{"id":29600,"date":"2026-01-17T22:21:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T22:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=29600"},"modified":"2026-01-24T01:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T01:06:12","slug":"i-write-the-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/i-write-the-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"I Write the Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barry Manilow<\/p>\n<pre class=\"xNWlr hjutX PBFx0\" style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">[Intro] \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[C] I've been a-[B7]-live forever, [Em] And I wrote the [A] very first [D7] song.\r\n[F#] I put the [F#7] words and the [Bm] melodies together I am [E7] music and I write the [Em] songs [A7] \r\n \r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">{ CHORUS }\r\n[D] I write the songs that make the whole world [Em] sing\r\n[A] I write the songs of love and [G] special [D] things\r\n[Bm] I write the songs that make the young girls [E] cry\r\n[Em] I write the [A] songs, I write the [D] songs<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[C] My home lies [B7] deep within you, [Em] and I've got my own place in your [D7] soul\r\n[F#] Now when I [F#7] look out [Bm] through your ey---es I\u2019m [E7] young again, even tho' I'm very [G] old [A7]\r\n \r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">{ CHORUS }\r\n[Em] I write the [A] songs, I write the [D] songs<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nDO NOT DO THIS PART IN PLAZA CLUB\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"F\">D<\/span>           <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"E7sus\">C#7sus<\/span>                <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"E7\">C#7<\/span>                         <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Em7\">C#m7<\/span>      <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"E7\">C#7<\/span>\r\nOh, my music makes you dance and gives you spirit to take a chance\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"A\">F#<\/span>                       <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"A\/G#\">F#\/F<\/span>             <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"F#m\">D#m<\/span>      <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"A\/E\">F#\/C#<\/span>\r\nAnd I wrote some rock 'n roll so you can move\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G7\">E7<\/span>\r\nMusic fills your heart, well that's a real find place to start\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G\">E<\/span>           <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">A<\/span>             <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Gm\/C\">Em\/A<\/span>\r\nIt's from me, it's for you\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Gm\/C\">Em\/A<\/span>     <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">A<\/span>             <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Gm\/C\">Em\/A<\/span>\r\nIt's from you, it's for me\r\nEm\/A  A    Em\/A  G\/A  A        key of D optional I left it in D\r\nIt's a world wide symphony\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\nD                                             Em\r\nI write the songs that make the whole world sing\r\nA               Em\/A     A           G\/D     D       D D\/C# Bm\r\nI write the songs of love and special things\r\nBm                                          E\r\nI write the songs that make the young girls cry\r\n \r\nEm           Em\/A     A           Bm      E\r\nI write the songs, I write the so------ngs I am\r\nEm             A            D\r\nmusic and I write the song\r\n \r\n \r\nIntro notes and chords\r\nF Bbm\/F do rhythm all are pairs do melody\r\nA F#\/D C A\/D Bb G\/D   G Bb\/D F# A\/D E G\/D F# A\/D F# A\/D C A\/D\r\nThen Eb chord F\/A D<\/span><\/pre>\n<div class=\"vxv2A\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">X<\/span><\/div>\n<pre class=\"xNWlr hjutX PBFx0\" style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barry Manilow [Intro] [Verse 1] [C] I&#8217;ve been a-[B7]-live forever, [Em] And I wrote the [A] very first [D7] song. [F#] I put the [F#7] words and the [Bm] melodies together I am [E7] music and I write the [Em] songs [A7] { CHORUS } [D] I write the songs &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/i-write-the-songs\/\" class=\"more-link\">CLICK TO VIEW SONG<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I Write the Songs<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29600"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29727,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29600\/revisions\/29727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}