Ellie Goulding - The Writer This is how I play this beautiful song! :) Hope you like it! G Em7 Cadd9 D Am e|-3----3----3----2----0-| B|-3----3----3----3----1-| G|-0----0----0----2----2-| D|-0----2----2----0----2-| A|-2----2----3----x----0-| E|-3----0----x----x----x-| Intro D Cadd9 G D D Cadd9 G D D Cadd9 G D D Cadd9 D G D Cadd9 You wait for a silence G D I wait for a word D Cadd9 Lying next to your frame G D Girl unobserved D Cadd9 You change your position G D You're changing me D Cadd9 Casting these shadows D G Where they shouldn't be D Cadd9 We're interrupted G D By the heat of the sun D Cadd9 Trying to prevent G D What's already begun D Cadd9 You're just a body G D I can smell your skin D Cadd9 And when I feel it D G You're wearing thin Am But I've got a plan D Em7 Why don't you be the artist Cadd9 G And make me out of clay? D Em7 Why don't you be the writer Cadd9 G Decide the words I say? Em7 D Cause I'd rather pretend Cadd9 Em7 I'll still be there at the end G D Only it's too hard to ask Cadd9 G Won't you try to help me? D Cadd9 Sat on your sofa G D It's all broken springs D Cadd9 This isn't the place for G D Those violin strings D Cadd9 I try out a smile G D And I aim it at you D Cadd9 You must have missed it D G You always do Am But I've got a plan D Em7 Why don't you be the artist Cadd9 G And make me out of clay? D Em7 Why don't you be the writer Cadd9 G Decide the words I say? Em7 D Cause I'd rather pretend Cadd9 Em7 I'll still be there at the end G D Only it's too hard to ask Cadd9 G Won't you try to help me? Cadd9 You wait Cadd9 I wait Em7 D Casting shadows D Interrupted Cadd9 You wait Cadd9 I wait Em7 D Casting shadows D Interrupted Cadd9 You wait Cadd9 I wait Em7 D Casting shadows D Interrupted Cadd9 You wait Cadd9 I wait Em7 D Cadd9 Casting shadows D Em7 Why don't you be the artist Cadd9 G And make me out of clay? D Em7 Why don't you be the writer Cadd9 G Decide the words I say? Em7 D Cause I'd rather pretend Cadd9 Em7 I'll still be there at the end G D Only it's too hard to ask Cadd9 G Won't you try to help me? D Em7 Why don't you be the artist Cadd9 G And make me out of clay? D Em7 Why don't you be the writer Cadd9 G Decide the words I say? Em7 D Cause I'd rather pretend Cadd9 Em7 I'll still be there at the end G D Only it's too hard to ask Cadd9 G Won't you try to help me?