Write A Song chords by Matt Fockler

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
D MajorD  F# minorF#m  G+G  D MajorD
D  F# minorF#m  G+G  D MajorD


Verse A-1:
        D MajorD
If I was gonna write a song,
         F# minorF#m
I wouldn't even write it down
     G+G        D MajorD
I'd just play it all day long
      D MajorD
Just like you did
     F# minorF#m
Just like me as a kid
      G+G        D MajorD
You didn't want to go back home

Verse B-1:
        F# minorF#m
So I've got a broken string
    F# minorF#m
Got a new guitar
    G+G    D MajorD
I'm in Austin again
       F# minorF#m
I've got a broken heart
     F# minorF#m
A augmentedA lot of days go dark
  G+G       D MajorD
But I see light again


Verse A-2:
      D MajorD
And if I needed a hook
        F# minorF#m
I wouldn't have far to look
    G+G    D MajorD
I move slow as I go
        D MajorD
I try to pay attention
          F# minorF#m
And I try to change direction
   G+G         D MajorD
If I see the need to do so

Verse B-2:
         F# minorF#m
Ahd I've got some old friends
    F# minorF#m
That I roll with
     G+G      D MajorD
And I'll go talk to them
       F# minorF#m
And I've got elders
    F# minorF#m
Older fellers
        G+G        D MajorD
When I've got questions need answerin


Verse A-3:
           D MajorD
And here comes the chorus
        F# minorF#m
Just like the forest
     G+G       D MajorD
You can roam until you find
       D MajorD
The kind of songs
        F# minorF#m
That turn your engines
       G+G      D MajorD
With all the harmonies behind


Verse B-3:
        F# minorF#m
And I've got friends with strings
        F# minorF#m
Friends with voices that ring
   G+G       D MajorD
Like angels in the sky
       F# minorF#m
And I know drunks on the street
  F# minorF#m
Who live more free
    G+G      D MajorD
Than either you or I


Verse A-4:
            D MajorD
I never could write a bridge
        F# minorF#m
That's just the way it is
     G+G         D MajorD
There's plenty that I don't know
           D MajorD
And I like to end a song
         F# minorF#m
With just what's goin on
   G+G         D MajorD
And sing the hole in my soul


Outro:
          D MajorD
So if I was gonna write a song,
         F# minorF#m
I wouldn't even write it down
     G+G   B minorBm  A augmentedA  D MajorD
I'd just play it all day long