How to Play Writer In The Dark on Guitar?

Lorde - Writer In The Dark can be played in the key of G using the G, D, C, Am, Em chords. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G. For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Writer In The Dark with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.

Lorde - Writer In The Dark Chords

Chord reference G, D, C, Am, Em

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[D]Break the news, you’re walking out, [C]to be a good man for someone else [D]Sorry I was never good like [C]you [C]

[D]Stood on my chest and kept me down, [C]hated hearing my name on the lips of a crowd [D]Did my best to exist just for [C]you

Bet you rue the [D]day you kissed a writer in the [C]dark Bet you rue the [D]day you kissed a writer in the [C]dark Now she’s gonna [D]play and sing and lock you in her [C]heart Bet you rue the [D]day you kissed a [C]writer in the [G]dark

[G]I am my mother’s child, I’ll [Am]love you ’til my [Em]breathing stops I’ll [Am]love you ’til you [Em]call the cops on [D]me [G]But in our darkest hours, I [Am]stumbled on a [Em]secret power I’ll [Am]find a way to [Em]be without you, [D]babe

[D]I still feel you, now and then, [C]slow like pseudoephedrine [D]When you see me, will you say I’ve [C]changed? [C]

[D]I ride the subway, read the signs, I [C]let the seasons change my mind I [G]love it here since I’ve stopped needing [D]you

[G] [Am] [Em] [Am] [Em] [D] [G] [Am] [Em] [Am] [Em] [D]

Artist Lorde

Album Melodrama

Genres Alternative, Indie, Pop, R&B, Soul

Year 2017

Key G

Lorde - Writer In The Dark can be played in the key of G using the G, D, C, Am, Em chords.

For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Writer In The Dark with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.