It Was In Writing

Title: It Was In Writing
Key : D
Capo: None
Tuning : ​CTeFmpA#o: D#77 GBpCm

Intro
A#    F    Gm    D#    A#    F

Verse 1
A#Nine Hundred-Plus PFages, I Read EDmvery One
GmSomewhere Past MidnD#ight, I Wanted To BeF Done  A#      Cm​
FI Kept Telling MyselA#f, “They Won’t RealFly Do This”
GmI Had Faith In ChecD#ks And Balances A#          F​

FBut The Pages Were PlainA#, The Promises CFlear
GmI Closed Up The Screen, ButD# The Words Stayed Near
A#Now I Watch What Gets Signed, GmAnd One Thought Won’t Leave—
DmIt Was In WrD#iting
FWe Just Didn’t BelievA#e

Verse 2
A#There’s A Man Pouring Concrete Before Daylight
FDelivering Somebody’s SuppGmer Late At Night
D#Tomorrow Needs Lumber, So He Pulls In For Wood
A#Just Doing What His Family CmNeeds    F​

GmBut He Checks The Parking LA#ot Before He Gets Out
FCarries One More Worry He CGmould Live Without
D#A Stop On The Way CouldA# Be Trouble
CmWondering If Tonight He’ll Make It Home

Chorus
CmIt WFas In WritiA#ng
FRight There From The Start
GmIt WD#as In WritinA#g
FWe Just Didn’t BelievA#e

FWill These Pages Take Us Down?
GmIt’sF Right BeD#fore Our Eyes
A#How Much Has To HapFpen
A#Before We Finally See?

Instrumental
D#    A#    F    A#    F    Gm

Verse 3
A#A Rule Gets Rewritten, An Office Gets Cleared
FA Name Disappears And AnotGmher Appears
D#One Signature Changes EveA#rything

FMaybe You Wanted It, Maybe You Didn’t
GmMaybe Some Of ItD# Made Sense To You
A#I’m Willing To Listen—Come Sit Down With Me
CmBut How Much Has To Happen FBefore We Can See?

Chorus
FIt Was In WritiA#ng
FRight There From The Start
GmIt WD#as In WritinA#g
FWe Just Didn’t BelievA#e

FWill These Pages Take Us Down?
GmIt’sF Right BeD#fore Our Eyes
A#How Much Has To HapFpen
A#Before We Finally See?

Bridge
GmDon’t Tell Me Who You Blame
DmTell Me What Got Better
D#Does Your Paycheck Stretch Farther?
A#Is Your Family Doing Better?

FGive Me An Answer
GmI’ll Hear What You Say
DmIf I’ve Got It Wrong
D#I’ll Change What I TFhink

D#Show Me Where It Helped You
FShow Me What Changed Your Day

Instrumental
D#    A#    F    A#

Verse 4
A#It’s Easy Not To Notice WhenF It Isn’t Your Door
GmWhen Somebody Else’s Family Is Carrying The Load
D#But What If It Was Happening To A#You?
FWhat Would You Hope Somebody Else Would Do?

GmHistory Keeps Asking The Living To Choose
FWhat We’ll Stand UpD# For And What We’ll Excuse
A#We’re All In This TogFether
A#We’re All Just People

Chorus
A#It Was In Writing
FRight There From The Start
GmIt WD#as In Writing
A#We JusFt Didn’t BelieveA#​

FWill These Pages Take Us Down?
GmIt’sF Right BeD#fore Our Eyes
A#How Much Has To HapFpen
A#Before We Finally See?

Outro
FI Don’t Need You
A#To Think Like Me
FAnd You Don’t Need Me
GmTo TD#hink Like You

A#But Maybe We Could
FSit Down As Friends
GmAnd FAsk One D#Question
A#Before This Ends—

FWhat Will It Take
GmTo Bring UD#s TogetheFr Again?  A#​

D#    A#    F    A#    D#    A#

Created By Chuck Thompson • Technology Assisted • Pickchuck Music