Ellie Goulding - The Writer

i love this song so much! although there were only tabs for it which i dont read
so basically sat with the song playing and worked these out .
enjoy ( :

capo 2

intro :
C , Em , D
C , Em , D
C , Em , D
C , Em , G

C Em
you wait for a silence
G D
i wait for a word
C Em
lying next to your frame
G D
girl unobserved
C Em
you change your position
G D
you’re changing me
C Em
casting these shadows
D G
where they shouldn’t be

C Em
we’re interrupted
G D
by the heat of the sun
C Em
trying to prevent
G D
what’s already begun
C Em
you’re just a body
G D
i can smell your skin
C Em
and when i feel it
D G
you’re wearing thin

Em C D
but i’ve got a plan
C G
why don’t you be the artist
Em D
and make me out of clay?
C Em
why don’t you be the writer
G D
decide the words i say?
Em G
cause i’d rather pretend
D C
i’ll still be there at the end
C Em
only it’s too hard to ask
D G
won’t you try to help me?

C Em
sat on your sofa
G D
it’s all broken springs
C Em
this isn’t the place for
G D
those violin strings
C Em
i try out a smile
G D
and i aim it at you
C Em
you must have missed it
D G
you always do

Em C D
but i’ve got a plan
C G
why don’t you be the artist
Em D
and make me out of clay?
C Em
why don’t you be the writer
G D
decide the words i say?
Em G
cause i’d rather pretend
D C
i’ll still be there at the end
C Em
only it’s too hard to ask
D G
won’t you try to help me?

C
you wait
Em
i wait
Em D
casting shadows
D
interrupted

C
you wait
Em
i wait
Em D
casting shadows
D
interrupted

C
you wait
Em
i wait
Em D
casting shadows
D
interrupted

C
you wait
Em
i wait
Em D
casting shadows

Em C D
but i’ve got a plan
C G
why don’t you be the artist
Em D
and make me out of clay?
C Em
why don’t you be the writer
G D
decide the words i say?
Em G
cause i’d rather pretend
D C
i’ll still be there at the end
C Em
only it’s too hard to ask
D G
won’t you try to help me?

one strum or pick

C G
why don’t you be the artist
Em D
and make me out of clay?
C Em
why don’t you be the writer
G D
decide the words i say?
Em G
cause i’d rather pretend
D C
i’ll still be there at the end
C Em
only it’s too hard to ask
D G
won’t you try to help me?