Poetry By Dead Men chords by Sara Bareilles

Verse 1:

G              A             Bm               G
By the time you hear this, I'll be in the rearview mirror

G                A                   Bm               G
I'll even wear that green dress you like so when I disappear

G                   A            Bm                A
You can turn around, one last look at the girl you lost in time

G                   A          Bm             G
Your turn to make up your mind between the two roads

G                 A            Bm                G
Go and take some more time, but me and mine must go

Pre-Chorus:

G                     A
I tried to wait it out, no more

     Bm                  A
Can't find the man I was waiting for


Chorus:

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

     D        G
Over coffee, stirring in the cinnamon

G          A      Bm         D
While you read me poetry by dead men

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

G
Stirring in the cinnamon

G          A      Bm    D     G    A
While you read me poetry by dead men

 Bm                A
(While you read me poetry by dead men)

 G                A          Bm    A
While you read me poetry by dead men


Verse 2:

G               A              Bm                  G
By the time you hear this, who knows where I might be

G                      A            Bm             G
Singing 'bout another near-miss love that ended incomplete

G                A
I was ready, but you weren't

    Bm                                D
So jump with your net from this bridge you burned

G
I wanted to tell you things

 D
All the secrets I've been keeping

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


Pre-Chorus:

G             A
A good dream, almost

Bm         A
Now I tell your ghost


Chorus:

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

     D        G
Over coffee, stirring in the cinnamon

G          A      Bm         D
While you read me poetry by dead men

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

G
Stirring in the cinnamon

G          A      Bm    D     G    A
While you read me poetry by dead men

 Bm                A
(While you read me poetry by dead men)

 G                A          Bm   A
While you read me poetry by dead men


Bridge:

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

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

 G             D
Poetry by dead men

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

       Em               D           G
With a turn of a phrase, would you turn to me if I say

  D                     G
I still want to be your girl?


Chorus:

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

             G
Over coffee, stirring in the cinnamon

 G          A        Bm       D
While you read me poetry by dead men

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

G
Stirring in the cinnamon

G        A       D          G    A
While you read me poetry by dead men

  Bm                A
(While you read me poetry by dead men)

  G                 A       Bm    A
While you read me poetry by dead men