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The Songs I Didnt Write

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[Verse]
When you have Bmgone to bEed
And I am Aalone inside my F#mhead
I turn on the BmstereEo
The one only AI can know
[Bridge]
And I hear the Asongs
That I didn't wrBmite
I hear what they sEounded like
All over F#mtown
All over Gtown
All over Etown
[Verse]
It would have Bmmade me Ecry
What would have faAllen from your F#meye
Would have Bmdestroyed our lEove
Eand I would say...
[Bridge]
AOh my God, oh my God, what was I thinking of?
[Chorus]
BmEvery night it pElays, a little louder
ATelling me to siF#mng, a little louder
BmTelling me I can't C#escape
F#Escape the way I am, F#7a little louder
BmEvery night I oEpen up my folder
ATo recollect the F#mwords
[Bridge]
I heard in the Asongs
That I didn't Bmwrite
I heard what they Esounded like   
All over F#mtown
All over Gtown
All over Etown
[Verse]
But when you Bmheard the Enotes
That would have Avaulted from my F#mthroat
There was a Bmmeaning past the C#awfulness
There's somF#mething pure and Ebdimtrue
That would have been gEreat!
[Solo]
A  D  E  A
A  D  E
[Verse]
It would have Emade me Bmcry
What would have Afallen from my F#meye
Merely had Bmpoisoned mEe
EAnd I would say
[Bridge]
AOh my god, oh my god, I had to get it out
[Chorus]
BmEvery night it pElays, a little louder
ATelling me to F#msing, a little louder
BmTelling me I C#can't escape
F#Escape the way I am, F#7a little louder
BmEvery night my pEen is getting drier
AWriting down those wF#mords 
[Bridge]
F#mI sing in the sAongs
That I didn't Bmwrite
I sing what they Esounded like
All over F#mtown
All over Gtown
All over Etown
[Verse]
But when you Bmheard the pEoem
That would have sAhook around our F#mhome
There was a chBmance it could've C#broken down
The F#walls around our Ebdimpath
That would have been Egreat
[Outro]
EI hear the songs and what they sounded like
EI hear the songs and what they sounded like
EI hear the songs and what they sounded like
EI hear the songs

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The Songs I Didnt Write

by Creaky Boards

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F#m

F#7

Ebdim

[Verse]

Bm E

When you have gone to bed

A F#m

And I am alone inside my head

Bm E

I turn on the stereo

The one only I can know

[Bridge]

And I hear the songs

That I didn't write

I hear what they sounded like

F#m

All over town

[Verse]

Bm E

It would have made me cry

A F#m

What would have fallen from your eye

Bm E

Would have destroyed our love

and I would say...

[Bridge]

Oh my God, oh my God, what was I thinking of?

[Chorus]

Bm E

Every night it plays, a little louder

A F#m

Telling me to sing, a little louder

Bm C#

Telling me I can't escape

F# F#7

Escape the way I am, a little louder

Bm E

Every night I open up my folder

A F#m

To recollect the words

[Bridge]

I heard in the songs

That I didn't write

I heard what they sounded like

F#m

All over town

[Verse]

Bm E

But when you heard the notes

A F#m

That would have vaulted from my throat

Bm C#

There was a meaning past the awfulness

F#m Ebdim

There's something pure and true

That would have been great!

[Solo]

A D E A

A D E

[Verse]

E Bm

It would have made me cry

A F#m

What would have fallen from my eye

Bm E

Merely had poisoned me

And I would say

[Bridge]

Oh my god, oh my god, I had to get it out

[Chorus]

Bm E

Every night it plays, a little louder

A F#m

Telling me to sing, a little louder

Bm C#

Telling me I can't escape

F# F#7

Escape the way I am, a little louder

Bm E

Every night my pen is getting drier

A F#m

Writing down those words

[Bridge]

F#m A

I sing in the songs

That I didn't write

I sing what they sounded like

F#m

All over town

[Verse]

Bm E

But when you heard the poem

A F#m

That would have shook around our home

Bm C#

There was a chance it could've broken down

F# Ebdim

The walls around our path

That would have been great

[Outro]

I hear the songs and what they sounded like

I hear the songs

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