How To Write A Song

C F You love as hard as you can love C and then you watch it all go wrong F you wander for a billion years C and never find where you belong F Am So you wrap it up in a melody C F and bury it in a minor key F Am Aim for 2 minutes no more than 3 F G C that's how to write a song C F So you make a list of every dream C and all the things that you dont know F we might light a fire on peel street C and even get played on the radio F Am So you wrap it up in a melody C F if its pretty put it in a major key F Am Hit 4 minutes better make it 3 F G C that's how to write a song Harmonica C F C F G You can lie in a room and talk to yourself F or head off not Nashville like everyone else G Rip off your heros and keep playing dumb F Until you got enough for a whole album G Tell us how it charted and for how long F Everybody loves your fricking song C F So you pour your heart out on the page C then spend your life waiting backstage F If you're lucky it'll grow some wings and fly C and you'll play the damn thing till the day you die F Am So you wrap it up in a melody C F Fight about splitting the royalties F Am A band isn't a democracy F G C that's how to write a song F Am A bunch of words and frequencies F G C that's how to write a song F Am Expect to be giving it away for free F G C that's how to write a song F G C that's how to write a song F G C