Writings On The Wall tab by George Harrison

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WRITING ON THE WALL   -    George Harrison

Intro:
         G+G      D MajorD     Gm/E  Gm6/E
e|--------------/3--7-7-7-7-/5------5--/---6-6--5-5/
BB|----3------7--/0--8-8-8-8-/7---7-----/---8-8--8-8/
G+G|----2----7-7--/0--7-7-7-7-/7---------/---7-7--7-7/
D MajorD|3s4---5--7----/0----------/7---------/---8-8--8-8/
A augmentedA|--------------/2--(10)----/5---------/7----------/
E MajorE|--------------/3----------/----------/-----------/

 D MajorD       G#º7     D MajorD     E7E7 A7sus4A7sus4 D MajorD
e|5------------/----7-7-9-10--/5-------5-/4--3--2--/
BB|7------------/----6-6-6--6--/7-----7---/5--5--3--/
G+G|7-----------7/----7-7-7--7--/7---------/7--3--2--/
D MajorD|7-----4-5-7--/----6-6-6--6--/7---------/------0--/
A augmentedA|5-----5-7-9--/11------------/----------/---0-----/
E MajorE|-------------/--------------/----------/0--------/

theme 1    G+G          D MajorD
     The   writing's on the   wall, brother
Gm/E         Gm6/E      D MajorD      theme 1
    Your life is     in your   hands
G#º7           D MajorD
    It's up to you to   see the writing's
E7E7    A7sus4A7sus4    D MajorD     theme 2
  on     the   wall

  G+G          D MajorD
It  looks you in the   eye, mister
Gm/E         Gm6/E      D MajorD     theme 1
    It's time we     stand up   tall
G#º7            D MajorD
    Go see and under -  stand the writing's
E7E7   A7sus4A7sus4    D MajorD    D MajorD
  on     the   wall


D MajorD         Em7b5Em7b5    D MajorD                Em7b5Em7b5
  Strange we hold   on to   things that have no grace or    power
    D MajorD         Em7b5Em7b5          D MajorD        Bb7Bb7
While  death holds on to   us much more with  every passing   hour


   A7A7          D MajorD          Bm7Bm7
And   all the time you   thought it would   last
   A7A7              D MajorD      Bb7Bb7 /
Your   life, your friends would  always be
       E minor 7Em7 /      A7A7 /
'Til they're    drunk a -    way
   E minor 7Em7 /     A7A7 /
or    shot a -    way
  E minor 7Em7 /     A7A7 /        D MajorD /   theme 3
or    die a -    way from you

G+G              D MajorD
  There's nothing that you   need, sister
Gm/E        Gm6/E     D MajorD     theme 2
    The Lord is     in you   all
G#º7            D MajorD
    Life is designed to   see the writing's
E7E7    A7sus4A7sus4   D MajorD     theme 2
   on     the   wall
G+G           D MajorD
  The music's in the   air, mothers
Gm/E         Gm6/E       D MajorD    theme 2
    You may have     heard it   call
G#º7            D MajorD
    To you that you may   see the writing's
E7E7    A7sus4A7sus4   D MajorD    D MajorD
   on     the   wall


D MajorD     Em7b5Em7b5       D MajorD     Em7b5Em7b5
  Hmmmm -     hmmmmm -   hmmmm -    hmmmmm
D MajorD      Em7b5Em7b5       D MajorD      Bb7Bb7
  oeoehh -     oeoeoehh -   oeoehhh

   A7A7           D MajorD          Bm7Bm7
And   all the time you   thought it would    last
   A7A7               D MajorD       Bb7Bb7 /
Your   life, your friends would   always be
       E minor 7Em7 /      A7A7 /
But they're    drunk a -    way
  E minor 7Em7 /      A7A7 /
or    shot a -    way
  E minor 7Em7 /     A7A7 /        D MajorD /  theme 2
or    die a -    way from you


G+G          D MajorD
  Be careful going   home, sister
Gm/E        Gm6/E       D MajorD     theme 2
    Be watchful     down that   road
G#º7            D MajorD
    You've got a lot of   love, sister
E7E7     A7sus4A7sus4   D MajorD     theme 2
   More     to   grow

   G+G          D MajorD
The   writing's on the   wall, brothers
Gm/E         Gm6/E      D MajorD     theme 1
    Your life is     in your   hands
G#º7           D MajorD
    It's up to you to   see the writing's
E7E7    A7sus4A7sus4   D MajorD
   on     the   wall /
G#º7            D MajorD
    I hope that you may   see the writing
E7E7    A7sus4A7sus4    D MajorD
   on     the    wall /


G#º7       D MajorD
   Hhhmmmm -   hhmmmmm
E7E7     A7sus4A7sus4    D MajorD
  Hmmm     hmmm   hmmm //



G+G   320003
D MajorD   xx0232
    X57775
Gm/E  xx2333
Gm6/E x02333
G#º7  456464
E7E7   020100
A7sus4A7sus4 x02030
Em7b5Em7b5 055333
A7A7   x02020
    575655
Bb7Bb7  x13131
E minor 7Em7  022030


 (= theme 1)    (= theme 2) (= theme 3)
e|---------------/ /---------/ /----------/
BB|---------------/ /3--5--7--/ /---3--5--7/
G+G|-----2--------7/ /--------7/ /---2-----7/
D MajorD|---4----5--7---/ /4--5--7--/ /5-----5--7/
A augmentedA|5-------7--9---/ /---------/ /----------/
E MajorE|---------------/ /---------/ /----------/