Poetry In A Loversong chords by Tim Minchin

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

♫ Intro:

BB C# minorC#m A augmentedA BB


♫ Verse 1:

E MajorE       BB        C# minorC#m        A augmentedA         E MajorE  BB
Sarah wears my t-shirts in the mornings; they go half way down her thighs
C# minorC#m     A augmentedA          E MajorE           BB        C# minorC#m   A augmentedA
Sarah sleeps spread out across my bed, but she knows the fan will always be mine

(Hold on, E MajorE)

♫ Verse 2:
E MajorE      BB       C# minorC#m         A augmentedA      E MajorE  BB
Sarah laughs arpeggios when she finds something funny on her own
C# minorC#m   A augmentedA         E MajorE          BB
Already asleep when I get home and when I wake she’s already gone

(Hold on, E MajorE)

♫ Chorus:
E MajorE        BB        C# minorC#m       A augmentedA
Maybe I've been listening to The Beatles' 'Abbey Road' for far too long
E MajorE      D MajorD     A augmentedA          BB
Maybe I will never be a poet, but who needs poetry in a love song?

(Hold on, E MajorE)

♫ Verse 3:
E MajorE       BB            C# minorC#m      A augmentedA        E MajorE  BB
Sarah works in space-boots cos they're funky and they make her toes go numb
C# minorC#m      A augmentedA      E MajorE           BB         C# minorC#m   A augmentedA
Sarah wears a tiny yellow dress and her father's business shirt to hide her bum

(Hold on, E MajorE)

♫ Verse 4:
E MajorE      BB          C# minorC#m         A augmentedA       E MajorE   BB
Sarah kisses with her tongue when she's been drinking vodka with the girls
C# minorC#m      A augmentedA        E MajorE             BB         C# minorC#m    A augmentedA
And I know she sometimes feels sad cos she's scared that we don't share the same world

(Hold on, E MajorE)

♫ Chorus:
E MajorE        BB        C# minorC#m       A augmentedA
Maybe I've been listening to The Beatles' 'Abbey Road' for far too long
E MajorE      D MajorD     A augmentedA          BB
Maybe I will never be a poet, but who needs poetry in a love song?

E MajorE       BB         C# minorC#m        A augmentedA
Maybe we will make sense of the words and then we all can sing along
E MajorE       D MajorD      A augmentedA        BB
Don’t need to rhyme to be a poet; who needs poetry in a love song?

♫ Solo:
Make it up?

♫ Chorus:
E MajorE        BB        C# minorC#m       A augmentedA
Maybe I've been listening to The Beatles' 'Abbey Road' for far too long
E MajorE      D MajorD     A augmentedA          BB
Maybe I will never be a poet, but who needs poetry in a love song?

E MajorE       BB         C# minorC#m        A augmentedA
Maybe we will make sense of the words and then we all can sing along
E MajorE       D MajorD      A augmentedA        BB
Don’t need to rhyme to be a poet; who needs poetry in

E MajorE        BB        C# minorC#m       A augmentedA
Maybe I've been listening to The Beatles' 'Abbey Road' for far too long
E MajorE      D MajorD     A augmentedA          BB
Maybe I will never be a poet, but who needs poetry in a love song?

E MajorE       BB         C# minorC#m        A augmentedA
Maybe we will make sense of the words and then we all can sing along
E MajorE       D MajorD      A augmentedA        BB
Don’t need to rhyme to be a poet; who needs poetry in a love song?

A augmentedA     BB      E MajorE
who needs poetry in a love song?

Riff:

♫ Outro:
A augmentedA     BB
Who needs poerty in a love song
A augmentedA     BB
Who needs poerty in a love song
A augmentedA     BB      E MajorE
Who needs poerty in a love song

E MajorE BB A augmentedA