Chords for Ellie Goulding - The Writer (Official Music Video)
Tempo:
70 bpm
Chords used:
F#m
A
E
D
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A]
[E] [F#m]
[D] [A] [Bm]
[E] [A] [F#m] You [D] wait for a silence, [F#m] I [A] wait for words
[F#m] Lie [D] next to your frame, [F#m] [E] girl unobserved
[F#m] You [D] change your position, [A] and you're [E] changing me
[F#m] [Bm] Causing me shadows [A] where they shouldn't [F#m] be
[D] We're interrupted [A] by the [E] heat of the sun
[F#m] [D] Trying to prevent [F#m] what's [E] already begun
[F#m] [D] You're just a body, [A] I can [E] smell your skin
[F#m] [Bm] And when I feel it, [A] you're wearing thin
But I have [F#m] thoughts of what?
[E] Why don't you [F#m] be the artist?
[D] I'll make me [A] outplay
[E] Why don't you [F#m] be the writer?
[D] Inside the [A] words I say
[F#m] Cause I'd rather [Bm] pretend [E] I'll still be [F#m] there
[E] [A] All is too [Bm] hard to ask
Would you [A] try to help me?
[Bm] [F#m] [D] Sat on this sofa, [A] this [E] old broken spring
[F#m] This [D] isn't the place [F#m] for those [E] violin strings
[F#m] I [D] try not to smile, [A] I [E] aim it at you
[F#m] [Bm] You must have missed it, [A] you always do
[E] But I have thoughts [F#m] of what?
[E] Why don't you [F#m] be the artist?
I'll make me [A] outplay
Why don't [E] you [F#m] be the writer?
[D] Inside the [A] words I say
[F#m] Cause I'd rather [Bm] pretend [E] I'll still be [F#m] there at the [E] end
[A] All is too [Bm] hard to ask
Would you [A] try to help me?
[D]
You wake, I wake, [E] causing shadows [A] [D] interrupted
You wake, [A] I wake, [E] causing shadows [F#m] [G#] interrupted
[D] You wake, [A] I wake, [E] causing shadows
Why don't you [F#m] be the artist?
[D] I'll make me [A] outplay
[E] Why don't you [F#m] be [D] the writer?
Inside the [A] words I say
[F#m] Cause I'd rather [Bm] pretend [E] I'll still be [F#m] there at the [E] end
[A] All is too [Bm] hard to ask
[D] Would you try to help [E] me?
Why don't you [F#m] be the [D] artist?
I'll [A]
[E] make me outplay
Why don't you [F#m] be the writer?
[D] Inside the [A] words I say
[F#m] Cause I'd rather [Bm] pretend [E] I'll still be there [F#m] at [G#m] the end
[A] All is [C#] too [B] hard to ask
[E] Would you [A] try to help me?
[E] [F#m]
[D] [A] [Bm]
[E] [A] [F#m] You [D] wait for a silence, [F#m] I [A] wait for words
[F#m] Lie [D] next to your frame, [F#m] [E] girl unobserved
[F#m] You [D] change your position, [A] and you're [E] changing me
[F#m] [Bm] Causing me shadows [A] where they shouldn't [F#m] be
[D] We're interrupted [A] by the [E] heat of the sun
[F#m] [D] Trying to prevent [F#m] what's [E] already begun
[F#m] [D] You're just a body, [A] I can [E] smell your skin
[F#m] [Bm] And when I feel it, [A] you're wearing thin
But I have [F#m] thoughts of what?
[E] Why don't you [F#m] be the artist?
[D] I'll make me [A] outplay
[E] Why don't you [F#m] be the writer?
[D] Inside the [A] words I say
[F#m] Cause I'd rather [Bm] pretend [E] I'll still be [F#m] there
[E] [A] All is too [Bm] hard to ask
Would you [A] try to help me?
[Bm] [F#m] [D] Sat on this sofa, [A] this [E] old broken spring
[F#m] This [D] isn't the place [F#m] for those [E] violin strings
[F#m] I [D] try not to smile, [A] I [E] aim it at you
[F#m] [Bm] You must have missed it, [A] you always do
[E] But I have thoughts [F#m] of what?
[E] Why don't you [F#m] be the artist?
I'll make me [A] outplay
Why don't [E] you [F#m] be the writer?
[D] Inside the [A] words I say
[F#m] Cause I'd rather [Bm] pretend [E] I'll still be [F#m] there at the [E] end
[A] All is too [Bm] hard to ask
Would you [A] try to help me?
[D]
You wake, I wake, [E] causing shadows [A] [D] interrupted
You wake, [A] I wake, [E] causing shadows [F#m] [G#] interrupted
[D] You wake, [A] I wake, [E] causing shadows
Why don't you [F#m] be the artist?
[D] I'll make me [A] outplay
[E] Why don't you [F#m] be [D] the writer?
Inside the [A] words I say
[F#m] Cause I'd rather [Bm] pretend [E] I'll still be [F#m] there at the [E] end
[A] All is too [Bm] hard to ask
[D] Would you try to help [E] me?
Why don't you [F#m] be the [D] artist?
I'll [A]
[E] make me outplay
Why don't you [F#m] be the writer?
[D] Inside the [A] words I say
[F#m] Cause I'd rather [Bm] pretend [E] I'll still be there [F#m] at [G#m] the end
[A] All is [C#] too [B] hard to ask
[E] Would you [A] try to help me?
Key:
F#m
A
E
D
Bm
F#m
A
E
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [F#m] _
[D] _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [E] _ [A] _ [F#m] You [D] wait for a silence, [F#m] I [A] wait for words
[F#m] Lie [D] next to your frame, [F#m] [E] girl unobserved
[F#m] You [D] change your position, [A] and you're [E] changing me
[F#m] [Bm] Causing me shadows [A] where they shouldn't [F#m] be
[D] We're interrupted [A] by the [E] heat of the sun
[F#m] [D] Trying to prevent [F#m] what's [E] already begun
[F#m] [D] You're just a body, [A] I can [E] smell your skin
[F#m] [Bm] And when I feel it, [A] you're wearing thin
But I have [F#m] thoughts of what?
[E] Why don't you [F#m] be the artist?
[D] I'll make me [A] outplay
[E] Why don't you [F#m] be the writer?
[D] Inside the [A] words I say
[F#m] Cause I'd rather [Bm] pretend [E] I'll still be [F#m] there
[E] [A] All is too [Bm] hard to ask
Would you [A] try to help me?
[Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ [D] Sat on this sofa, [A] this [E] old broken spring
[F#m] This [D] isn't the place [F#m] for those [E] violin strings
[F#m] I [D] try not to smile, [A] I [E] aim it at you
[F#m] [Bm] You must have missed it, [A] you always do
[E] But I have thoughts [F#m] of what?
[E] Why don't you [F#m] be the artist?
I'll make me [A] outplay
Why don't [E] you [F#m] be the writer?
[D] Inside the [A] words I say
[F#m] Cause I'd rather [Bm] pretend [E] I'll still be [F#m] there at the [E] end
[A] All is too [Bm] hard to ask
Would you [A] try to help me?
[D]
You wake, I wake, [E] causing shadows [A] [D] interrupted
You wake, [A] I wake, [E] causing shadows [F#m] [G#] interrupted
[D] You wake, [A] I wake, [E] causing shadows _ _
Why don't you [F#m] be the artist?
[D] I'll make me [A] outplay
[E] Why don't you [F#m] be [D] the writer?
Inside the [A] words I say
[F#m] Cause I'd rather [Bm] pretend [E] I'll still be [F#m] there at the [E] end
[A] All is too [Bm] hard to ask
[D] Would you try to help [E] me?
Why don't you [F#m] be the [D] artist?
I'll _ _ [A]
[E] make me outplay
Why don't you [F#m] be the writer?
[D] Inside the [A] words I say
[F#m] Cause I'd rather [Bm] pretend [E] I'll still be there [F#m] at [G#m] the end
[A] All is [C#] too [B] hard to ask
[E] Would you [A] try to help me? _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [F#m] _
[D] _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [E] _ [A] _ [F#m] You [D] wait for a silence, [F#m] I [A] wait for words
[F#m] Lie [D] next to your frame, [F#m] [E] girl unobserved
[F#m] You [D] change your position, [A] and you're [E] changing me
[F#m] [Bm] Causing me shadows [A] where they shouldn't [F#m] be
[D] We're interrupted [A] by the [E] heat of the sun
[F#m] [D] Trying to prevent [F#m] what's [E] already begun
[F#m] [D] You're just a body, [A] I can [E] smell your skin
[F#m] [Bm] And when I feel it, [A] you're wearing thin
But I have [F#m] thoughts of what?
[E] Why don't you [F#m] be the artist?
[D] I'll make me [A] outplay
[E] Why don't you [F#m] be the writer?
[D] Inside the [A] words I say
[F#m] Cause I'd rather [Bm] pretend [E] I'll still be [F#m] there
[E] [A] All is too [Bm] hard to ask
Would you [A] try to help me?
[Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ [D] Sat on this sofa, [A] this [E] old broken spring
[F#m] This [D] isn't the place [F#m] for those [E] violin strings
[F#m] I [D] try not to smile, [A] I [E] aim it at you
[F#m] [Bm] You must have missed it, [A] you always do
[E] But I have thoughts [F#m] of what?
[E] Why don't you [F#m] be the artist?
I'll make me [A] outplay
Why don't [E] you [F#m] be the writer?
[D] Inside the [A] words I say
[F#m] Cause I'd rather [Bm] pretend [E] I'll still be [F#m] there at the [E] end
[A] All is too [Bm] hard to ask
Would you [A] try to help me?
[D]
You wake, I wake, [E] causing shadows [A] [D] interrupted
You wake, [A] I wake, [E] causing shadows [F#m] [G#] interrupted
[D] You wake, [A] I wake, [E] causing shadows _ _
Why don't you [F#m] be the artist?
[D] I'll make me [A] outplay
[E] Why don't you [F#m] be [D] the writer?
Inside the [A] words I say
[F#m] Cause I'd rather [Bm] pretend [E] I'll still be [F#m] there at the [E] end
[A] All is too [Bm] hard to ask
[D] Would you try to help [E] me?
Why don't you [F#m] be the [D] artist?
I'll _ _ [A]
[E] make me outplay
Why don't you [F#m] be the writer?
[D] Inside the [A] words I say
[F#m] Cause I'd rather [Bm] pretend [E] I'll still be there [F#m] at [G#m] the end
[A] All is [C#] too [B] hard to ask
[E] Would you [A] try to help me? _
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