George Harrison - Writings on the wall
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WRITING ON THE WALL - George Harrison
Intro:
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D G#º7 D E7 A7sus4 D
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theme 1 G D
The writing's on the wall, brother
Gm/E Gm6/E D theme 1
Your life is in your hands
G#º7 D
It's up to you to see the writing's
E7 A7sus4 D theme 2
on the wall
It G looks you in the D eye, mister
Gm/E Gm6/E D theme 1
It's time we stand up tall
G#º7 D
Go see and under - stand the writing's
E7 on A7sus4 the D wall D
D Strange we hold Em7b5 on to D things that have no grace or Em7b5 power
While D death holds on toEm7b5 us much more with D every passing Bb7 hour
And A7 all the time you D thought it would Bm7 last
A7 D Bb7 /
Your life, your friends would always be
Em7 / A7 /
'Til they're drunk a - way
Em7 / A7 /
or shot a - way
Em7 / A7 / D / theme 3
or die a - way from you
G There's nothing that you D need, sister
Gm/E Gm6/E D theme 2
The Lord is in you all
G#º7 D
Life is designed to see the writing's
E7 A7sus4 D theme 2
on the wall
G The music's in the D air, mothers
Gm/E Gm6/E D theme 2
You may have heard it call
G#º7 D
To you that you may see the writing's
E7 on A7sus4 the D wall D
D Hmmmm - Em7b5 hmmmmm - D hmmmm - Em7b5 hmmmmm
D oeoehh - Em7b5 oeoeoehh - D oeoehhh Bb7
And A7 all the time you D thought it would Bm7 last
A7 D Bb7 /
Your life, your friends would always be
Em7 / A7 /
But they're drunk a - way
Em7 / A7 /
or shot a - way
Em7 / A7 / D / theme 2
or die a - way from you
G Be careful going D home, sister
Gm/E Gm6/E D theme 2
Be watchful down that road
G#º7 D
You've got a lot of love, sister
E7 A7sus4 D theme 2
More to grow
The G writing's on the D wall, brothers
Gm/E Gm6/E D theme 1
Your life is in your hands
G#º7 D
It's up to you to see the writing's
E7 on A7sus4 the D wall /
G#º7 D
I hope that you may see the writing
E7 on A7sus4 the D wall /
G#º7 D
Hhhmmmm - hhmmmmm
E7 Hmmm A7sus4 hmmm D hmmm //
G 320003
D xx0232
X57775
Gm/E xx2333
Gm6/E x02333
G#º7 456464
E7 020100
A7sus4 x02030
Em7b5 055333
A7 x02020
575655
Bb7 x13131
Em7 022030
(= theme 1) (= theme 2) (= theme 3)
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