Writer In The Dark

Chords

Standard

D
Break the news, you're walking out
Em
To be a good man for someone else
D                                Em
Sorry I was never good like you
D
Stood on my chest and kept me down
Em
Hated hearing my name on the lips of a crowd
D                                 Em
Did my best to exist just for you

         D                      Am                   G
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
         D                      Am                   G
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
         D                      Am                   G
Now she's gonna play and sing and lock you in her heart
         D                      Am                   G
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark

D                                    Am                         
I am my mother's child, I'll love you 'til my breathing stops
G                                                   D
I'll love you 'til you call the cops on me
D                                      Am
But in our darkest hours, I stumbled on a secret power
G                                             D
I'll find a way to be without you, babe

D
I still feel you, now and then
Em
Slow like pseudo-ephedrine
D                                                    Em
When you see me, will you say I've changed?
D   
I ride the subway, read the signs
Am
I let the seasons change my mind
G                                                          D
I love it here since I've stopped needing you

          D                      Am                   G
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
          D                      Am                   G
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
          D                      Am                   G
Now she's gonna play and sing and lock you in her heart
          D                      Am                   G
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark

D                                    Am                         
I am my mother's child, I'll love you 'til my breathing stops
G                                                   D
I'll love you 'til you call the cops on me
D                                      Am
But in our darkest hours, I stumbled on a secret power
G                                             D
I'll find a way to be without you, babe

D                                    Am                         
I am my mother's child, I'll love you 'til my breathing stops
G                                                   D
I'll love you 'til you call the cops on me
D                                      Am
But in our darkest hours, I stumbled on a secret power
G                                             D
I'll find a way to be without you, babe