I Wrote It Down For You Chords

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I Wrote It Down For You by Bad Books is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, C, Am and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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verse 1 
G 
I can feel it all without trying 
G                                D 
I can feel it all without trying hard 
                              D 
She said I'm standing in your heart 
                             G 
She said it's tearing you apart 

verse 2 
G 
I can turn it off when I wanna 
G                              D 
I can turn it off when I wanna stop 
                           D 
She said it isn't what you want 
                          C 
She said it isn't who you are 
 
     G        D        C 
So I wrote it down for you 
     G        D        C 
So I wrote it down for you 
     G        D        Am     G 
So I wrote it down for you 

verse 3 
G 
You can keep it in your corner pocket 
G                                                   D 
With your guitar picks and your cough drop wrappers spent 
                          D 
I figure you'll forget again 
                       G 
I figure you'll forget again 

verse 4 
G 
First initial cut and folded card stock 
G 
Slashes leaning at a new foundation 
D                          D 
Feed, you gave yourself to me 
                              C 
And then you showed myself to me 

     G        D        C 
So I wrote it down for you 
     G        D        C 
So I wrote it down for you 
     G        D        Am 
So I wrote it down for you 

   Em D C 
No Lyrics 
   Em D C Am 
No Lyrics 

Verse 5 
G 
Love is anything you wanna make it 
                                            D 
Brushing your hair with my hand around your throat 
                    D 
We don't have to be alone 
                      C 
I guess we never were alone 

Outro 
   G        D     C 
I exist and so do you 
          G           D          C 
If God is goosebumps, you're the proof 
     G        D        Am    G 
So I wrote it down for you 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante