The Writer
Ellie GouldingVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
You wait for a silence
I wait for a word
Lying next to your frame
Girl unobserved
You change your position
You're changing me
Casting these shadows
Where they shouldn't be
We're interrupted
By the heat of the sun
Trying to prevent
What's already begun
You're just a body
I can smell your skin
And when I feel it
You're wearing thin
But I've got a plan
Why don't you be the artist
And make me out of clay?
Why don't you be the writer
Decide the words I say?
Cause I'd rather pretend
I'll still be there at the end
Only it's too hard to ask
Won't you try to help me?
Sat on your sofa
It's all broken springs
This isn't the place for
Those violin strings
I try out a smile
And I aim it at you
You must have missed it
You always do
But I've got a plan
Why don't you be the artist
And make me out of clay?
Why don't you be the writer
Decide the words I say?
Cause I'd rather pretend
I'll still be there at the end
Only it's too hard to ask
Won't you try to help me?
You wait
I wait
Casting shadows
Interrupted
You wait
I wait
Casting shadows
Interrupted
You wait
I wait
Casting shadows
Interrupted
You wait
I wait
Casting shadows
But I've got a plan
Why don't you be the artist
And make me out of clay?
Why don't you be the writer
Decide the words I say?
Cause I'd rather pretend
I'll still be there at the end
Only it's too hard to ask
Won't you try to help me?
One strum or pick
Why don't you be the artist
And make me out of clay?
Why don't you be the writer
Decide the words I say?
Cause I'd rather pretend
I'll still be there at the end
Only it's too hard to ask
Won't you try to help me?
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Readable chord sheet for The Writer by Ellie Goulding
[C] [Em] [D] [C] [Em] [D] [C] [Em] [D] [D] [C] [Em] [G] You w[C]ait for a si[Em]lence I w[G]ait for a w[D]ord Lying n[C]ext to your f[Em]rame G[G]irl unob[D]served You ch[C]ange your po[Em]sition You're cha[G]nging [D]me Cas[C]ting these sh[Em]adows Where t[D]hey shouldn't [G]be [C]We're interr[Em]upted By the h[G]eat of the [D]sun [C]Trying to pr[Em]event What's al[G]ready be[D]gun [C]You're just a b[Em]ody I can sm[G]ell your [D]skin And w[C]hen I feel [Em]it You're we[D]aring t[G]hin But I[Em]'ve got [C]a p[D]lan Why don't y[D]ou be the ar[Em]tist And m[C]ake me out of [G]clay? Why don't y[D]ou be the wr[Em]iter De[C]cide the words I [G]say? Cause I'd ra[Em]ther pr[G]etend I'll still b[D]e there at the e[Em]nd Only it's t[C]oo hard to a[Em]sk Won't you t[D]ry to help [G]me? [C]Sat on your [Em]sofa It's [G]all broken sp[D]rings This is[C]n't the plac[Em]e for Those vi[G]olin stri[D]ngs I t[C]ry out a smi[Em]le And I [G]aim it at [D]you You m[C]ust have mis[Em]sed it You alw[D]ays d[G]o But I[Em]'ve got [C]a p[D]lan Why[D] don't you b[Em]e the artist And m[C]ake me out of [G]clay? Why don't y[D]ou be the wr[Em]iter De[C]cide the words I [G]say? Cause I'd ra[Em]ther pr[G]etend I'll still b[D]e there at the e[Em]nd Only it's t[C]oo hard to a[Em]sk Won't you t[D]ry to help [G]me? Y[C]ou wait I wait [Em] [Em]Casting sha[D]dows Inte[D]rrupted Y[C]ou wait I wait [Em] [Em]Casting sha[D]dows Inte[D]rrupted Y[C]ou wait I wait [Em] [Em]Casting sha[D]dows Inte[D]rrupted Y[C]ou wait I wait [Em] [Em]Casting sha[D]dows But I[Em]'ve got [C]a p[D]lan Why don't[D] you be the [Em]artist And m[C]ake me out of [G]clay? Why don't y[D]ou be the wr[Em]iter De[C]cide the words I [G]say? Cause I'd ra[Em]ther pr[G]etend I'll still b[D]e there at the e[Em]nd Only it's t[C]oo hard to a[Em]sk Won't you t[D]ry to help [G]me? One strum or pick Why don'[D]t you be the[Em] artist And m[C]ake me out of [G]clay? Why don't y[D]ou be the wr[Em]iter De[C]cide the words I [G]say? Cause I'd ra[Em]ther pr[G]etend I'll still b[D]e there at the e[Em]nd Only it's t[C]oo hard to a[Em]sk Won't you t[D]ry to help [G]me?