Intro:   Am D Dm C F C F C F C

F   C  F      C                        F
Woe be to the girl who loves a songwriter
             C            F
The days are pages in the book
         C             F
He's the verses or the hook
F   Am        D                Dm     C   F C F C F C   
Woe be to the girl who loves a songwriter


F   C  F      C                      F
Woe be to the man who loves a songwriter
             C                 F
She's always searching for the song
        C                 F
In everything that you've done wrong
F   Am        D               Dm     C   F C F C
Woe be to the man who loves a songwriter


C         F                       Bb  Gm Bb
(La la le lee) cause all it might be
Bb        A
(na na na nooo)
A           Bb    Gm Bb
A key and a verse
C        F                  Bb        Gm Bb
(La la le lee) we write history babe, oh oh
Bb        A   
(la la la loooo)
A                   Bb    Gm Bb
That's how the song goes "oh oh"
C         F            G
(La la le lee) oh woah ho

   C    F      C                 F
Oh hard is the time before the melody
F          C            F
Before the song is like gold (?)
F            C             F
But what you never seem to know
F  Am          D               Dm  C  F C F C F C
Oh hard is the time before the melody

Optional instrumental: Am D Dm C F C F C F C

(single strums on the last verse)

    C         C                C      F
Woe be to the girl who loves a songwriter
          C         F
When he's at a microphone
            C           F
She ends up feeling so alone
    Am        D                Dm      C
Woe be to the girl who loves a songwriter