Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (EÂ AÂ DÂ GÂ BÂ E)
🎸 Verse 1:
D MajorD
Do you want me to write you in
Dust off all your features
A augmentedA
Make you perfect
G+G
Not that you need it
You’re effortlessly illustrated
A augmentedA
Colourfully fated for my pen
🎸 Verse 2:
D MajorD
I can show you how
The world is so much brighter when
A augmentedA
The writer gets to turn it
G+G
I’ll give you wings although you say you don’t deserve it
You were definitely made
A augmentedA
For felt tip sonnets that I’ve kept in way too long
🎸 Pre-Chorus 1:
B minorBm
And I know
G+G
That paper hearts are fast to break
B minorBm
So don’t you go
A augmentedA
Away
🎸 Chorus:
D MajorD
Oh my god, I think you’ve really done it this time
B minorBm
A augmentedA
Oh my god, don’t think that I can make it back
B minorBm
But could you hold on just a little
G+G
While I sequence all my scribbles
D MajorD
A augmentedA
Into novels filled with stars I’ll never send
G+G
G minorGm
'Cause I’m essentially a write-er-er-er-erer
D MajorD
Who never makes it to the end
🎸 Verse 3:
D MajorD
It's picturesque you’re nothing less
A augmentedA
Than a hero from a storybook or five
G+G
Think you were made for filling hearts and shoes and time
Think I was made so I could do you justice
A augmentedA
Don’t trust anybody else
To write you half as well as I
🎸 Pre-Chorus 2:
B minorBm
Will try-y-y-y-y
G+G
To find the perfect shade of emerald
B minorBm
A augmentedA
For your ey-y-y-y-ye eyes
🎸 Chorus:
D MajorD
Oh my god, I think you’ve really done it this time
B minorBm
A augmentedA
Oh my god, don’t think that I can make it back
B minorBm
But could you hold on just a little
G+G
While I sequence all my scribbles
D MajorD
A augmentedA
Into novels filled with stars I’ll never send
G+G
G minorGm
'Cause I’m essentially a write-er-er-er-erer
D MajorD
Who never makes it to the end
🎸 Bridge:
G+G
And maybe when it’s over
B minorBm
When the final page is turned
D MajorD
You won’t be perfect
A augmentedA
Just be you
G+G
D MajorD
The boy who likes bands with stupid names and high-brow views
G+G
And maybe when I’m finished
B minorBm
I’ll look down at the image
D MajorD
A augmentedA
G+G
Oh, and magic will be seeping from your finger tips
D MajorD
Somehow I doubt it
🎸 Pre-Chorus 3:
B minorBm
'Cause I’ll never not believe in you
G+G
I’ll always see your best
B minorBm
Loving you is a religion
A augmentedA
I’m devout I must confess
🎸 Chorus:
D MajorD
Oh my god, I think you’ve really done it this time
B minorBm
A augmentedA
Oh my god, don’t think that I can make it back
B minorBm
But could you hold on just a little
G+G
While I sequence all my scribbles
D MajorD
A augmentedA
Into novels filled with stars I’ll never send
G+G
G minorGm
'Cause I’m essentially a write-er-er-er-erer
D MajorD
Who never makes it to the end