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Standard Tuning: EADGBe
Chords:
A9 x02200
D9 xx0230
D9/F# 2x0230
E 022100
E/G# 4x2450
F#m7 244200
B7 x21200
Bm7 x24232
Intro: A9—D9--; (2x)
A9 D9
Kelly is raising a son
A9 D9
His dad left just after the birth
A9 D9
Now she's living on child support checks
F#m7 D9 E
I guess that's all that man was worth.
A9 D9
She says, "I just need a man who will love me
A9 D9
"But they all just want one night of sin
A9 D9
"I know my life could be better
F#m7 D9 E
"I just don't know where I should begin."
Refrain 1:
A9 E D9
She said, “write me a song
A9 E/G# D9/F# E/G#
One that makes all the girls cry
A9 E D9
And the old women swoon at the sound of my tune
F#m7 B7 D9
And the hearts of the lonely will fly
E A9—D9—A9—D9—
Yeah, they'll fly...”
A9 D9
Beth, she sings straight from her heart
A9 D9
She's hidden her tracks very well
A9 D9
But these days she's falling apart
F#m7 D9 E
And it makes me feel just like hell
A9 D9
She said, "Boy, you can't imagine my life
A9 D9
"The death and the drugs and the pain
A9 D9
"And though I keep running
F#m7 D9 E
"Just can't seem to break from these chains."
Refrain 2:
A9 E D9
She said, “write me a song
A9 E/G# D9/F# E/G#
And fill it all up with the words
A9 E
Like "brilliant" and "heavenly"
D9
Make it sound just like me
F#m7 D9 E
Just like the first time "I love you" was heard.
Refrain 3:
A9 E D9
She said, “write me a song
A9 E/G# D9/F# E/G#
One that makes all the girls cry
A9 E D9
And the old women swoon at the sound of my tune
F#m7 B7 D9-E
And the hearts of the lonely will fly
Bridge:
Bm7 F#m7
We're all feeding our lonely
Bm7 F#m7
Like it might go away
Bm7 F#m7
The doors of heaven swing wide
E D9 E E/G# A9
If we just find the right words to say
(Repeat Refrain 2 & Refrain 1)
Outro:
A9 D9
She said, “write me a song’
A9 D9
(Write me a song)
A9 D9
She said, “write me a song”
A9 D9
(Write me a song)
A9 D9
She said, “write me a song”
A9 D9
(Write me a song)
A9 D9
She said, “write me a song”
A9 D9
(Write me a song)…
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