Sam Smith — Writing’s on the Wall (Em, simplified)

Sam Smith: "Writing’s on the Wall"

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± BPM (tempo): ♩ = 140 beats per minute

Lyrics and Music by Samuel Smith and James Napier
From the motion picture "Spectre" (James Bond series)

Intro: Em | G | Em | G

Em               G
I’ve been here before,
Em                  G
But always hit the floor.
     C
I’ve spent a lifetime running
      B
And I always get away,
         C
But with you I’m feeling something
     B
That makes me want to stay.

Em               G
I’m prepared for this,
Em               G
I never shoot to miss.
      C
But I feel like a storm is coming
       B
If I’m gonna make it through the day.
            C
And there’s no more use in running,
        B
This is something I gotta face.

 Em   D    G    C
   If I risk it all,
 Em      D    G       B₇
   Could you break my fall?

Chorus:
     B₇       Em             D
     How do I live? How do I breathe?
                     C                D
     When you’re not here, I’m suffocating.
                    Em                   D
     I want to feel love, run through my blood.
                 C                        Bm₇
     Tell me, is this where I give it all up?
         Am₇                   Bm₇ B₇
     For you I have to risk it all
                                 Em
     ’Cause the writing’s on the wall.

Instrumental: Em | G

Em                   G
A million shards of glass
Em                    G
That haunt me from my past.
       C
As the stars begin to gather,
        B               B₇
And the light begins to fade,
         C
When all hope begins to shatter,
          B
Know that I won’t be afraid.

 Em   D    G    C
   If I risk it all,
 Em      D    G       B₇
   Could you break my fall?

Chorus:
     B₇       Em             D
     How do I live? How do I breathe?
                     C                D
     When you’re not here, I’m suffocating.
                    Em                   D
     I want to feel love, run through my blood.
                 C                        Bm₇
     Tell me, is this where I give it all up?
         Am₇                   Bm₇ B₇
     For you I have to risk it all
                                 Em     G
     ’Cause the writing’s on the wall.
                     Em         G
     The writing’s on the wall.

Instrumental: C | B B₇ | C | B B₇

              Em             D
     How do I live? How do I breathe?
                     C                D
     When you’re not here, I’m suffocating.
                    Em                   D
     I want to feel love, run through my blood.
                 C                        D
     Tell me, is this where I give it all up?

              Em             D
     How do I live? How do I breathe?
                     C                D
     When you’re not here, I’m suffocating.
                    Em                   D
     I want to feel love, run through my blood.
                 C                        Bm₇
     Tell me, is this where I give it all up?
         Am₇                   Bm₇ B₇
     For you I have to risk it all
                                  Em
     ’Cause the writing’s on the wall.

Finger notations of chords (guitar)