Writing on the Wall Chords by Will Stetson

[Intro]
B A Abm7 Dbm7 Gbm7 B7
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[Verse]
E                         
Palaces of silver and gold
A                  Bsus4     E
Cannot be designed overnight ■
              Dbm                        
It's like the saying I've often been told
E                  Dbm            
No matter the cost do things right
A                     
You have to be careful
B                      
You have to be diligent
A            E         B           
Planning and measuring every detail
Abm      Gbm7 B7                  Emaj7        
Creating is   drawing erasing and drawing again
Amaj7                     A   B                
And I've never been in it for fame or attention
A                B                           
I only work hard so the structures won't fail
Abm Gbm                                    Ab7    
But seeing it finished is worth every mora I spend


[Chorus]
Dbm7         Bm7                Amaj7
Within every building made with pride
              Ab7            
The architect lives on inside
Dbsus4  Gbm7           Emaj7
Shining paint a marble heart
            E               Ab7
That's what makes a work of art
Bb7      A          
We build and we play
Amaj7     Abm               
Sculpting dreams out of clay
Gbm7                   B7               
With the hope that our towers don't fall
                      A       Ab7     Dbm        
That we won't have to see the writing on the wall
A E Gbm B7
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[Verse]
E                                A     
The more you work the higher the stakes
                   B7      E       
And the bigger the sorrows to drown
           Db7                    Gb7  
'cause one mistake is all that it takes
                                     Db7
For the walls to come crumbling down ■  
A           E           A                 
You have to ignore them the echoing voices
                E                 Abm 
That cackle and curse as you toil away
           Dbm               B     E   B     Emaj7
Cover your ears and focus on boxes and lines ■    
Abm                 E       A                   E      
■   And the shadowy figures they're nothing but shadows
A             E                         Abm
Like ink on a page they have nothing to say
               Gbm  
But maybe just maybe
A                           Ab7 
They're trying to give me a sign


[Chorus]
              Dbm7     Bm7       E7    Amaj7
That in every building made with pride ■    
    Absus4            Ab7   
The architect remains inside
Dbm7    Gbm7          Emaj7      
Peeling paint a heavy ■     heart
                         Ab7   
That's what makes a work of art
   Bbm           A   
We scream and we pray
          Abm           Gm  
Sculpting dreams out of clay
          B7     B                 
As we try not to look at the scrawl
    Ebm                 Abm     Ab7    A   
The message of doom the writing on the wall


[Inst]
Amaj7 A E A Abm7 Abm Gbm7 Bsus4
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B7 Abm Dbm7 Gbm7 Bsus4 E D G7
■  ■   ■    ■    ■     ■ ■ ■ 
C7 F7 Bb7 Eb7 Absus4 Ab7
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[Verse]
                       E7            
Every day we play this game of chance
E                  Ab7            
Whirling through a desperate dance
Dbm               B           
Sketching visions in our heads
E                       Ab7      
Just to see them ripped to shreds
                  A    
This road that we share
Amaj7   Abm7 Abm     
Doesn't lead anywhere
            E                       
But there's nothing an artist can do
                                             Ab7    
When you swing your brush you have to follow through


[Chorus]
       Db7            Bm7       E7   
Within every building made with pride
A                Ab7           
The architect is trapped inside
Dbm7                       Gbm7 
Bleeding paint a shattered heart
E                              
That's what makes a work of art
     Bb7       C7     
I'll fight for control
                        Gb7   
But the right way takes a toll
                           B7 
And still at the end of it all
        Ebm                Ab7          Gbm      B7 Absus4 Ab7
I can't escape my fate the writing's on the wall ■  ■      ■  


[End]