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Reader Meet Author chords by 
Morrissey
N/A•
Intro 1
Bb
Am
G
C
Bb
Am
G
C
F
C
Dm
G
Verse 1
C
You don't
Em
G
D
Dm
D
A
know a thing about their lives
C
Em
G
They live where you wouldn't
D
Dm
D
A
C
dare to drive
Em
You shake as you think
G
D
A
of how they sleep
C
Em
But you write as if you all
G
D
Dm
A
lie side by side
Bb
Am
Reader, meet Author
G
C
With the hope of hearing sense
Bb
Am
But you may be feeling let down
G
By the words of defense
C
F
He says "No-one ever ever
C
sees me when I cry"
Interlude 1
Dm
F
G
Verse 2
C
Em
You don't know a thing
G
Dm
D
A
about their lives
C
Books don't save them,
Em
G
D
A
books aren't Stanley knives
C
G
And if a fight broke out
D
A
here tonight
C
You'd be the first away,
Em
G
D
A
because you're that type
Bb
Am
And the year two thousand
G
C
won't change anyone here
Bb
Am
As each fabled promise flies so fast
G
C
You'll swear it was never there
F
C
Oh, have you ever escaped from a shipwrecked life?
Interlude 2
Dm
G
Am
Eb
Bb
F
Am
Eb
Bb
F
Am
Eb
Bb
F
Am
Eb
Bb
F
G
C
G
D
A
C
G
D
A
C
G
D
A
C
G
D
A
Verse 3
Bb
Am
So safely with your software,
G
C
miles from the front line
Bb
Am
You hear the way their sad voice sings,
G
C
and you start to imagine things
F
C
Oh, any excuse to write more lies
Outro 1
Dm
F
G
Am
Eb
Bb
F
Am
Am
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