Tom: C#m C#m G#m A It was a song that I offered C#m G#m A But he scrapped that song for the parts C#m G#m A Because I am the composer's daughter C#m G#m A And he plays the strings of the heart C#m G#m A He takes the things I desire C#m G#m A He took the chords I had claimed C#m G#m A My dross consumed by the fire C#m G#m A My song composed by the pain B A B C#m B A Take my will and make it yours B C#m B A I'm finding joy in the way that my sorrow moves me B C#m B A I feel it more in the way my heart aches B C#m B A I'm comforted even in that I know you know me B A And I think this is the composer's way B A And I think this is the composer's way [Instrumental] A B - C#m D# - E A B A B - C#m D# - E A B [Verse] G#m A He takes the things I desire C#m G#m A He took the chords I had claimed C#m G#m A My dross consumed by the fire C#m G#m A My song composed by the pain C#m G#m A This song is a second edition C#m G#m A Working in parts of a whole C#m G#m A And now through each painful revision C#m G#m A I sing it is well with my soul B A B C#m B A Take my will and make it yours B C#m B A I'm finding joy in the way that my sorrow moves me B C#m B A I feel it more in the way my heart aches B C#m B A I'm comforted even in that I know you know me B A And I think this is the composer's way B A And I think this is the composer's way B A And I think this is the composer's way B A And I think this is the composer's way [Outro] A B - C#m D# - E A B A B - C#m D# - E A B