Write Your Own Song chords by
Matthew Sweet
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Key: D major

Verse 1
D D 
 
I guess I live in a world you'll
never get a glimpse inside of
If the thought of me selling
out gets you excited
Bm Bm 
 
A A 
 
Do you think everything that
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
E E 
 
nobody else has thought of
Bm Bm 
 
A A 
 
Do you feel everything that
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
E E 
 
no one else can feel
I do too
Em Em 
 
Why don't you write

Verse 2
G G 
 
your own song
D D 
 
A A 
 
Bm Bm 
 
If mine doesn't do it for you
A A 
 
G G 
 
E E 
 
You might get it all wrong
D D 
 
A A 
 
Or you might create the hit
Bm Bm 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
E E 
 
You wish that I  would write for you
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
'Cause I haven't been able
E E 
 
D D 
 
Dm Dm 
 
to do what you need

Verse 3
D D 
 
And you're right there fighting for
Dm Dm 
 
D D 
 
what I find appalling
Bringing me further down than
Dm Dm 
 
I've already fallen
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
And you tell me that I only have
Em Em 
 
E E 
 
Em Em 
 
one chance to  win
Bm Bm 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
And you only want to take me
Em Em 
 
E E 
 
where I've never been
I'm with you
Em Em 
 
Why don't you write

Verse 4
G G 
 
your own song
D D 
 
A A 
 
Bm Bm 
 
And I won't have to hear it
A A 
 
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
When you get it all wrong
D D 
 
A A 
 
Bm Bm 
 
I'll find a way to clear it
A A 
 
G G 
 
From my memory of you
E E 
 
G G 
 
E E 
 
You just do what you have to do

Interlude 1

'Cause I'm not listening

Verse 5

Why don't you write your own song

If mine doesn't do it for you

You might get it all wrong

Or you might create the hit

Verse 6
Bm Bm 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
E E 
 
Why don't you write your own song
D D 
 
A A 
 
Bm Bm 
 
I'll find a way to clear it
A A 
 
G G 
 
E E 
 
From my memory of you
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
E E 
 
You just do what you have to do
D D 
 
'Cause I'm not listening

Outro 1

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