Key: A major•
Intro 1
A
D
A
F#m
D
F#m
E
F#m
D
A
F#m
Bm
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A
Verse 1
F#m
D
You wait for a silence
F#m
A
E
I wait for a word
F#m
D
Lie next to your frame
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E
Girl unobserved
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D
You change your position
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E
And you are changing me
F#m
Bm
Casting these shadows
Verse 2
F#m
D
We're interrupted by the
A
E
heat of the sun
F#m
D
Try ing to prevent what's
F#m
E
already begun
F#m
D
You're just a body
A
E
I can smell your skin
A
F#m
Bm
E
A
And when I feel it, you're wearing thin
Verse 3
Bm
F#m
But I've got a plan
E
F#m
Why don't you be the artist
D
A
And make me out of clay?
E
F#m
Why don't you be the writer
D
A
And decide the words I say?
F#m
Bm
'Cause I'd rather pretend
Esus4
F#m
I'll still be there at the end
E
A
Bm
Only it's too hard to ask
A
D
F#m
Verse 4
D
A
E
Sat on your sofa, it's all broken springs
F#m
D
F#m
E
This isn't the place for those violin strings
F#m
D
A
E
I try out a smile and I aim it at you
A
Bm
You must have missed it
Esus4
E
A
You al ways do
Verse 5
E
A
F#m
D
But I've got a plan
F#m
E
F#m
Why don't you be the artist
D
A
And make me out of clay?
E
F#m
Why don't you be the writer
D
A
And decide the words I say?
F#m
Bm
'Cause I'd rather pretend
E
F#m
I'll still be there at the en d
E
A
Bm
Only it's too hard to ask
Esus4
D
Esus4
A
Won't you try to help me
Verse 6
D
A
You wait, I wait,
E
F#m
casting shadows, interrupted
D
F#m
E
You wait, I wait, casting shadows,
D
A
D
E
You wait, I wait, casting shadows,
D
A
E
You wait, I wait, casting shadows
Verse 7
E
F#m
Why don't you be the artist
D
A
And make me out of clay?
E
F#m
Why don't you be the writer
D
A
And decide the words I say?
F#m
Bm
'Cause I'd rather pretend
E
F#m
I'll still be there at the end
E
A
Bm
Only it's too hard to ask
D
Esus4
Won't you try to help me
Verse 8
E
F#m
you be the artist
D
A
And make me out of clay?
E
F#m
Why don't you be the writer
D
A
And decide the words I say?
F#m
Bm
'Cause I'd rather pretend
E
F#m
I'll still be there at the en d
E
A
Bm
Only it's too hard to ask
E
Esus4
Won't you try to help me
E
A
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