
Percy Pursewarden
G    D
Open up your door
G    D
I haven't come to break your cadence
Em   D
Or mix your metaphor
     G       D
And if I swore I was no critic
     G       D
would you let me come inside?
     G       D
Would you write your famous lines?
     G       D
Where you lay your secret plans
Em            A
For suicide by slight of hand?

            G  D
And you let me down so kindly
A
You don't love me
        G  D
But you don't mind me

Bridge:
G D
G D
Em D

Verse 2:
G    D
Percy Pursewarden
G    D
After all your hard traveling
G    D
Think a girl could lay down beside you
Em   D
without your world unraveling?
   G    D
In a maudlin mess
       G       D
Yes, that's my clothing in a pile
       G       D
Just wanna stay a little while
       G       D
Just wanna see that crooked grin
Em D           A
After the sedatives set in, hey

            G D
And then we're feeling fine
A        F
You don't love me
    G  D
I don't mind

Bridge:
G D
G D
Em D

Verse 3:
G    D
Percy Pursewarden
G    D
I'll be gone before you wake
G    D
Back to the gallery of failures
Em   D
to see what I can make of you
G   D
Pursewarden
   G      D
Have mercy on my heart
   G      D
Maybe I don't want to call it art
   G      D
Just because you nailed it to the wall
   Em      D     A
Maybe I'm a critic after all

              G  D
And you don't have to remind me
A
You don't love me
        G  D
But you don't mind me

Outro:
G D
G D
Em D