Writing on the Wall Chords by Will Stetson

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_ _ [E] _ [Ab] Palaces [Dbm] of silver [Gb] and [A] gold cannot [B] be designed overnight
[E] _ _ It's like the [Bb] saying I've often been told
No [Ab] matter the [Dbm] cause, do things right
[A] You [E] have to be careful, [Db] you have to [E] be diligent
[Abm] Planning [E] and measuring every [Abm] detail
[Gbm] _ [A] Creating is [B] drawing, erasing and drawing [E] _ again _ _
_ [Bb] _ [A] And I've [E] never been [A] in it for fame [E] or attention
[A] I only work hard so the [Abm] structures won't fail
[Gbm] Seeing [A] it finish [Eb] is worth [Dbm] every mora [Ab] I _ spend
_ _ _ [Dbm] Within every [Bm] building made [E] with [A] pride
The architect [Ab] lives on inside
[Dbm] _ Shining [Gbm] paints a marble [E] heart
That's what makes a [Ab] work of [Bbm] art
We _ build [A] and we play
[Abm] Sculpting _ dreams out [G] of clay
With [Gbm] the hope [B] that our towers [E] don't fall
_ [Eb] That we won't [A] have to see [Ab] the writing on [Dbm] the wall
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_ [Gbm] _ _ [B] _ [E] The [Eb] more you work, the higher the [A] stakes
And the [B] bigger the sorrows to drown
[E] _ Cause one [Ebm] mistake is all [Bb] that it takes
[A] For the wall to [Ab] come [Dbm] crumbling down
_ You [E] have to ignore them, the echoing voices
That cackle and curse [A] as you toil [Abm] away
_ [Gbm]
[Dbm] Cover your ears and [B] focus on boxes [E] and _ lines
_ _ [Bb] And [E] the shadowy figures, they're nothing but shadows
Like ink on a page, they have [B] nothing [Abm] to say
[Gbm] But maybe, just [Db] maybe, they're trying to give [Ab] me a [Bb] sign
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Dbm] That in every [Bm] building [E] made with [A] pride
The architect [Ab] _ remains [Dbm] inside
_ Peeling paints [Gbm] a heavy [E]
heart
That's what makes [Db] a work [Ab] of art
[Bbm] We scream and [A] we pray
[Abm] Sculpting _ dreams [Gm] out of clay
[Gbm] As we try [B] not to look [E] at the [Eb] scrawl
[Ebm] The [A] message of [Ab] doom, the writing on the wall
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_ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ Every day we play [D] this [Dbm] game of [E] chance
[A] Whirling through [Eb] a [Ab] desperate dance
[Dbm] Sketching [Gbm] visions [B] in our heads
[E]
Just to [Ebm] see them [Ab] ripped and [Bb] shreds
This road [A] that we share _ [Abm] doesn't lead _ [Gm] _ anywhere
But [Gbm] there's [Gb] nothing an artist [B] can do
_ When you [Eb] swing your [Gbm] brush, you have [G] to [Ab] follow _ through
_ _ _ [Dbm] Within every [Bm] building [E] made with [A] pride
The architect [Gb] is [Ab] trapped [Dbm] inside
_ Bleeding paint [Gbm] a shattered [E]
heart
That's what makes [Eb] a work of art
[Bbm] A fight for [C] control
[Ab] _
[Db] But the right way takes [Gb] a toll
And still [B] at the end of [Ebm] it all
I can't [A] escape my [Ab] fate
The writings [Gbm] on the [B] wall
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