The Writer

Intro: C Em D (3x) 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?