The Writer

	 
[Intro]
F#m D A Esus4  F#m D F#m Esus4
F#m D A Esus4  A/C# D/B Esus4 A
[Estrofe]
    F#m        D           A         
You wait for a silence,  I wait for a
 Esus4 
 word 
You wait for a silence,  I wait for a word 
      F#m          D      F#m 
Lying next to your frame, Girl
     Esus4 
 unobserved 
Lying next to your frame, Girl unobserved 
    F#m             D           
You change your position, You're
 A        Esus4 
 changing me 
You change your position, You're changing me 
A/C#          D/B           
Casting these shadows, Where they
 Esus4          A 
 shouldn't be
Casting these shadows, Where they shouldn't be
[Estrofe]
F#m        D              A          
We're interrupted, By the heat of the
 Esus4 
 sun 
We're interrupted, By the heat of the sun 
F#m          D            F#m    
Trying to prevent, What's already
   Esus4 
 begun 
Trying to prevent, What's already begun 
F#m           D           A         
You're just a body, I can smell your
 Esus4 
 skin 
You're just a body, I can smell your skin 
    A/C#   D/B             Esus4  
And when I feel it, You're wearing
 A 
 thin
And when I feel it, You're wearing thin
[Medio]
         D/B A/C# Esus4/D 
But I've got a    plan
[Refrão]
          E          F#m         D   
Why don't you be the artist, And make
           A 
 me out of clay? 
Why don't you be the artist, And make me out of clay? 
          E          F#m     D     
Why don't you be the writer, Decide
             A 
 the words I say? 
Why don't you be the writer, Decide the words I say? 
          F#m       D/B             
Cause I'd rather pretend, I'll still
  E               F#m 
 be there at the end 
Cause I'd rather pretend, I'll still be there at the end 
E/G#      A   A/C#    D/B         
Only it's too hard to ask, Won't you
 Esus4             A/E     D/B 
 try to help me?
Only it's too hard to ask, Won't you try to help me?
[Estrofe]
F#m         D              A     
Sat on your sofa, It's all broken
 Esus4 
 springs 
Sat on your sofa, It's all broken springs 
     F#m       D               
This isn't the place for, Those
 F#m    Esus4 
 violin strings 
This isn't the place for, Those violin strings 
  F#m       D            A        
I try out a smile, And I aim it at
 Esus4 
 you 
I try out a smile, And I aim it at you 
A/C#          D/B            Esus4 
You must have missed it, You always
 A 
 do
You must have missed it, You always do
[Medio]
         D/B A/C# Esus4/D 
But I've got a    plan
[Refrão]
          E          F#m         D   
Why don't you be the artist, And make
           A 
 me out of clay? 
Why don't you be the artist, And make me out of clay? 
           E           F#m     D   
Why don't you be the writer, Decide
             A 
 the words I say? 
Why don't you be the writer, Decide the words I say? 
            F#m     D/B             
Cause I'd rather pretend, I'll still
 E               F#m 
 be there at the end 
Cause I'd rather pretend, I'll still be there at the end 
E/G#      A   A/C#    D/B         
Only it's too hard to ask, Won't you
 Esus4 
 try to help me?
Only it's too hard to ask, Won't you try to help me?
[Estrofe]
F#m   D                 A      
      You wait, I wait, Casting
  Esus4         F#m 
 shadows, Interrupted  
      You wait, I wait, Casting shadows, Interrupted  
D                 F#m     Esus4   
You wait, I wait, Casting shadows,
      F#m 
 Interrupted 
You wait, I wait, Casting shadows, Interrupted 
D                 A        Esus4  
You wait, I wait, Casting shadows,
       F#m 
 Interrupted 
You wait, I wait, Casting shadows, Interrupted 
D                 A        Esus4 
You wait, I wait, Casting shadows
[Refrão]
           E           F#m        D  
Why don't you be the artist, And make
           A 
 me out of clay? 
Why don't you be the artist, And make me out of clay? 
           E           F#m     D   
Why don't you be the writer, Decide
             A 
 the words I say? 
Why don't you be the writer, Decide the words I say? 
            F#m     D/B             
Cause I'd rather pretend, I'll still
 E               F#m 
 be there at the end 
Cause I'd rather pretend, I'll still be there at the end 
E/G#      A   A/C#    D/B         
Only it's too hard to ask, Won't you
 Esus4 
 try to help me?
Only it's too hard to ask, Won't you try to help me?
[Outro]
           E           F#m        D  
Why don't you be the artist, And make
           A 
 me out of clay? 
Why don't you be the artist, And make me out of clay? 
           E           F#m     D   
Why don't you be the writer, Decide
             A 
 the words I say? 
Why don't you be the writer, Decide the words I say? 
            F#m     D/B             
Cause I'd rather pretend, I'll still
 E               F#m 
 be there at the end 
Cause I'd rather pretend, I'll still be there at the end 
E/G#      A   A/C#    D/B         
Only it's too hard to ask, Won't you
 Esus4                 Aadd9 
 try to help me?
Only it's too hard to ask, Won't you try to help me?