Intro:
D, Gbm, E
D, Gbm, E
D, Gbm, E
E, D, Gbm, A
D Gbm
You wait for a silence
A E
I wait for a word
D Gbm
Lying next to your frame
A E
Girl unobserved
D Gbm
You change your position
A E
You're changing me
D Gbm
Casting these shadows
E A
Where they shouldn't be
D Gbm
We're interrupted
A E
By the heat of the sun
D Gbm
Trying to prevent
A E
What's already begun
D Gbm
You're just a body
A E
I can smell your skin
D Gbm
And when I feel it
E A
You're wearing thin
Gbm D E
But I've got a plan
E Gbm
Why don't you be the artist
D A
And make me out of clay?
E Gbm
Why don't you be the writer
D A
Decide the words I say?
Gbm A
Cause I'd rather pretend
E Gbm
I'll still be there at the end
D Gbm
Only it's too hard to ask
E A
Won't you try to help me?
D Gbm
Sat on your sofa
A E
It's all broken springs
D Gbm
This isn't the place for
A E
Those violin strings
D Gbm
I try out a smile
A E
And I aim it at you
D Gbm
You must have missed it
E A
You always do
Gbm D E
But I've got a plan
E Gbm
Why don't you be the artist
D A
And make me out of clay?
E Gbm
Why don't you be the writer
D A
Decide the words I say?
Gbm A
Cause I'd rather pretend
E Gbm
I'll still be there at the end
D Gbm
Only it's too hard to ask
E A
Won't you try to help me?
D
You wait
Gbm
I wait
Gbm E
Casting shadows
E
Interrupted
D
You wait
Gbm
I wait
Gbm E
Casting shadows
E
Interrupted
D
You wait
Gbm
I wait
Gbm E
Casting shadows
E
Interrupted
D
You wait
Gbm
I wait
Gbm E
Casting shadows
Gbm D E
But I've got a plan
E Gbm
Why don't you be the artist
D A
And make me out of clay?
E Gbm
Why don't you be the writer
D A
Decide the words I say?
Gbm A
Cause I'd rather pretend
E Gbm
I'll still be there at the end
D Gbm
Only it's too hard to ask
E A
Won't you try to help me?
One strum or pick
E Gbm
Why don't you be the artist
D A
And make me out of clay?
E Gbm
Why don't you be the writer
D A
Decide the words I say?
Gbm A
Cause I'd rather pretend
E Gbm
I'll still be there at the end
D Gbm
Only it's too hard to ask
E A
Won't you try to help me?