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Standard Tuning: EADGBe
Chords:
LA9 x02200
RE9 xx0230
RE9/FA# 2x0230
MI 022100
MI/SOL# 4x2450
FA#m7 244200
SI7 x21200
SIm7 x24232
Intro: A9—D9--; (2x)
LA9 RE9
Kelly is raising a son
LA9 RE9
His dad left just after the birth
LA9 RE9
Now she's living on child support checks
FA#m7 RE9 MI
I guess that's all that man was worth.
LA9 RE9
She says, "I just need a man who will love me
LA9 RE9
"But they all just want one night of sin
LA9 RE9
"I know my life could be better
FA#m7 RE9 MI
"I just don't know where I should begin."
Refrain 1:
LA9 MI RE9
She said, “write me a song
LA9 MI/SOL# RE9/FA# MI/SOL#
One that makes all the girls cry
LA9 MI RE9
And the old women swoon at the sound of my tune
FA#m7 SI7 RE9
And the hearts of the lonely will fly
E A9—D9—A9—D9—
Yeah, they'll fly...”
LA9 RE9
Beth, she sings straight from her heart
LA9 RE9
She's hidden her tracks very well
LA9 RE9
But these days she's falling apart
FA#m7 RE9 MI
And it makes me feel just like hell
LA9 RE9
She said, "Boy, you can't imagine my life
LA9 RE9
"The death and the drugs and the pain
LA9 RE9
"And though I keep running
FA#m7 RE9 MI
"Just can't seem to break from these chains."
Refrain 2:
LA9 MI RE9
She said, “write me a song
LA9 MI/SOL# RE9/FA# MI/SOL#
And fill it all up with the words
LA9 MI
Like "brilliant" and "heavenly"
RE9
Make it sound just like me
FA#m7 RE9 MI
Just like the first time "I love you" was heard.
Refrain 3:
LA9 MI RE9
She said, “write me a song
LA9 MI/SOL# RE9/FA# MI/SOL#
One that makes all the girls cry
LA9 MI RE9
And the old women swoon at the sound of my tune
FA#m7 SI7 RE9-E
And the hearts of the lonely will fly
Bridge:
SIm7 FA#m7
We're all feeding our lonely
SIm7 FA#m7
Like it might go away
SIm7 FA#m7
The doors of heaven swing wide
MI RE9 MI MI/SOL# LA9
If we just find the right words to say
(Repeat Refrain 2 & Refrain 1)
Outro:
LA9 RE9
She said, “write me a song’
LA9 RE9
(Write me a song)
LA9 RE9
She said, “write me a song”
LA9 RE9
(Write me a song)
LA9 RE9
She said, “write me a song”
LA9 RE9
(Write me a song)
LA9 RE9
She said, “write me a song”
LA9 RE9
(Write me a song)…
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