Writing On The Wall tab

Writing On The Wall

• D

These are the chords to Writing On the Wall by Bear's Den. Andrew plays the song in Open D on 2 
capo 2. 
I have also tabbed the main lead guitar riff (standard tuning) but there are a couple other riffs in the song. 
Chords are relative to the capo, so if you're playing in standard tuning crank each chord up a whole step! 


Tuning:  
Rhythm Guitar (Guitar 1) - Open D D-A-D-F#-A-D  2 
capo 2 
Lead Guitar (Guitar 2) - Standard, No Capo 


Guitar 1: 

        F#m          G           Bm          A 
D |------0-----------0-----------0-----------0--------| 
A |------0-----------0-----------0-----------0--------| 
F#|------3-----------5-----------8-----------7--------| 
D |------0-----------0-----------0-----------0--------| 
A |------4-----------5-----------9-----------7--------| 
D |------4-----------5-----------9-----------7--------| 


Guitar 2: Main Riff 

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------------------------------------------------------------8h9-9-9-8-----------| 
D|--------9----11--9--------9----11--9--------9----11--9----------------11--------| 
A|----11----11----------11----11----------11----11-------11-----------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 


Intro: 
Main Riff x3 
F#m - G - Bm - A x2 


   F#m       G 
I shared a secret 
Bm        A 
One that you could never keep 
    F#m           G 
And how you just breathe it 
   Bm   A     
To everyone that you ever meet 
    F#m     G 
And when I heard it 
Bm     A 
Secondhand, so to speak 
  F#m        G 
I saw that I was someone else 
    Bm          A 
And you became just someone else 

    F#m         G 
And all of the stories 
Bm             A             
How they just flow right out of your mouth 
    F#m           G 
Now all of their glory 
    Bm     A 
Was not enough to go around 
    F#m         G 
If they're all hungry 
 Bm            A 
Yeah, they're only mouths to feed 
    F#m          G 
And you can all say no 
   Bm            A 
No, I could never say no 



              F#m            G 
But now the writing's on our walls 
        F#m              G 
As the curtains take their call 
       F#m               G                 Bm     A 
And we slip through the seams, through the in between 
     F#m          G        F#m        G 
Of a truth and a lie, of a God and a sky 
     F#m         G       Bm      A 
Of a widow and bride, of you and I 


Interlude: Bm x2 

   F#m         G 
So bury your weakness 
     Bm       A 
And chew the marrow from the bone 
         F#m     G 
Keep yourself a secret 
     Bm       A 
From all of those who've always known 
     F#m      G 
It's been revealing 
   Bm         A 
Ignore your skin as it peels away 
     F#m      G 
It's been revealing 
       Bm         A 
What you could never begin to explain 



              F#m          G 
There's the writing on our walls 
        F#m              G 
As the curtains take their call 
       F#m               G                 Bm     A 
And we slip through the seams, through the in between 
     F#m          G        F#m        G 
Of a truth and a lie, of a God and a sky 
     F#m         G       Bm      A 
Of a widow and bride, of you and I 


Interlude: Bm x2 

Bm 
I won't let it happen again 
Bm                      F#m 
I won't let it happen again 
    G       Bm  A       F#m 
I won't let it happen again 
    G       Bm  A       F#m 
I won't let it happen again 
    G       Bm  A       F#m 
I won't let it happen again 
    G       Bm  A       F#m 
I won't let it happen again 


Progression x4 

End on G  

x

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