Songwriter Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
Please welcome [G]Rudy Currence
[Em][G][C][G][D][G][D]
[G][Em]
Listen to the song I write
[C]and[Em] say a prayer for me tonight,
[D]Requiem[G][D][G][Em]
Captured with a pen and [D]pad,
[C]every secret that I had,
[D]I told all of [G]them, [D]yeah[G][C]
Underneath the smiling eye[Am]s,
slowly mourning me inside
[C]Thi[G]s requiem,
a [D]part of me died that night
[C]With every single breath I take,
[Am]said I'ma lift it to a higher place
Here is my legacy,
[G]for you to remem[D]ber me
[F]Leave me out there [Dm]listening[C]
Here [G]is my song
[C]Sin[G]g oo [C]h
[Dm]Baby, light the melody
[Am]Oo h, ooh
[C]Sing along
[G]Ooh, ooh[C][G]
[C]Swe[D]et sur[Em]render sighs of pea[D]ce
[C]Sing a song of hope for me
[D]Sweet cher[G]ubim[D][G]
[Em]Long after the features gone
[D]Par[C]t of me will still evolve in[D]
Re[G]quiem, yeah
[D]Req[G]uiem
Because
[C]Underneath the moonlit disguise
[Am]Of shedded fears and tears I cried
[C]This, thi[G]s requiem
Part of [D]me died that night
[C]So, so what about the songs I write
after [Am]years and years
and years and years gone by
[C]Here is my leg[G]acy
for you to re[D]member me
[F]Just in case you're listening, [C]yeah
Here [G]is my song, [C]my [G]song, yeah
[C]If [Dm]you like the melody, yeah[Am],
[C]sing [G]along, [C]yeah, sing [G]along[C]
[F]Just in case [C]you're wondering,
here [G]is my [C]song, [G]yeah
[C]A s[Dm]ong I want the world to
[Am]sing when [G]I'm gone
[D]Cause I'm [Em]a songwriter, ye[A]ah, yeah
[Em]An outsider, y[D]eah, y[Em]eah
Songwriter, yeah, [A]yeah
Who's [Am]gon [C]na sing my s[D]ong?
When [G]I a[Em]m go[G]ne[C]
[G]When I'm gone, [C]when I'm gone,
[G]when I'm gone, when I'm [C]gone
[F]Carry on in spite of me,[C]
yeah, carry [G]on[C][G][C]
[Dm]Music is the breath I br[Am]eathe, yeah,
I gotta keep on [D]keepin' [G]on[C][G][C]
[Dm]Mu sic lives inside of m[C]e
Live [G]on, songwriter, [G]songwriter[Em]
Live [G]on, songwriter, songwriter
Live on you