02/02/2026
“The Song I Didn’t Write” By Tom Clawson 12/30/25
capo III / 77bpm
INTRO: D Bm D G
D Fm7
I see her every morning, coffee in her hand
Bm G
Laughing ’bout the little things I barely understand
D Fm7
She tells me all her secrets, I guard ’em like my own
Bm G
But the one thing that I’m hiding is the thing I should’ve shown
A G
’Cause every time I try to speak, the words get lost inside
A G
So I smile and nod and swallow what I’m dying to confide
D
This is the song I didn’t write
Fm7
The one where I tell her she’s my light
Bm
Where I say her name like a prayer at night
G
And hope she feels it too
D
Yeah, this is the song I didn’t write
Fm7
The one that might’ve changed my life
Bm
But I let the moment pass me by
G
Now all I’ve got is truth
A stop
And the truth is I loved her
D Fm7 Bm G
In the song I didn’t write
D Fm7
We walk the same old sidewalks, we talk about our days
Bm G
She tells me ’bout the men she meets, I laugh the pain away
D Fm7
She says I’m her forever friend, the one she can’t replace
Bm G
And I wonder if she’d notice all the longing in my face
A G
I rehearse a thousand versions, but none of them sound right
A G stop
So I tuck them in my pocket for another lonely night
D
This is the song I didn’t write
Fm7
The one where I tell her she’s my light
Bm
Where I say her name like a prayer at night
G
And hope she feels it to
D
Yeah, this is the song I didn’t write
Fm7
The one that might’ve changed my life
Bm
But I let the moment pass me by
G
Now all I’ve got is truth
A
And the truth is I loved her
D
In the song I didn’t write
D
Maybe she was waiting
Fm7
For me to cross that line
Bm
Maybe she was hoping
G
I’d say she could be mine
D
But fear’s a quiet thief
Fm7
And time’s a restless tide
Bm
Now she’s living in a future
G
Where I never even tried
D
This is the song I didn’t write
Fm7
The one where I hold her through the night
Bm
Where I finally get the courage right
G
And tell her what was true
D
Yeah, this is the song I didn’t write
Fm7
And maybe she’d have felt it too
Bm
But I never gave my heart the mic
G
So this is my goodbye
A stop
To the love I only lived
D Fm7 Bm G
In the song I didn’t write
D Fm Bm G
Mmmm