Poetry Man chords by Snow Phoebe

Chords with lyrics

Poetry Man
Phoebe Snow

*Drop D MajorD tuning

Intro:

Dmaj7Dmaj7 D7D7 D6D6  D7D7
A7sus A7A7 Am7Am7 Em/A
Dmaj7Dmaj7 D7D7 D6D6  D7D7
A7sus A7A7 Am7Am7 Em/A Dmaj7Dmaj7

Verse 1:

       Am7Am7
You make me laugh
    A7sus          A7A7
‘Cause your eyes they light the night
      Dmaj7Dmaj7 D7D7 D6D6 D7D7 Dmaj7Dmaj7 D7D7 D6D6
They look right through me
    Am7Am7
You bashful boy
   A7sus       A7A7
You’re hiding something sweet
        Dmaj7Dmaj7 D7D7 D6D6 D7D7 Dmaj7Dmaj7 D7D7 D6D6
Please give it to me yeah, to me, yeah

Chorus:

DsusDsus       D MajorD
Talk to me some more
G+G                D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7
You don’t have to go you’re the poetry man
A7A7         Dmaj7Dmaj7 D7D7 D6D6 D7D7
You make things all right, yeah, yeah


Interlude:
A7sus A7A7 Am7Am7 Em/A
Dmaj7Dmaj7 D7D7 D6D6  D7D7
A7sus A7A7 Am7Am7 Em/A Dmaj7Dmaj7


Verse 2:
      Am7Am7
You are a genie
  A7sus       A7A7
All I ask for is your smile
      Dmaj7Dmaj7 D7D7 D6D6 D7D7 Dmaj7Dmaj7 D7D7 D6D6
Each time I rub the lamp, la, la, la, la
      Am7Am7
When I am with you
    A7sus        A7A7
I have a giggling teenage crush
      Dmaj7Dmaj7 D7D7 D6D6 D7D7 Dmaj7Dmaj7 D7D7 D6D6
Then I’m a sultry vamp, yeah, sultry vamp

[Repeat Chorus]

[Repeat Interlude x 2] (with ooh yeah first time, saxaphone solo second)

[Repeat Chorus]


Verse 3:

     Am7Am7
So once again
     A7sus
It’s time to say so long
  A7A7      Dmaj7Dmaj7 D7D7 D6D6 D7D7 Dmaj7Dmaj7 D7D7 D6D6
And so recall the cull of life
       Am7Am7
You’re going home now
    A7sus          A7A7
Home’s that place somewhere you go each day
  Dmaj7Dmaj7 D7D7 D6D6 D7D7 Dmaj7Dmaj7 D7D7 D6D6
To see your wife, to see your wife


[Repeat Chorus x 2]