Writing Letters chords by Dead To Me

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: D

Tuning: Standard EADGBe


Intro:

Bm A Bm D G Em G  x2


Verse 1:
Bm
  I've been writing letters
F#m
  since that confession
    G
Was beaten out of me and
                  Em
now I'll spend my life alone
Bm                   F#m
  We are all children   whose
fate was sealed When it was
  G
decided we wouldn't be
                  Em
given a chance to grow

Chorus 1:
       D
If you grew up where we did
would you be different?
  Bm                G
I guess we'll never know
       D
If you saw things I've seen
would you turn our like me?
  Bm                G
I guess we'll never know
    D
Why can't you understand our
lives are in your hands?
 Bm                G
Spinning out of control
       D      A/C# G
so you put me in a cage


Post-chorus:
Bm A Bm D G Em G  x2


Verse 2:
Bm                   F#m
  When the effects of   this
                G
social test are felt you
                    Em
will see It will be far too
    Bm
late  to simply reverse this
F#m
   A generation rendered
          G
fatherless Watch it unravel
                Em
and then you'll know


Chorus 2:
       D
If you grew up where we did
would you be different?
  Bm                G
I guess we'll never know
       D
If you saw things I've seen
would you turn our like me?
  Bm                G
I guess we'll never know
    D
Why can't you understand our
lives are in your hands?
 Bm                G
Spinning out of control
       D      A/C# G
so you put me in a cage


Bridge:
              Em
It's not that hard
          G
to figure out
D               A
We're unwilling pawns
               G
but there's no doubt
               Em
We'd watch the laws
            G
all quickly change
    D
The day the rich kids
A               G
are treated the same


Chorus 3:
       D
If you grew up where we did
would you be different?
  Bm                G
I guess we'll never know
       D
If you saw things I've seen
would you turn our like me?
  Bm                G
I guess we'll never know
    D
Why can't you understand our
lives are in your hands?
 Bm                G
Spinning out of control
    D
Why can't you understand our
lives are in your hands?
 Bm                G
Spinning out of control


Chorus 4:
       D      A/C# G
If you put me in a cage
         D
Don't be shocked then
A/C#   G          D
on the day That I turn
  A/C#     G   D
into an animal Feeding
        A          G
on your apathy and hate


Outro:
Bm A Bm D G Em G  x2

then
Bm




Chords shapes:
D -    xx0232
A -    x02220
Bm -   x24432
G -    320033
Em -   022000
F#m -  244222
A/C# - x476xx