Intro:
Em9, Em, Em/D, Cmaj7, 
Em, Em/D, Cmaj7

Verse:
Em       Em/D            Cmaj7
     You line 'em up look at your shoes, you hang names on your wall,
Em          Em/D              Cmaj7
     and you  shoot them all.
Em             Em/D                                                     Em
     You fly a_round in planes that bring you down to meet me who loves you
             Em/D                   Cmaj7
     Like me crashing to the ground.

Bridge:
Cmaj7       Em/D
Are you so lonely?
              Cmaj7
You dont even know me,
                   Em/D
but you'd like to stone me.

Chorus:
Em
Mr Writer,
                      G
why dont you tell it like it is?
                              A
Why dont you tell it like it really is?

Before you go on home.
C
Verse 2:
Em                Em/D                Cmaj7
       I used to treat you right, give you my time,
                        Em                        Cmaj7
but I turned my back on you, then you do what you want.
Em           Em/D           Cmaj7
       You've just enough in my view education to perform,
Em             Em/D              Cmaj7
       I'd like to shoot you all.

Bridge 2:
Cmaj7       Em/D                  Cmaj7
And then you go home, with you on your own,
             Em/D
what do you really know?

Chorus:
Em
Mr Writer, 
                       G
Why dont you tell it like it is?
                              A
Why dont you tell it like it really is?

Before you go on home.

Em, Em/D, Cmaj7, Em, Em/D

Instrumental
Cmaj7, Em, Em/D Cmaj7

Bridge 3:
Cmaj7       Em/D
And when you go home,
            Cmaj7
with you on your own,
            Em/D
what do you even know?

Chorus:
Em
Mr Writer, 
                      G
Why dont you tell it like it is?
                               A
Why dont you tell it like it really is?
A
Before you go on home___
Em
Mr writer,
                               G
Why dont you tell it like it really is?
                              A
Why dont you tell it like it always is?
                          C(Play the C while Kellys holding on home)
Before you go home___

(Not sure about this last bit, it gets kinda muddled but this should be right)
Em
Mr Writer,
                                G
Why dont you tell it like it really is?
                              A
Why dont you tell it like it always is?

Before you go on home?

Outro

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