The Writer

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Capo 2
[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?

The Writer chords and lyrics

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Capo 2
[Intro] 
C Em D
C Em D
C Em D
D C Em G
[Verse 1]
[Pre-Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
[Chorus]
But I've got a plan

The Writer Chords by Ellie Goulding

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