Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
🎸 Intro:
| D MajorD | D MajorD | D MajorD | D MajorD |
| A/C#A/C# | A/C#A/C# | A/C#A/C# | A/C#A/C# |
| G+G | G+G | B minorBm A augmentedA | D/F#D/F# G+G |
🎸 Verse 1:
D MajorD
Shakespeare writing on a piece of paper
A/C#A/C#
Hank Williams singing on an old guitar
G+G
Both of them trying to find the words
B minorBm A augmentedA D/F#D/F# G+G
In somewhere up above the stars
D MajorD
But I've seen it there in old love letters
A/C#A/C#
Stuck to the fridge on a post-it note
G+G
Red lipstick on a bathroom mirror
B minorBm A augmentedA D/F#D/F# G+G
Or tucked in the pocket of a Cowboys coat
🎸 Chorus:
G+G
Written in the Sky
D/F#D/F#
Written in the sand
G+G B minorBm A augmentedA
On the back of a car dragging old tin cans
G+G
True love declared
D/F#D/F#
Brushing paint
E minorEm D/F#D/F# G+G
Way up there on a small town water tank
E minorEm
Carved in an oak
D/F#D/F# G+G
Or tattooed on the skin
E minorEm A augmentedA
Love moves the heart
(D MajorD)
God moves the pen
🎸 Interlude:
| D MajorD | D MajorD | B minorBm A augmentedA | D/F#D/F# G+G |
🎸 Verse 2:
D MajorD
Saying “I miss you daddy” in blue Crayola
A/C#A/C#
X’s and O’s in sidewalk chalk
G+G
I've seen "I heart Jenny" on an overpass
B minorBm A augmentedA D/F#D/F# G+G
When the tongue is just too tired to talk
🎸 Chorus:
G+G
Written in the Sky
D/F#D/F#
Written in the sand
G+G B minorBm A augmentedA
On the back of a car dragging old tin cans
G+G
True love declared
D/F#D/F#
Brushing paint
E minorEm D/F#D/F# G+G
Way up there on a small town water tank
E minorEm
Carved in an oak
D/F#D/F# G+G
Or tattooed on the skin
E minorEm A augmentedA
Love moves the heart
(D MajorD)
God moves the pen
🎸 Interlude:
| D MajorD | D MajorD | D MajorD | D MajorD |
| E minorEm | D/F#D/F# | G+G | G+G |
🎸 Chorus:
G+G
So write it in the Sky
D/F#D/F#
Write it in the sand
G+G B minorBm A augmentedA
On the back of a car dragging old tin cans
G+G
True love declared
D/F#D/F#
Brushing paint
E minorEm D/F#D/F# G+G
Way up there on a small town water tank
E minorEm
Carved in stone
D/F#D/F# G+G
Or tattooed on the skin
E minorEm A augmentedA
Love moves the heart
E minorEm A augmentedA
Love moves the heart
(D MajorD)
But God moves the pen
🎸 Outro:
| D MajorD | D MajorD | D MajorD | D MajorD |
| A/C#A/C# | A/C#A/C# | A/C#A/C# | A/C#A/C# |
| G+G | G+G | B minorBm A augmentedA | D/F#D/F# G+G |