Chords for The Jim Carroll Band "I Write Your Name" (slideshow)
Tempo:
80.75 bpm
Chords used:
Am
Dm
A
Em
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [Am]
[D] [Am]
[D] [Am] I write your name everywhere I [Dm] go like a worn out code just to let you [Am] know.
I write your name on my loneliness [Dm] on the closet hook where you hung that [A] dress.
Don't you see [Am] you turn this [Dm] trust into wind and dust and it's choking [A] me.
It's hard [Am] to judge your [Dm] son to be the only one and watch the [E] grill on the way.
[Em] I never thought a [Am] change could terrify this way.
[E] I love you twice you [Am] know once for work once for playing.
[Dm] So I got this [Em] plan it doesn't hurt me [A] when I write your [Am] name on TV [Dm] screens on empty plates on magazines.
[Am] I write your name in San [Dm] Francisco on bathroom walls in [Am] new wave discos.
It's hard to live in hate there's no day and night [E] there's no time or day.
[A] You were gone like the sweat and [Dm] rain from my own two hands.
I write your name in [Em] vain.
I can't believe you left [Am] when you walked out of that door.
[E] [Em] You put off any [A] chance [Am] in your hero world.
[Eb] The only thing [A] you left behind was [Eb] terror.
You're like an [Am] echo in an empty [Dm] mirror.
I need to prove to show [E] to let them know to let them [A] know.
I write your name.
[Am]
[D] [E] [A] [Am]
[D] [A] Name.
[D] [Am]
[D] [Eb] [A]
[Eb] [Am] Name.
[Dm]
[Em] [A] Name.
I write your name.
The big blue ink [Dm] on stones I throw just watch them sink.
[A] I write your name on a great blue beam [Dm] on an ancient ship in a fading [Am] dream.
I write your name on every move I make on [Dm] the things I fake on [E] my own mistakes.
I [Am] write your name on my naked pride for [Dm] the final time.
I write your name [Em] tonight.
I never knew a word.
[Am] Take it all away.
[Em] And I wish I never heard [Am] the words you had to say.
[Eb] But there is nothing [A] left to find if [Eb] you are ever behind [A] the final [D] clue.
But I still [Dm] have this pen.
[E] [Em] And every now and then I [D] write your [Dm] name.
I [Em] write [Dm] your name.
I [Em] write your [Am] name.
[D] [Am]
[D] [Am] I write your name everywhere I [Dm] go like a worn out code just to let you [Am] know.
I write your name on my loneliness [Dm] on the closet hook where you hung that [A] dress.
Don't you see [Am] you turn this [Dm] trust into wind and dust and it's choking [A] me.
It's hard [Am] to judge your [Dm] son to be the only one and watch the [E] grill on the way.
[Em] I never thought a [Am] change could terrify this way.
[E] I love you twice you [Am] know once for work once for playing.
[Dm] So I got this [Em] plan it doesn't hurt me [A] when I write your [Am] name on TV [Dm] screens on empty plates on magazines.
[Am] I write your name in San [Dm] Francisco on bathroom walls in [Am] new wave discos.
It's hard to live in hate there's no day and night [E] there's no time or day.
[A] You were gone like the sweat and [Dm] rain from my own two hands.
I write your name in [Em] vain.
I can't believe you left [Am] when you walked out of that door.
[E] [Em] You put off any [A] chance [Am] in your hero world.
[Eb] The only thing [A] you left behind was [Eb] terror.
You're like an [Am] echo in an empty [Dm] mirror.
I need to prove to show [E] to let them know to let them [A] know.
I write your name.
[Am]
[D] [E] [A] [Am]
[D] [A] Name.
[D] [Am]
[D] [Eb] [A]
[Eb] [Am] Name.
[Dm]
[Em] [A] Name.
I write your name.
The big blue ink [Dm] on stones I throw just watch them sink.
[A] I write your name on a great blue beam [Dm] on an ancient ship in a fading [Am] dream.
I write your name on every move I make on [Dm] the things I fake on [E] my own mistakes.
I [Am] write your name on my naked pride for [Dm] the final time.
I write your name [Em] tonight.
I never knew a word.
[Am] Take it all away.
[Em] And I wish I never heard [Am] the words you had to say.
[Eb] But there is nothing [A] left to find if [Eb] you are ever behind [A] the final [D] clue.
But I still [Dm] have this pen.
[E] [Em] And every now and then I [D] write your [Dm] name.
I [Em] write [Dm] your name.
I [Em] write your [Am] name.
Key:
Am
Dm
A
Em
E
Am
Dm
A
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Am] I write your name everywhere I [Dm] go like a worn out code just to let you [Am] know.
I write your name on my loneliness [Dm] on the closet hook where you hung that [A] dress.
Don't you see [Am] you turn this [Dm] trust into wind and dust and it's choking [A] me.
It's hard [Am] to judge your [Dm] son to be the only one and watch the [E] grill on the way.
[Em] I never thought a [Am] change could terrify this way.
[E] I love you twice you [Am] know once for work once for playing.
[Dm] _ So I got this [Em] plan it doesn't hurt me [A] when I write your [Am] name on TV [Dm] screens on empty plates on magazines.
[Am] I write your name in San [Dm] Francisco on bathroom walls in [Am] new wave discos.
It's hard to live in hate there's no day and night [E] there's no time or day.
[A] You were gone like the sweat and [Dm] rain from my own two hands.
I write your name in [Em] vain.
I can't believe you left [Am] when you walked out of that door.
[E] [Em] You put off any [A] chance [Am] in your hero world.
[Eb] The only thing [A] you left behind was [Eb] terror.
You're like an [Am] echo in an empty [Dm] mirror.
I need to prove to show [E] to let them know to let them [A] know.
I write your name.
[Am] _ _
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ [Am] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] Name. _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [A] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Am] Name.
[Dm] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [A] Name.
I write your name.
The big blue ink [Dm] on stones I throw just watch them sink.
[A] I write your name on a great blue beam [Dm] on an ancient ship in a fading [Am] dream.
I write your name on every move I make on [Dm] the things I fake on [E] my own mistakes.
I [Am] write your name on my naked pride for [Dm] the final time.
I write your name [Em] tonight.
I never knew a word.
[Am] Take it all away.
[Em] And I wish I never heard [Am] the words you had to say.
[Eb] But there is nothing [A] left to find if [Eb] you are ever behind [A] the final [D] clue.
But I still [Dm] have this pen.
[E] [Em] And every now and then I [D] write your [Dm] name.
I [Em] _ _ write [Dm] your name.
I [Em] write _ your [Am] name. _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Am] I write your name everywhere I [Dm] go like a worn out code just to let you [Am] know.
I write your name on my loneliness [Dm] on the closet hook where you hung that [A] dress.
Don't you see [Am] you turn this [Dm] trust into wind and dust and it's choking [A] me.
It's hard [Am] to judge your [Dm] son to be the only one and watch the [E] grill on the way.
[Em] I never thought a [Am] change could terrify this way.
[E] I love you twice you [Am] know once for work once for playing.
[Dm] _ So I got this [Em] plan it doesn't hurt me [A] when I write your [Am] name on TV [Dm] screens on empty plates on magazines.
[Am] I write your name in San [Dm] Francisco on bathroom walls in [Am] new wave discos.
It's hard to live in hate there's no day and night [E] there's no time or day.
[A] You were gone like the sweat and [Dm] rain from my own two hands.
I write your name in [Em] vain.
I can't believe you left [Am] when you walked out of that door.
[E] [Em] You put off any [A] chance [Am] in your hero world.
[Eb] The only thing [A] you left behind was [Eb] terror.
You're like an [Am] echo in an empty [Dm] mirror.
I need to prove to show [E] to let them know to let them [A] know.
I write your name.
[Am] _ _
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ [Am] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] Name. _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [A] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Am] Name.
[Dm] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [A] Name.
I write your name.
The big blue ink [Dm] on stones I throw just watch them sink.
[A] I write your name on a great blue beam [Dm] on an ancient ship in a fading [Am] dream.
I write your name on every move I make on [Dm] the things I fake on [E] my own mistakes.
I [Am] write your name on my naked pride for [Dm] the final time.
I write your name [Em] tonight.
I never knew a word.
[Am] Take it all away.
[Em] And I wish I never heard [Am] the words you had to say.
[Eb] But there is nothing [A] left to find if [Eb] you are ever behind [A] the final [D] clue.
But I still [Dm] have this pen.
[E] [Em] And every now and then I [D] write your [Dm] name.
I [Em] _ _ write [Dm] your name.
I [Em] write _ your [Am] name. _ _ _