Poetry By Dead Men chords by Sara Bareilles

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:

G+G       A augmentedA       B minorBm        G+G
By the time you hear this, I'll be in the rearview mirror

G+G        A augmentedA          B minorBm        G+G
I'll even wear that green dress you like so when I disappear

G+G          A augmentedA      B minorBm        A augmentedA
You can turn around, one last look at the girl you lost in time

G+G          A augmentedA     B minorBm       G+G
Your turn to make up your mind between the two roads

G+G         A augmentedA      B minorBm        G+G
Go and take some more time, but me and mine must go

Pre-Chorus:

G+G           A augmentedA
I tried to wait it out, no more

   B minorBm         A augmentedA
Can't find the man I was waiting for


Chorus:

G+G               A augmentedA
I wanted to be your girl in a white T-shirt

   D MajorD    G+G
Over coffee, stirring in the cinnamon

G+G     A augmentedA   B minorBm     D MajorD
While you read me poetry by dead men

G+G                 A augmentedA        D MajorD
I wanted to be your girl with your hands on my skin

G+G
Stirring in the cinnamon

G+G     A augmentedA   B minorBm  D MajorD   G+G  A augmentedA
While you read me poetry by dead men

 B minorBm        A augmentedA
(While you read me poetry by dead men)

 G+G        A augmentedA     B minorBm  A augmentedA
While you read me poetry by dead men

Verse 2:

G+G        A augmentedA       B minorBm         G+G
By the time you hear this, who knows where I might be

G+G           A augmentedA      B minorBm       G+G
Singing 'bout another near-miss love that ended incomplete

G+G        A augmentedA
I was ready, but you weren't

  B minorBm                D MajorD
So jump with your net from this bridge you burned

G+G
I wanted to tell you things

 D MajorD
All the secrets I've been keeping

G+G            A augmentedA                 D MajorD
I saw it in front of me, but then you just kept disappearing


Pre-Chorus:

G+G       A augmentedA
A majorA good dream, almost

B minorBm     A augmentedA
Now I tell your ghost


Chorus:

G+G               A augmentedA
I wanted to be your girl in a white T-shirt

   D MajorD    G+G
Over coffee, stirring in the cinnamon

G+G     A augmentedA   B minorBm     D MajorD
While you read me poetry by dead men

G+G                 A augmentedA        D MajorD
I wanted to be your girl with your hands on my skin

G+G
Stirring in the cinnamon

G+G     A augmentedA   B minorBm  D MajorD   G+G  A augmentedA
While you read me poetry by dead men

 B minorBm        A augmentedA
(While you read me poetry by dead men)

 G+G        A augmentedA     B minorBm  A augmentedA
While you read me poetry by dead men


Bridge:

A augmentedA                G+G
Line after line, the words just live to remind

  D MajorD     A augmentedA
The two of us, what we could have been

 G+G       D MajorD
Poetry by dead men

A augmentedA              G+G
Fire from ember, how could I make you remember?

    E minorEm        D MajorD      G+G
With a turn of a phrase, would you turn to me if I say

 D MajorD           G+G
I still want to be your girl?


Chorus:

    D MajorD        G+G
I still want to be your girl in a white T-shirt

       G+G
Over coffee, stirring in the cinnamon

 G+G     A augmentedA    B minorBm    D MajorD
While you read me poetry by dead men

G+G                  A augmentedA       D MajorD
I wanted to be your girl with your hands on my skin

G+G
Stirring in the cinnamon

G+G    A augmentedA    D MajorD     G+G  A augmentedA
While you read me poetry by dead men

 B minorBm        A augmentedA
(While you read me poetry by dead men)

 G+G         A augmentedA    B minorBm  A augmentedA
While you read me poetry by dead men