Write A Song chords by Matt Fockler

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
D   F#m   G   D
D   F#m   G   D


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

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


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


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


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


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


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


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