Woe Be chords by Feist

Chords with lyrics

You can choose how simple you want the first lines in the verses to go.

I can't find any full lyrics because this song is not officially on the album,
so I had to figure out some of the words by ear. Suggestions and corrections welcome!


Intro:  A minorAm D MajorD DmDm C majorC FF C majorC FF C majorC FF C majorC

FF  C majorC FF   C majorC            FF
Woe be to the girl who loves a songwriter
       C majorC      FF
The days are pages in the book
     C majorC       FF
He's the verses or the hook
FF  A minorAm    D MajorD        DmDm   C majorC  FF C majorC FF C majorC FF C majorC
Woe be to the girl who loves a songwriter

FF  C majorC FF   C majorC           FF
Woe be to the man who loves a songwriter
       C majorC         FF
She's always searching for the song
    C majorC         FF
In everything that you've done wrong
FF  A minorAm    D MajorD        DmDm   C majorC  FF C majorC FF C majorC
Woe be to the man who loves a songwriter


C majorC     FF            Bb majorBb G minorGm Bb majorBb
(La la le lee) cause all it might be
Bb majorBb    A augmentedA
(na na na nooo)
A augmentedA      Bb majorBb  G minorGm Bb majorBb
A augmentedA key and a verse
C majorC    FF         Bb majorBb    G minorGm Bb majorBb
(La la le lee) we write history babe, oh oh
Bb majorBb    A augmentedA
(la la la loooo)
A augmentedA          Bb majorBb  G minorGm Bb majorBb
That's how the song goes "oh oh"
C majorC     FF      G+G
(La la le lee) oh woah ho

  C majorC  FF   C majorC         FF
Oh hard is the time before the melody
FF     C majorC      FF
Before the song is like gold (?)
FF      C majorC       FF
But what you never seem to know
FF A minorAm     D MajorD        DmDm C majorC FF C majorC FF C majorC FF C majorC
Oh hard is the time before the melody

Optional instrumental: A minorAm D MajorD DmDm C majorC FF C majorC FF C majorC FF C majorC

(single strums on the last verse)

  C majorC     C majorC        C majorC   FF
Woe be to the girl who loves a songwriter
     C majorC     FF
When he's at a microphone
      C majorC      FF
She ends up feeling so alone
  A minorAm    D MajorD        DmDm   C majorC
Woe be to the girl who loves a songwriter