Poetry Man chords by Snow Phoebe

Poetry Man
Phoebe Snow

*Drop D tuning

Intro:

Dmaj7  D7  D6   D7
A7sus  A7  Am7  Em/A
Dmaj7  D7  D6   D7
A7sus  A7  Am7  Em/A  Dmaj7

Verse 1:

             Am7
You make me laugh
       A7sus                    A7
‘Cause your eyes they light the night
            Dmaj7  D7  D6  D7  Dmaj7  D7  D6
They look right through me
        Am7
You bashful boy
      A7sus             A7
You’re hiding something sweet
               Dmaj7  D7  D6  D7  Dmaj7  D7  D6
Please give it to me yeah, to me, yeah

Chorus:

Dsus             D
Talk to me some more
G                                D  Dmaj7
You don’t have to go you’re the poetry man
A7                  Dmaj7  D7  D6  D7
You make things all right, yeah, yeah


Interlude:
A7sus  A7  Am7  Em/A
Dmaj7  D7  D6   D7
A7sus  A7  Am7  Em/A  Dmaj7


Verse 2:
           Am7
You are a genie
    A7sus             A7
All I ask for is your smile
            Dmaj7  D7  D6  D7  Dmaj7  D7  D6
Each time I rub the lamp, la, la, la, la
           Am7
When I am with you
       A7sus               A7
I have a giggling teenage crush
           Dmaj7  D7  D6  D7  Dmaj7  D7  D6
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:

         Am7
So once again
          A7sus
It’s time to say so long
    A7            Dmaj7  D7  D6  D7  Dmaj7  D7  D6
And so recall the cull of life
              Am7
You’re going home now
        A7sus                   A7
Home’s that place somewhere you go each day
   Dmaj7  D7  D6  D7  Dmaj7  D7  D6
To see your wife, to see your wife


[Repeat Chorus x 2]