Writer In The Dark original guitar chords by
Lorde

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Key: G major•

Verse 1
D/F# D/F# 
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Break the news, you're walking out
C/E C/E 
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To be a good man for someone else
D/F# D/F# 
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C/G C/G 
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Em Em 
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Sorry, I was never good like you
D/F# D/F# 
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Stood on my chest and kept me down
C/E C/E 
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Hated    hearing my name on the lips of a crowd
D/F# D/F# 
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C/G C/G 
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Did my best to exist just for   you

Pre-chorus 1
D5 D5 5
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Bet you rue the day you kissed
C5 C5 3
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a writer in the dark
D5 D5 5
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Bet you rue the day you kissed
C5 C5 3
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a writer in the dark
D5 D5 5
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Now she's gonna play and sing
C5 C5 3
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and lock you in her heart
D5 D5 5
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Bet you rue the day you kissed
C5 C5 3
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G5 G5 3
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a writer in the dark

Chorus 1
G G 
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I am my mother's child,
Am Am 
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Em Em 
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I'll love you 'til my breathing stops
Am Am 
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Em Em 
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D/F# D/F# 
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I'll love you 'til you call the cops on me
G G 
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But in our darkest hours,
Am Am 
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Em Em 
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I stumbled on a secret power
Am Am 
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Em Em 
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D/F# D/F# 
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I'll find a way to be  without you, babe

Verse 2
D/F# D/F# 
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I still feel you, now and then
C/E C/E 
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Slow like pseudo-ephedrine
D/F# D/F# 
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When you see me,
C/G C/G 
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Em Em 
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will you say I've changed?
D/F# D/F# 
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I ride the subway, read the signs
C C 
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I let the seasons change my mind
G G 
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D D 
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I love it here since I've stopped needing you

Pre-chorus 2
D5 D5 5
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Bet you rue the day you kissed
C5 C5 3
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a writer in the dark
D5 D5 5
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Bet you rue the day you kissed
C5 C5 3
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a writer in the dark
D5 D5 5
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Now she's gonna play and sing
C5 C5 3
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and lock you in her heart
D5 D5 5
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Bet you rue the day you kissed
C5 C5 3
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G5 G5 3
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a writer in the dark

Chorus 2
G G 
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I am my mother's child,
Am Am 
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Em Em 
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I'll love you 'til my breathing stops
Am Am 
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Em Em 
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D/F# D/F# 
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I'll love you 'til you call the cops on me
G G 
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But in our darkest hours,
Am Am 
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Em Em 
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I stumbled on a secret power
Am Am 
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Em Em 
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D/F# D/F# 
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I'll find a way to be  without you, babe

Chorus 3
G G 
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I am my mother's child,
Am Am 
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Em Em 
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I'll love you 'til my breathing stops
Am Am 
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Em Em 
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D/F# D/F# 
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I'll love you 'til you call the cops on me
G G 
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But in our darkest hours,
Am Am 
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Em Em 
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I stumbled on a secret power
Am Am 
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Em Em 
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D/F# D/F# 
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I'll find a way to be  without you, babe

Outro 1

G

G

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Am

Am

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Em

Em

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Am

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Em

Em

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D/F#

D/F#

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G

G

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Am

Am

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Em

Em

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Am

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Em

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D/F#

D/F#

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ChordsD/F# C/E C/G Em D5...

D/F#
C/E
C/G
Em
D5
C5
G5
G
Am
C
D
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D/F#
C/E
C/G
Em
D5
C5
G5
G
Am
C
D
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