[Intro]
F#m D A Esus4  F#m D F#m Esus4
F#m D A Esus4  A/C# D/B Esus4 A
[Strophe]
    F#m        D           A          Esus4 
You wait for a silence,  I wait for a word 
      F#m          D      F#m      Esus4 
Lying next to your frame, Girl unobserved 
    F#m             D            A        Esus4 
You change your position, You're changing me 
A/C#          D/B            Esus4          A 
Casting these shadows, Where they shouldn't be
[Strophe]
F#m        D              A           Esus4 
We're interrupted, By the heat of the sun 
F#m          D            F#m       Esus4 
Trying to prevent, What's already begun 
F#m           D           A          Esus4 
You're just a body, I can smell your skin 
    A/C#   D/B             Esus4   A 
And when I feel it, You're wearing thin
[Interlude]
         D/B A/C# Esus4/D 
But I've got a    plan
[Refrain]
          E          F#m         D              A 
Why don't you be the artist, And make me out of clay? 
          E          F#m     D                  A 
Why don't you be the writer, Decide the words I say? 
          F#m       D/B               E               F#m 
Cause I'd rather pretend, I'll still be there at the end 
E/G#      A   A/C#    D/B          Esus4             A/E     D/B 
Only it's too hard to ask, Won't you try to help me?
[Strophe]
F#m         D              A      Esus4 
Sat on your sofa, It's all broken springs 
     F#m       D                F#m    Esus4 
This isn't the place for, Those violin strings 
  F#m       D            A         Esus4 
I try out a smile, And I aim it at you 
A/C#          D/B            Esus4  A 
You must have missed it, You always do
[Interlude]
         D/B A/C# Esus4/D 
But I've got a    plan
[Refrain]
          E          F#m         D              A 
Why don't you be the artist, And make me out of clay? 
           E           F#m     D                A 
Why don't you be the writer, Decide the words I say? 
            F#m     D/B              E               F#m 
Cause I'd rather pretend, I'll still be there at the end 
E/G#      A   A/C#    D/B          Esus4 
Only it's too hard to ask, Won't you try to help me?
[Strophe]
F#m   D                 A        Esus4         F#m 
      You wait, I wait, Casting shadows, Interrupted  
D                 F#m     Esus4         F#m 
You wait, I wait, Casting shadows, Interrupted 
D                 A        Esus4         F#m 
You wait, I wait, Casting shadows, Interrupted 
D                 A        Esus4 
You wait, I wait, Casting shadows
[Refrain]
           E           F#m        D             A 
Why don't you be the artist, And make me out of clay? 
           E           F#m     D                A 
Why don't you be the writer, Decide the words I say? 
            F#m     D/B              E               F#m 
Cause I'd rather pretend, I'll still be there at the end 
E/G#      A   A/C#    D/B          Esus4 
Only it's too hard to ask, Won't you try to help me?
[Outro]
           E           F#m        D             A 
Why don't you be the artist, And make me out of clay? 
           E           F#m     D                A 
Why don't you be the writer, Decide the words I say? 
            F#m     D/B              E               F#m 
Cause I'd rather pretend, I'll still be there at the end 
E/G#      A   A/C#    D/B          Esus4                 Aadd9 
Only it's too hard to ask, Won't you try to help me?