Written In Chalk Chords
by Buddy Miller
Written In Chalk by Buddy Miller is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords D, G, A and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
verse 1
D G
I always pretended for your sake
A G
So you wouldn't know how you make my heart break
D G
I tried so hard to save you from yourself
A G
But I never could cry out loud for help
G A Bm G
All I did was help you tell a lie
G A Bm G
You never even knew it when I said goodbye
G Bm A G
I ran so far and I don't know why
verse 2
D G
You never even knew who I was
A G
You saw about as far as a blind man does
D G
I carried you with me every where I went
A G
I carried every thing till my back was bent
G A Bm G
All I did was help you tell a lie
G A Bm G
You never even knew it when I said goodbye
G Bm A G
It won't stop raining and I don't know why
Solo
verse 3
D G
All our words are written down in chalk
A G
Out in the rain out on the sidewalk
D G
If we put all our heartaches in a stack
A G
They'd go all the way up to heaven and back
G A Bm G
We don't know all the trouble we're in
G A Bm G
We don't know how to get home again
G Bm A G
Jesus come and save us from our sins
Ummm. Ummm Ummm