Poet Fool Or Bum chords by Lee Hazlewood

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: EADGBE

Introriff:
e|-----------------------|
BB|8---6-------^----------|
G+G|--------57-7-10-7-5-3-0|
D MajorD|-----------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------|
strum a G minorGm chord, but also slide up to it from an F minorFm (listen to the record for this)

1st verse:
G minorGm			   	  C minorCm		G minorGm
She came running down the highway, naked as the sun
G minorGm	   		    C minorCm      G minorGm
Said she are you going my way, poet fool or bum
G minorGm					C minorCm		  G minorGm
Red hair had she, saw right through me, but what could she see?
G minorGm					DmDm (hit this chord 5 times)
A augmentedA poet? No, A augmentedA fool? I hope not. A augmentedA bum?
C minorCm		G minorGm
No.....I'm only me
 LIck A:
e|--------------------| I think the first 3 notes of this lick is also what is being
BB|-h--6-------6-------| played right after he says "A bum?" in the above line.
G+G|5-7-----5-7---7-5-3-|
D MajorD|--------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------|

Verse:
G minorGm				  C minorCm		    G minorGm
When her left and touched the water fire and smoke did come
G minorGm				   C minorCm	    G minorGm
Laughing like some virgin's daughter, said she run for run.
G minorGm				  	 C minorCm		    G minorGm
Freedom sleeps in caves where dreams are just in dreams we're free
G minorGm					DmDm (hit this chord 5 times)
A augmentedA poet? No, A augmentedA fool? I hope not. A augmentedA bum?
C minorCm		G minorGm
No.....I'm only me

Interlude with humming:
G minorGm (the bass then plays a lick which sounds like two hits on G, A augmentedA and B.)
	Lee says something here I can't understand
C minorCm
Lick A augmentedA

Verse:
G minorGm				C minorCm	    G minorGm
Put her cruel lips to a bottle, label Christmas day
G minorGm				C minorCm	   	   G minorGm
Said she everyday is Christmas, drink some while you may.
G minorGm				  C minorCm	  G minorGm
Touched the bottle, broke into the cross of calvary
G minorGm					DmDm (hit this chord 5 times)
A augmentedA poet? No, A augmentedA fool? I hope not. A augmentedA bum?
C minorCm		G minorGm
No.....I'm only me

Horns play lick A.

Verse:
G minorGm			    C minorCm	    G minorGm
Then she gave me toy soldiers, bright and shiny new.
G minorGm				   C minorCm	      G minorGm
Take them, said she, to the children, they'll know what to do.
G minorGm				 C minorCm	   G minorGm
Soon their games of madness will become reality
G minorGm					DmDm (hit this chord 5 times)
A augmentedA poet? No, A augmentedA fool? I hope not. A augmentedA bum?
C minorCm		G minorGm
No.....I'm only me

Play interlude with humming again

Verse:
G minorGm				 C minorCm	    	   G minorGm
Said she'd take me to the morning rains my soul's on fire
G minorGm				   C minorCm	    G minorGm
I said Morning rains I've heard will wash away desire
G minorGm				 C minorCm	   G minorGm
She grew angry wings and left in circled finity

G minorGm					DmDm (hit this chord 5 times)
A augmentedA poet? No, A augmentedA fool? I hope not. A augmentedA bum?
C minorCm		G minorGm
No.....I'm only me

G+G (hit this chord 5 times in the same rhythm as with the DmDm above)
C minorCm		G+G (5 times like above)
No.....I'm only me
C minorCm		G+G (5 times like above)
No.....I'm only me