• Song:

    I Write The Words

  • Artist:

    Barry Manilow

Intro 
F5 Bb5  F5 Bb5 Gb5 Ab5 F5
Eb5              D5
I've been a-live forever
G5                  G5      F5
And I wrote the very first song
A5       A5                  D5        D5
I put the words and the melodies together I am
G5       G5            G5    C5
Music and I write the songs

[Chorus:]
F5                                             G5
I write the songs that make the whole world sing
C5                                        Bb5     F5       F5 F D5
I write the songs of love and special things
D5                                          G5
I write the songs that make the young girls cry
G5           G5     C5           F5
I write the songs, I write the songs

Stanza II
Eb5                D5
My home lies deep within you
G5                 G5                  F5
And I've got my own place in your soul
A5                           D5                      D5
Now when I look out through your ey---es I?m
 G5                                        G5   C5
Young again, even tho' I'm very old

Chorus
F5           E5                 E5                          E5                E5
Oh, my music makes you dance and gives you spirit to take a chance
A5                        A5             F#5      A5
And I wrote some rock 'n roll so you can move
G5
Music fills your heart, well that's a real find place to start
G5           C5             G5
It's from me, it's for you
G5     C5             G5
It's from you, it's for me
G5  C5    G5  Bb5  C5        key of F5 optional I left it in F5
It's a world wide symphony









Chorus II
F5                                             G5
I write the songs that make the whole world sing
C5               G5     C5           Bb5     F5       F5 F D5
I write the songs of love and special things
D5                                          G5
I write the songs that make the young girls cry

G5           G5     C5           D5      G5
I write the songs, I write the so------ngs I am

G5             C5            F5
music and I write the song

Intro notes and chords
F Bbm/F do rythnm all Are  pairs do melody
C5 A5 Eb5 C5 Db5 Bb5   Bb5 Dd/F5 A5 C5 G5 Bb5 A5 C5 A5 C5 Eb5 C5
Then Gb5 chord Ab5 F5
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