Poetry And Jazz chords by John Otway
Guitar chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: D
Difficulty: Intermediate
Intro:
D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D D5/A Dsus4 D Dsus4 D x8
Verse 1:
D A
She said it’s hard for me to explain to you the brightness of the light,
D
I can still remember when my life was like that
A D
A real and painless beauty I remember as a kid, when I thought that I knew everything, and in a way I did
D G F#m A D G F#m A
She was a virgin then, a child in a million, with deep round hazel eyes of blazing intuition
D G F#m A
She called me over to her side and said will you please listen
D G F#m A
I want to show you something, something I’ve just written
G G F#m D
And I’m calling it Poetry And Jazz
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Verse 2:
D A D
She watched her happy family turn to a broken home, her father left with someone else, her mother on her own
A D
Her fourteenth birthday her mother spent in tears, she celebrated on her own her adolescent years
D G F#m A D G F#m A
It was hell then, caught in the crossfire of an emotional triangle she couldn’t keep together
D G F#m A
I held her softly and she sobbed upon my shoulder
D G F#m A
Saying as you are the closest thing that I’ve got to a brother
G G F#m D
Explain to me, why is life so sad
Verse 3:
D A D
Sixteen was better, cause sixteen was boys, makeup, parties, alcohol and clothes
A D
And saying to your boyfriend, come on get out of bed, its 3 o’clock in the afternoon, my mother’s coming back
D G F#m A D G F#m A
And she smiled then, her eyes filled with laughter, she didn’t know if it was love but it didn’t really matter
D G F#m A
She called me on the phone and said get this big brother
D G F#m A
I’ve just got rid of one boyfriend and got myself another
G G F#m D
And listen, this one drives a Jag
Verse 4:
D A D
She left school and boyfriend for university, three years of study for an arts degree
A D
Her clothes were outrageous, her hair was many colours, her work was radical and so were her ideas
D G F#m A D G F#m A
She said this is brilliant, this place is heaven – on a score of 1 to 10 I’d give this place 11
D G F#m A D G F#m A
It kicks you up the arse and it fires you with ambition, I often used to feel as if my life was just a prison
G G F#m D
Now I realise it isn’t quite that bad
Verse 5:
D A D
I was invited to an exhibition a little while ago to an art gallery in Paris where she has a studio
A D
She looked sophisticated, she was wearing a bronze tan, and she’d sold all her work for some outrageous sum
D G F#m A
And I looked at her and I started laughing
D G F#m A
I said you’re supposed to be an artist, you’re supposed to be suffering
D G F#m A
And she just smiled back and she pointed to this picture
D G F#m A
Of a young girl around which she’d written out this poem
G G F#m D
She’d shown me once, Poetry And Jazz
Verse 6:
D A D
My name is Angela, I am 12 years old, I’ve given up on working hard and doing as I’m told
A D
I see a child psychologist who’s spotted in my head a recipe for delinquency or something just as bad
D G F#m A D G F#m A
And I’ll fight for my independence, I see the world in another way to my teacher and my parents
D G F#m A D G F#m A
My priorities are different and my life is not as aimless, I am not disruptive, I am not dangerous
G G F#m D
I've rhythm and purpose, like Poetry and Jazz
Verse 7:
D A
She said it’s hard for me to explain to you the brightness of the light,
D
I can still remember when my life was like that
A D
A real and painless beauty I remember as a kid when I thought that I knew everything, and in a way I did
Riff:
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