(For easier chords, transpose down 2, then use a capo on the 2nd fret if you want to be in the right key)
D A E E x2
[D]What do [A]you see
[F#m]When you're l[E]it up next to me[D]
[A]But you feel so [E]far[E]
[D]And it's[A] all so strange
[F#m]That you never [E]saw the change
[D]You just[A] felt something [E]go missi[E]ng in the dark
[D]I wanna write[A] you a letter
[F#m]I wanna write[E] you a song
[D]I wanna make [A]it better
[D]I wanna write[A] you a letter
[F#m]I wanna write[E] you a song
[D]I wanna [A]make it [E]better, [E]for when the nights get long
[D] [A] [E]When the[E] nights get long
[D] [A] [E]When the[E] nights get long
[D]A couple[A] of words[F#m]
[E]Lit up on a scre[D]en
Yeah it'[A]s all just ma[E]ke believ[E]e
[D]And from what I've h[A]eard[F#m]
There's [E]miles betwee[D]n
What we [A]say and what we [E]mean[E]
[D]I wanna writ[A]e you a letter
[F#m]I wanna writ[E]e you a song
[D]I wanna make[A] it better
[D]I wanna writ[A]e you a letter
[F#m]I wanna writ[E]e you a song
[D]I wanna [A]make it [E]better f[E]or when the nights get long
[D] [A] [E]When the[E] nights get long
[D] [A] [E]When the[E] nights get long
[D] [A] [E]When the[E] nights get long
[D] [A] [E] [E]
[F#m]So I told myself if [D]I'm given the ch[E]ance
[E]I won't hold back anymore
[F#m]I'm not gonna keep it al[D]l in
[E]Not gonna keep it all in
[F#m]Then I close my eyes and[D] try to hide
[E]But all of a sudden
[F#m]It's you and me [D]in the middle of it all
[D]I wanna writ[A]e you a letter
[F#m]I wanna write you a song[E]
[D]I wanna make[A] it better
[D]I wanna writ[A]e you a letter
[F#m]I wanna writ[E]e you a song
[D]I wanna make[A] it better
[D]So I wrote y[A]ou a letter
[F#m]I'll turn it[E] into a song
[D]Does tha[A]t make i[E]t better[E] for when the nights get long
[D] [A] [E]When the[E] nights get long
[D] [A] [E]When the[E] nights get long
[D] [A] [E]When the[E] nights get long
[D] [A] [E]When the[E] nights get long
[D] [A] [E] [E]
[A]
D A E E x2
[D]What do [A]you see
[F#m]When you're l[E]it up next to me[D]
[A]But you feel so [E]far[E]
[D]And it's[A] all so strange
[F#m]That you never [E]saw the change
[D]You just[A] felt something [E]go missi[E]ng in the dark
[D]I wanna write[A] you a letter
[F#m]I wanna write[E] you a song
[D]I wanna make [A]it better
[D]I wanna write[A] you a letter
[F#m]I wanna write[E] you a song
[D]I wanna [A]make it [E]better, [E]for when the nights get long
[D] [A] [E]When the[E] nights get long
[D] [A] [E]When the[E] nights get long
[D]A couple[A] of words[F#m]
[E]Lit up on a scre[D]en
Yeah it'[A]s all just ma[E]ke believ[E]e
[D]And from what I've h[A]eard[F#m]
There's [E]miles betwee[D]n
What we [A]say and what we [E]mean[E]
[D]I wanna writ[A]e you a letter
[F#m]I wanna writ[E]e you a song
[D]I wanna make[A] it better
[D]I wanna writ[A]e you a letter
[F#m]I wanna writ[E]e you a song
[D]I wanna [A]make it [E]better f[E]or when the nights get long
[D] [A] [E]When the[E] nights get long
[D] [A] [E]When the[E] nights get long
[D] [A] [E]When the[E] nights get long
[D] [A] [E] [E]
[F#m]So I told myself if [D]I'm given the ch[E]ance
[E]I won't hold back anymore
[F#m]I'm not gonna keep it al[D]l in
[E]Not gonna keep it all in
[F#m]Then I close my eyes and[D] try to hide
[E]But all of a sudden
[F#m]It's you and me [D]in the middle of it all
[D]I wanna writ[A]e you a letter
[F#m]I wanna write you a song[E]
[D]I wanna make[A] it better
[D]I wanna writ[A]e you a letter
[F#m]I wanna writ[E]e you a song
[D]I wanna make[A] it better
[D]So I wrote y[A]ou a letter
[F#m]I'll turn it[E] into a song
[D]Does tha[A]t make i[E]t better[E] for when the nights get long
[D] [A] [E]When the[E] nights get long
[D] [A] [E]When the[E] nights get long
[D] [A] [E]When the[E] nights get long
[D] [A] [E]When the[E] nights get long
[D] [A] [E] [E]
[A]