David Hodges ( keyboardist of Trading Yesterday) Christina Perriġ2:06 Publishing EMI Blackwood Music KMR Music Royalties II SCSp Miss Perri Lane Publishing Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing Summit Base Camp Film Music ( BMI-affiliated, associated with Summit Entertainment LLC) Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. Tablature player for this song: Christina Perri - A Thousand Years Bass Tab. The song A Thousand Years was written by David Hodges and Christina Perri and was first released by Christina Perri in 2011.