Chords for Gilbert O'Sullivan - I'm A Writer Not A Fighter
Tempo:
96.7 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Am
D
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] [Gm]
Now some people like to fight
others don't and
Some people like to write but others won't
Me I think out of the two.
Here's the one I want to do
[G]
In a ring [C] for a few rounds
[G]
Boxing I'll [D] fall down right there [C] on the ground
Cuz I'm a [G] writer not a fighter [Am] I'm a [G] writer not a fighter [Am] I'm a [Bm] writer not a fire
[G] And if you take me to a place
[C] Where oh trouble
[Em] shows its face
[D] I'll bow out
No, I [C] won't hang about
Cuz I'm a [G] writer not a fighter
[Am] I'm a [G] writer not a fighter
[Am] I'm a [Bm] writer not a fighter
[Am]
[Em] Okay, but [C] if you came to burn my home [F] I'd be out there on my own
[Bb] Fighting to the nail to keep you [Eb] all at bay
[C] Don't ask me to defend what [F] I cannot comprehend [Bb] that is violence simply for [D] violence
[G]
[C]
[G] [D]
[C] I
Am a [G] writer not a fighter [Am] I'm a [G] writer not a fighter.
[Am] I'm a [Bm] writer not a fighter
[Am]
[G] Okay
But [C] if you came to burn my home [F] I'd be out there on my own
[Bb] Fighting to the nail to keep you [Eb] all at bay
[C] Don't you ask me to defend what [F] I cannot comprehend [Bb] that is violence
Simply for [D] violence
Oh
[G] To prove myself
[C] without any
[G] body's health
Well, baby this [D] I can do
in a [C] gentle way to
Cuz I'm a writer [G] not a fighter.
[Am] I'm a writer [G] not a fighter.
[Am] I'm a writer [Bm] not a fighter
[G]
Okay, okay
Not a fighter I'm a writer not a fighter.
I'm a writer not a fighter
Now some people like to fight
others don't and
Some people like to write but others won't
Me I think out of the two.
Here's the one I want to do
[G]
In a ring [C] for a few rounds
[G]
Boxing I'll [D] fall down right there [C] on the ground
Cuz I'm a [G] writer not a fighter [Am] I'm a [G] writer not a fighter [Am] I'm a [Bm] writer not a fire
[G] And if you take me to a place
[C] Where oh trouble
[Em] shows its face
[D] I'll bow out
No, I [C] won't hang about
Cuz I'm a [G] writer not a fighter
[Am] I'm a [G] writer not a fighter
[Am] I'm a [Bm] writer not a fighter
[Am]
[Em] Okay, but [C] if you came to burn my home [F] I'd be out there on my own
[Bb] Fighting to the nail to keep you [Eb] all at bay
[C] Don't ask me to defend what [F] I cannot comprehend [Bb] that is violence simply for [D] violence
[G]
[C]
[G] [D]
[C] I
Am a [G] writer not a fighter [Am] I'm a [G] writer not a fighter.
[Am] I'm a [Bm] writer not a fighter
[Am]
[G] Okay
But [C] if you came to burn my home [F] I'd be out there on my own
[Bb] Fighting to the nail to keep you [Eb] all at bay
[C] Don't you ask me to defend what [F] I cannot comprehend [Bb] that is violence
Simply for [D] violence
Oh
[G] To prove myself
[C] without any
[G] body's health
Well, baby this [D] I can do
in a [C] gentle way to
Cuz I'm a writer [G] not a fighter.
[Am] I'm a writer [G] not a fighter.
[Am] I'm a writer [Bm] not a fighter
[G]
Okay, okay
Not a fighter I'm a writer not a fighter.
I'm a writer not a fighter
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_ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _
Now some people like to fight
others don't _ and
Some people like to write but others won't
Me I think out of the two.
Here's the one I want to do
_ [G] _ _
In a ring _ [C] for a few rounds
_ _ [G] _
Boxing I'll [D] fall down right there [C] on the ground
Cuz I'm a [G] writer not a fighter [Am] I'm a [G] writer not a fighter [Am] I'm a [Bm] writer not a fire
_ _ [G] And _ _ _ _ _
if you take me to a place
_ [C] Where oh trouble _
[Em] shows its face
_ [D] I'll bow out
No, I [C] won't hang about
Cuz I'm a [G] writer not a fighter
[Am] I'm a [G] writer not a fighter
[Am] I'm a [Bm] writer not a fighter
[Am] _
[Em] Okay, _ but [C] if you came to burn my home [F] I'd be out there on my own
[Bb] Fighting to the nail to keep you [Eb] all at bay
_ [C] Don't ask me to defend what [F] I cannot comprehend [Bb] that is violence simply for [D] violence _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ I
Am a [G] writer not a fighter [Am] I'm a [G] writer not a fighter.
[Am] I'm a [Bm] writer not a fighter
[Am] _
[G] Okay
_ But [C] if you came to burn my home [F] I'd be out there on my own
[Bb] Fighting to the nail to keep you [Eb] all at bay _
_ [C] Don't you ask me to defend what [F] I cannot comprehend [Bb] that is violence
Simply for [D] violence
_ Oh
[G] To _ prove myself
_ [C] without any _
[G] body's health
Well, baby this [D] I can do
in a [C] gentle way to
Cuz I'm a writer [G] not a fighter.
[Am] I'm a writer [G] not a fighter.
[Am] I'm a writer [Bm] not a fighter
_ [G] _
Okay, okay _ _ _
_ Not a fighter I'm _ a writer not a fighter.
I'm a writer not a fighter
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_ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _
Now some people like to fight
others don't _ and
Some people like to write but others won't
Me I think out of the two.
Here's the one I want to do
_ [G] _ _
In a ring _ [C] for a few rounds
_ _ [G] _
Boxing I'll [D] fall down right there [C] on the ground
Cuz I'm a [G] writer not a fighter [Am] I'm a [G] writer not a fighter [Am] I'm a [Bm] writer not a fire
_ _ [G] And _ _ _ _ _
if you take me to a place
_ [C] Where oh trouble _
[Em] shows its face
_ [D] I'll bow out
No, I [C] won't hang about
Cuz I'm a [G] writer not a fighter
[Am] I'm a [G] writer not a fighter
[Am] I'm a [Bm] writer not a fighter
[Am] _
[Em] Okay, _ but [C] if you came to burn my home [F] I'd be out there on my own
[Bb] Fighting to the nail to keep you [Eb] all at bay
_ [C] Don't ask me to defend what [F] I cannot comprehend [Bb] that is violence simply for [D] violence _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ I
Am a [G] writer not a fighter [Am] I'm a [G] writer not a fighter.
[Am] I'm a [Bm] writer not a fighter
[Am] _
[G] Okay
_ But [C] if you came to burn my home [F] I'd be out there on my own
[Bb] Fighting to the nail to keep you [Eb] all at bay _
_ [C] Don't you ask me to defend what [F] I cannot comprehend [Bb] that is violence
Simply for [D] violence
_ Oh
[G] To _ prove myself
_ [C] without any _
[G] body's health
Well, baby this [D] I can do
in a [C] gentle way to
Cuz I'm a writer [G] not a fighter.
[Am] I'm a writer [G] not a fighter.
[Am] I'm a writer [Bm] not a fighter
_ [G] _
Okay, okay _ _ _
_ Not a fighter I'm _ a writer not a fighter.
I'm a writer not a fighter
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