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Dont Wanna Write This Song

Brett Young

CountryAdvanced for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

D××
G
Bm×
A×
F#mDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: D G Bm A 
 
verse 1 
D                        G             Bm               A 
There's a dress in the closet, that I just can't throw away 
D                       G                   Bm                 A 
I know it might sound crazy, but I haven't changed your pillowcase 
              D             G 
A heart half full, or half empty 
   Bm               A              D    G Bm A 
Is half gone either way, with you gone 
          D      G Bm A 
What went wrong? 
 
Chorus 
Bm 
Maybe the hardest part 
A 
Is we didn't break this heart 
G                 D 
Nobody cheated or lied 
D 
I still have to live with goodbye 
Bm 
But how can I just move on? 
A 
I've loved you for way too long 
G                                  D 
I don't want to admit that you're gone 
                    A     D   G Bm 
I don't wanna write this song 
A                      G  D   Bm A 
Don't wanna write this song 
 
verse 2 
D                 G                Bm           A 
Another glass of whiskey, by your picture in a frame 
D                    G               Bm            A 
I'm playin' all the black keys and cryin' out your name 
    D                G 
I'm holdin' on, or lettin' go 
            Bm             A 
It's gonna kill me either way 
        F#m G   Bm A 
With you gone 
 
Bm 
Maybe the hardest part 
A 
Is we didn't break this heart 
G                 D 
Nobody cheated or lied 
D 
I still have to live with goodbye 
Bm 
But how can I just move on? 
A 
I've loved you for way too long 
G                                  D 
I don't want to admit that you're gone 
                    A     D   G Bm 
I don't wanna write this song 
A                      G  D   Bm A 
Don't wanna write this song 
 
Bridge 
G 
Bobby pins on the dresser 
Bm                  A 
Wilted flowers in a vase 
                        D 
I left a rose on your headstone 
         Bm                A 
I never quite know what to say 
 
Bm 
Maybe the hardest part 
A 
Is we didn't break this heart 
G                 D 
Nobody cheated or lied 
D                Bm 
I still have to live with goodbye 
Bm 
But how can I just move on? 
A 
I've loved you for way too long 
G                                  D 
I don't want to admit that you're gone 
                    A     D   G Bm 
I don't wanna write this song 
A                          D    G Bm 
No, don't wanna write this song 
A                         G   Bm  A 
I don't wanna write this song 
                            D    G     D Bm D 
Mmm, don't wanna write this song, whoa 
          
 

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Chord set

D · G · Bm · A · F#m

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.