Poetry Man
Phoebe Snow
*Drop D tuning
A7 x02020
Am7 x02010
A7sus4 x02030
Am7 x02010
D6 xx0202
D7 xx0212
Dmaj7 xx0222
Dsus4 xx0233
Em/A x02000
G 320003
Intro:
Dmaj7 D7 D6 D7
A7sus4 A7 Am7 Em/A
Dmaj7 D7 D6 D7
A7sus4 A7 Am7 Em/A Dmaj7
Verse 1:
Am7
You make me laugh
A7sus4 A7
‘Cause your eyes they light the night
Dmaj7 D7 D6 D7 Dmaj7 D7 D6
They look right through me
Am7
You bashful boy
A7sus4 A7
You’re hiding something sweet
Dmaj7 D7 D6 D7 Dmaj7 D7 D6
Please give it to me yeah, to me, yeah
Chorus:
Dsus4 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:
A7sus4 A7 Am7 Em/A
Dmaj7 D7 D6 D7
A7sus4 A7 Am7 Em/A Dmaj7
Verse 2:
Am7
You are a genie
A7sus4 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
A7sus4 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
A7sus4
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
A7sus4 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]