The Author

                       C                G
Darling, I will be the wind behind your sails
              D                Em
I will be the one to tell your tails
              C                  G
I will be the one to hold your secrets
               D                   Em
I will be your earth when all else fails
                  C                D
So if you're ever scared to jump before me
         Em               D
Take the fear off of your face
                     C                 G
'Cause I will be the one to write your story
               D
And I won't forget a single page

                     C     G D Em
But you could be the author
                              C     G D Em
Oh, darling, you could be the author
                              C
Oh, darling, you could be the author


[Interlude]
G D Em
C G D

[Verse 1]
C            G
  I began by writing down your name
D                                       Em
You and I will be the characters, we'll meet by the seventh page
C                       G
Suburban drama, picture-perfect in the frame
    D                                  Em
But by the seventh chapter things will never be the same, 'cause
C                    G                       D
Eighth grade we met, it wouldn't be the last time
                    Em
The suspense that I meet you in a past life
C                            G                    D
Heroes in our stories save the world like a past time
                      Em
But the road to happy endings ain't a fast line
C               G
The Epiphany in chapter twenty-two
D                     Em
Recurring theme in me living life without you
C                                  G
Some would call it tragic but it's only just the start
D                                    Em
'Cause even faith couldn't keep them apart


[Chorus]
                       C                G
Darling, I will be the wind behind your sails
              D                Em
I will be the one to tell your tails
              C                  G
I will be the one to hold your secrets
               D                   Em
I will be your earth when all else fails
                  C                D
So if you're ever scared to jump before me
         Em               D
Take the fear off of your face
                     C                 G
'Cause I will be the one to write your story
               D
And I won't forget a single page

                     C     G D Em
But you could be the author
                              C     G D Em
Oh, darling, you could be the author
                              C
Oh, darling, you could be the author


[Bridge]
   C      G
So follow me
            D                Em
Through the page, don't pray for perfection
C       G
I won't be
           D             Em
The one to save you from all your questions
C       G
I still see
             D                 Em
That you are brave despite the scars you hide
      C                  G
Don't turn away from the night
          D
Don't you turn away from the night


[Chorus]
                       C                G
Darling, I will be the wind behind your sails
              D                Em
I will be the one to tell your tails
              C                  G
I will be the one to hold your secrets
               D                   Em
I will be your earth when all else fails
                  C                D
So if you're ever scared to jump before me
         Em               D
Take the fear off of your face
                     C                 G
'Cause I will be the one to write your story
               D
And I won't forget a single page

                     C     G D Em
But you could be the author
                              C     G D Em
Oh, darling, you could be the author
                              C     G D Em
Oh, darling, you could be the author