Mr Writer by Stereophonics. I have included two Guitar parts. This is 99% right so enjoy!
Intro: Drums (6 bars)
Guitar 1 (accoustic):
Em Em11 Cmaj7
E---------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----x-----0-----0--
B---------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----x-----0-----0--
G---------0-----0-----2-----2-----0-----0-----x-----0-----0-- (x2)
D---------2-----2-----0-----0-----3-----3-----x-----3-----3--
A---------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----x-----2-----2--
E------------------------------------------------------------
Guitar Part 2 (main riff):
E------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G-4-2-0-------------4-2---0-----4-2-0-------------2-4---0---- (x2)
D-------2-0-2-0-2-0-----2---2---------2-0-2-0-2-0-----2---2--
A------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------
Verse 1 - (accoustic)
Just play same chords as intro (Em, Em11, Cmaj7)
Em Em11 Cmaj7
You line them up, look at your shoes,
Em Em11 Cmaj7
You hang names on your wall, then you shoot them all,
Em Em11 Cmaj7
You fly around in planes that bring you down, to meet me,
Em Em11 Cmaj7
Who loves you? like me crashing to the ground,
While the accoustic plays the chords, the electric plays this riff through out the verse:
E--------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------- (repeat as many times
D--------------5--------------5-----7p5------ as needed)
A--5--7--x--x-----x-----5--7-----7------7----
E--------------------------------------------
Pre - Chorus: Guitar 1 Plays:
D5/A C D5/A
E-----------------------------------------0--0--0--0--0--0-------------------
B---------------3--3--3--3--3--3--3-------1--1--1--1--1--1-----------3--3--3-
G---------------2--2--2--2--2--2--2-------0--0--0--0--0--0-----------2--2--2-
D---------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------2--2--2--2--2--2-----------0--0--0-
A---------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------3--3--3--3--3--3-----------0--0--0-
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Are you so lonely? you don't even know me But you'd like to stone me
2nd Guitar: I'm not quite sure what happens here, I think its the same as the verse?
Chorus:
The Accoustic Part 1 Plays:
Em G
E----0--0--0---------------------------------------3--3-------
B----0--0--0---------------------------------------3--3-------
G----0--0--0---------------------------------------0--0-------
D----2--2--2---------------------------------------0--0-------
A----2--2--2---------------------------------------2--2-------
E--------------------------------------------------3--3-------
Mr writer, why don't you tell it like it is?
The 2nd Guitar plays:
E---------8---------8-----------8------------8----------
B-----8-9-------8-9---------8-9----------8-9------------
G--10--------10----------10-----------10----------------
D-------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
1st Guitar:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/stereophonics/mr_writer_tab_ver_6.html ]
Em A7
E----0--0--0-----------------------0--------------------------
B----0--0--0-----------------------2--------------------------
G----0--0--0-----------------------0--------------------------
D----2--2--2-----------------------2--------------------------
A----2--2--2-----------------------0--------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
why don't you tell it like it really is?
2nd Guitar:
E----------8-------------8--------------8---------------8-----
B------8-9-----------8-9------------8-9-------------8-9-------
G---10------------10-------------10--------------10-----------
D-------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
1st Guitar
C
E--------------------0-----------------------------------------
B--------------------1-----------------------------------------
G--------------------0-----------------------------------------
D--------------------2-----------------------------------------
A--------------------3-----------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------
Before you go on home,
2nd Guitar:
E------------8------------------------------------------------
B-------8-9---------------------------------------------------
G---10-------------10-10-10-----------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
Verse 2:
Em Em11 Cmaj7
I used to treat you right, give you my time,
Em
But when I turned my back on you,
Em11 Cmaj7
Then you do what you do,
Em Em11 Cmaj7 Em
You've just enough, in my own view, education to perform,
Em11 Cmaj7
I'd like to shoot you all,
Pre Chorus: (same as before)
Chorus: (same as before)
(Instrumenatal Part - piano solo):
Guitar 1: Em, Em11, Cmaj7
Guitar 2: Main Riff
Pre - Chorus:
A5/D C
And then you go home, with you on your own,
D5/A
What do you even know?
Chorus: - In This Chorus the lyrics have slightly changed.
Em G
Mr Writer, why don't you tell it like it really is?
A
Why don't you tell it like it always is?
C
Before you go on home, (repeat x2)
Outro:
Guitar 1:
E----0--0--0--------------------------------------2-- Repeat Em as many
B----0--0--0--------------------------------------0-- times as needed but
G----0--0--0--(repeat as many times as needed)----0-- end on the final
D----2--2--2--------------------------------------2-- chord (not sure of
A----2--2--2--------------------------------------2-- the chord name!)
E----------------------------------------------------
Yeah - eh Yeah - eh Yeah - eh Yeah - Ah Hah x2
Guitar 2:
Repeat x2 with lyrics
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E----2--2-3-2---------------0--0---0---0---0---0------0-------
B----0--0---0--3--0---------0----0---0---0---0---00-0---------
G----0--0---0--0--0-------0-----------------------------------
D-2--2--------------------2-----------------------------2-----
A-2--------------------2--------------------------------------
E-0--------------------0--------------------------------------
And thats about it! If you have any comments please e-mail me at sam_slatcher@hotmail.com
Thanks
