The Author (feat. Nick Jonas)

INTRO:
[B]

VERSE:
[G#m]Picked up the Boo[F#]k for
the first [B]time in ag[E]es
[G#m]Still washed me cle[F#]an with
the dus[B]t on the p[E]ages
My life[G#m] is a stor[F#]y I stru[B]ggle to wri[E]te
But is it o[G#m]ne worth tel[F#]ling?
Is it [B]one You [C#m]like?[F#]

CHORUS:
[E]  So who am I? [B] Who am I?
[G#m]   Am I just a poor [F#]preacher's prodigal s[E]on?
Troubled child, [B]running wil[G#m]d
Chasing the glo[F#]ry instead of the O[E]ne
Who says that [B]I, even[G#m] I,
have something still l[F#]eft to offer?
[E]  So who am I?[B]
Who am [G#m]I to question
the pen in the hands of the [G#m]Author?

INSTRUMENTAL:
[G#m] [F#] [B] [E]

VERSE 2:
Like ev[G#m]ery good stor[F#]y, you learn f[B]rom the lo[E]ss
And I lo[G#m]st the pl[F#]ot every tim[B]e I played [E]God
I liv[G#m]e in a mo[F#]ment You alrea[B]dy wr[E]ote
It's proo[G#m]f that I'm som[F#]eone,
yeah, som[B]eone You[C#m] love[F#]

CHORUS:
[E]  So who am I? [B] Who am I?
[G#m]   Am I just a poor [F#]preacher's prodigal so[E]n?
Troubled child, [B]running wil[G#m]d
Chasing the glo[F#]ry instead of the O[E]ne
Who says that [B]I, even[G#m] I,
have something still l[F#]eft to offer?
[E]  So who am I?[B]
Who am [G#m]I to question
the pen in the hands of the [E]Author[F#]?

BRIDGE:
[E]I see trauma, [B]I see worthless,
Yo[G#m]u see something Y[F#]ou can work with
[E]I see weakness, [B]I see failure,
Yo[G#m]u see something go[F#]od on paper
And I've[E] seen ashes t[B]urn to beauty,
I'v[G#m]e felt heaven wo[F#]rking through me
[E]I've seen panic t[B]urn to power,
fe[G#m]lt Your peace in my da[F#]rkes[G#m]t hou[B/D#]r[E]
[C#m]   What grace is this? C[B/D#]alled me by name
ag[G#m]ain and agai[F#]n and again and a[C#m]gain
And what grace is this[B/D#]? Crossed out my shame,
[G#m]forgives me ag[F#]ain and again and [E]again
and again and aga[B]in

CHORUS:
So who am I? God, who a[G#m]m I?
Am I just a poor [F#]preacher's prodigal [E]son?
Troubled child, [B]still running wil[G#m]d
Chasing the gl[F#]ory instead of the [E]One
Who says that [B]I, even [G#m]I,
have something still [F#]left to offer?
[E]  So who am I?[B]
Who am I[G#m]
to question the pe[F#]n
in the hands of the [E]Aut[B]hor?

OUTRO:
[G#m]   I'm ink in the pen [F#]in
the hands of the A[E]utho[B/D#]r
[G#m]   I'm ink in the pen i[F#]n
the hands of the [C#m]Author[E][G#m]
I'm ink in the pen in the hands of the Au[B]thor