Ellie Goulding – The Writer (Guitar)

Capo 2
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Chords

[Intro] C Em D C Em D C Em D D C Em G [Verse 1]
     C           Em
You wait for a silence

   G          D
I wait for a word

       C            Em
Lying next to your frame

 G       D
Girl unobserved

      C           Em
You change your position

          G     D
You're changing me

   C            Em
Casting these shadows

       D             G
Where they shouldn't be
[Pre-Chorus]
C           Em
We're interrupted

        G          D
By the heat of the sun

C           Em
Trying to prevent

         G       D
What's already begun

C              Em
You're just a body

        G        D
I can smell your skin

     C          Em
And when I feel it

         D      G
You're wearing thin
[Chorus]
     Em      C  D
But I've got a plan

           D           Em
Why don't you be the artist

     C             G
And make me out of clay?

           D           Em
Why don't you be the writer

  C                G
Decide the words I say?

            Em     G
Cause I'd rather pretend

            D               Em
I'll still be there at the end

           C           Em
Only it's too hard to ask

           D          G
Won't you try to help me?
[Verse 2]
C           Em
Sat on your sofa

     G            D
It's all broken springs

       C           Em
This isn't the place for

        G        D
Those violin strings

   C           Em
I try out a smile

      G         D
And I aim it at you

     C           Em
You must have missed it

       D    G
You always do
[Chorus]
     Em      C  D
But I've got a plan

   D           Em
Why don't you be the artist

     C             G
And make me out of clay?

           D           Em
Why don't you be the writer

  C                G
Decide the words I say?

            Em     G
Cause I'd rather pretend

            D               Em
I'll still be there at the end

           C           Em
Only it's too hard to ask

           D          G
Won't you try to help me?
[Bridge]
 C
You wait

        Em
I wait

Em         D
Casting shadows

    D
Interrupted

C
You wait

        Em
I wait

Em         D
Casting shadows

    D
Interrupted

 C
You wait

        Em
I wait

Em         D
Casting shadows

    D
Interrupted

 C
You wait

        Em
I wait

Em         D
Casting shadows
[Chorus]
     Em      C  D
But I've got a plan

         D           Em
Why don't you be the artist

     C             G
And make me out of clay?

           D           Em
Why don't you be the writer

  C                G
Decide the words I say?

            Em     G
Cause I'd rather pretend

            D               Em
I'll still be there at the end

           C           Em
Only it's too hard to ask

           D          G
Won't you try to help me?
[Chorus] But I've got a plan
        D           Em
Why don't you be the artist

     C             G
And make me out of clay?

           D           Em
Why don't you be the writer

  C                G
Decide the words I say?

            Em     G
Cause I'd rather pretend

            D               Em
I'll still be there at the end

           C           Em
Only it's too hard to ask

           D          G
Won't you try to help me?