George Harrison - Writing's on the Wall: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Writing's on the Wall" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

G                     D
The writing's on the wall brother
Em7-5        Gm/A         D
Your life is in your hands
G#dim7             D                E7 A7sus4 D
It's up to you to see the writing's on the wall

It looks you in the eye, mister
It's time we stand up tall
Go see and understand the writing's on the wall

D              Gm/A                D
Strange we hold on to things that have no
grace or power
Gm/A   D                   Gm/A           D
While death holds on to us much more with every
         A#
passing hour
    A7                       D        Bm
And all the time you thought it would last
     A7                       D        A#7
Your life, your friends would always be
              Em7    A7     Em7   A7     Em7  A7
'Till they're drunk away or shot away or die away
      D
from you

There's nothing that you need, sister
The Lord is in you all
Life is designed to see the writing's on the wall

The music's in the air, mothers
You may have heard it call
To you that you may see the writing's on the wall

And all the time you thought it would last
Your life, your friends would always be
But they're drunk away and shot away and die away
from you

Be careful going home, sister
Be watchful down that road
You've got a lot of love, sister
More to grow

The writing's on the wall, brothers
Your life is in your hands
It's up to you to see the writing's on the wall
I hope that you may see the writing on the wall


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

A7

Guitar chord A7

A7sus4

Guitar chord A7sus4

A#

Guitar chord A#

A#7

Guitar chord A#7

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

D

Guitar chord D

E7

Guitar chord E7

Em7

Guitar chord Em7

G

Guitar chord G

G#dim7

Guitar chord G#dim7

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Writing's on the Wall" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Writing's on the Wall" by George Harrison.

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