What the Writer Meant Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]Gold[Dm],[G][Dm][Dsus2][Dm]
[Am]alone
[C]Clinging to a [Dm]stem[Esus4]
[Am]Pretty soon [C]this will be a
[Dm]skeleton
[Am]Metropolises be[C]fore
Silent [Dm]and smouldering
[Am]Above the wild gi[C]ant wailed
Nev[Am]er will I[Dm] do that[G] agai[C]n[Dm]

[Verse 2]
So strange [Dm](so strange,
so strange)
[Am]To be shaped by such [F]strange [C]men
Eliza[Dm]beth explain what
the [Am]writer [F]meant

[Verse 3]
That [Am]God is the one [C](God is the one,
God [Dm]is t[F]he one) who ch[Dm]anged[Am]
(God is the one, God [C]is the one,
God [Dm]is the o[F]ne w[Dm]ho[Am][C][Dm][Am][C]
[Dm]changed)

[Verse 4]
The [Am]General
[C]Buck toothed, bright eyed
[Dm]Frothing red
[Esus4]Bal timor[Am]e, you on th[C]e floor
Me on the [Dm]edge of the bed
We [Am]saw him in [C]one brutal gesture
[Dm]tear that rabbit open
[Am]And you turned to me,
[C]"Isn't this supposed to be [Dm]for children?"
[G][F][C]

[Verse 5]
[Dm]
So strange (so strange, so strange)
To be [Am]shaped by such [F]strange
[C]moments
[Dm]Elizabeth, the train
When will I [F]see you again?

[Verse 6]
[F]
Will you [Am]tell me your mind (tell me [C]your mind,
tell me [Dm]that [F]your mind) has [Dm]changed?
[Am]Tell me your mind, tell me [C]your mind,
tell me [Dm]that [F]your mind has changed

[Interlude 1]
[Dm][F][C][Am][C][Gsus4][G][Am]
[C]

[Verse 7]
[Dm]So strange, so strange
Was [Am]I shaped for [F]just this
[C]moment?
[G]Elizabeth,
explain what [Am]the writer [F]meant
[Am]Elizabeth, [F]explain what the
[Am]writer [F]meant
Elizabeth, [Am]explain
[F]

[Outro 1]
[Am][C][F][C]