To a Poet
Tuning: Standard, Capo on 1st fret
DAm
Intro: e|-------2--2----------2--2----------0--0----------0--0------|
B|-------3------3------3------3------1------1------1------1--|
G|-----2------2------2------2------2------2------2------2----|
D|--0-------------0------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------0-------------0--------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Oooh...
GD
e|-------3--3----------3--3----------2--2----------2--2------|
B|-------0------0------0------0------3------3------3------3--|
G|-----0------0------0------0------2------2------2------2----|
D|------------------------------0-------------0--------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|--3-------------3------------------------------------------|
Oooh...
DAm
e|-------2--2----------2--2----------0--0----------0--0------|
B|-------3------3------3------3------1------1------1------1--|
G|-----2------2------2------2------2------2------2------2----|
D|--0-------------0------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------0-------------0--------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Oooh...
GD
e|-------3--3----------3--3----------2--2----------2--2------|
B|-------0------0------0------0------3------3------3------3--|
G|-----0------0------0------0------2------2------2------2----|
D|------------------------------0-------------0--------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|--3-------------3------------------------------------------|
Oooh...
AEm
Verse 1: e|-------0--0----------0--0----------0--0----------0--0------|
B|-------1------1------1------1------0------0------0------0--|
G|-----2------2------2------2------0------0------0------0----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------| (X8)
A|--0-------------0------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------0-------------0--------------|
And you said, "Don't give me nothing
you don't want to lose"
I said, "Darling, I'll give you everything I got
if I want them to choose"
Then I got on a plane and flew
far away from you
Though unwillingly I left
and it was so, so hard to do
AC
Pre-Chorus 1: e|-------0--0----------0--0----------0--0----------0--0------|
B|-------1------1------1------1------1------1------1------1--|
G|-----2------2------2------2------0------0------0------0----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|--0-------------0-------------3-------------3--------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
The streets here at home had rapidly filled up
EAm
e|-------0--0----------0--0----------0--0----------0--0------|
B|-------0------0------0------0------1------1------1------1--|
G|-----0------0------0------0------2------2------2------2----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------0-------------0--------------|
E|--0-------------0------------------------------------------|
with the whitest of snow
AC
e|-------0--0----------0--0----------0--0----------0--0------|
B|-------1------1------1------1------1------1------1------1--|
G|-----2------2------2------2------0------0------0------0----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|--0-------------0-------------3-------------3--------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
And they don't make no excuse for themselves
EAm
e|-------0--0----------0--0----------0--0----------0--0------|
B|-------0------0------0------0------1------1------1------1--|
G|-----0------0------0------0------2------2------2------2----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------0-------------0--------------|
E|--0-------------0------------------------------------------|
and there's no need, I know
FAGF
Chorus 1: e|-------1--1----------0--0----------3--3----------1--1------|
B|-------1------1------1------1------0------0------1------1--|
G|-----2------2------2------2------0------0------2------2----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------| (X2)
A|----------------0------------------------------------------|
E|--1---------------------------3-------------1--------------|
Now I miss you more than I can take
and I will surely break
And every morning that I wake
god, it's the same
CEAGC
e|-------0--0----------0--0----------0------0------0--0------|
B|-------1------1------0------0------1------0------1------1--|
G|-----0------0------0------0------2------0------0------0----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------| (X2)
A|--3---------------------------0-------------3--------------|
E|----------------0--------------------3---------------------|
There's nothing more to it,
I just get through it
Oh, there's nothing more to it
I just get through it
C
e|-------0--0----------0--0----------0--0--------------------|
B|-------1------1------1------1------1------1----------------|
G|-----0------0------0------0------0------0------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|--3-------------3-------------3----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
AEm
Verse 2: e|-------0--0----------0--0----------0--0----------0--0------|
B|-------1------1------1------1------0------0------0------0--|
G|-----2------2------2------2------0------0------0------0----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------| (X8)
A|--0-------------0------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------0-------------0--------------|
It always takes me by surprise
how dark it gets this time of the year
And how apparent it all becomes
that you're not close, not even near
No matter how many times I tell myself
I have to be sincere
I have a hard time standing up
and facing those fears
AC
Pre-Chorus 2: e|-------0--0----------0--0----------0--0----------0--0------|
B|-------1------1------1------1------1------1------1------1--|
G|-----2------2------2------2------0------0------0------0----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|--0-------------0-------------3-------------3--------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
But Frank put it best when he said
EAm
e|-------0--0----------0--0----------0--0----------0--0------|
B|-------0------0------0------0------1------1------1------1--|
G|-----0------0------0------0------2------2------2------2----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------0-------------0--------------|
E|--0-------------0------------------------------------------|
"You can't plan on the heart"
AC
e|-------0--0----------0--0----------0--0----------0--0------|
B|-------1------1------1------1------1------1------1------1--|
G|-----2------2------2------2------0------0------0------0----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|--0-------------0-------------3-------------3--------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Those words keep me on my feet
EAm
e|-------0--0----------0--0----------0--0----------0--0------|
B|-------0------0------0------0------1------1------1------1--|
G|-----0------0------0------0------2------2------2------2----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------0-------------0--------------|
E|--0-------------0------------------------------------------|
when I think I might just fall apart
FAGF
Chorus 2: e|-------1--1----------0--0----------3--3----------1--1------|
B|-------1------1------1------1------0------0------1------1--|
G|-----2------2------2------2------0------0------2------2----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------| (X2)
A|----------------0------------------------------------------|
E|--1---------------------------3-------------1--------------|
Now I miss you more than I can take
and I will surely break
And every morning that I wake
god, it's the same
CEAGC
e|-------0--0----------0--0----------0------0------0--0------|
B|-------1------1------0------0------1------0------1------1--|
G|-----0------0------0------0------2------0------0------0----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------| (X3)
A|--3---------------------------0-------------3--------------|
E|----------------0--------------------3---------------------|
There's nothing more to it,
I just get through it
Oh, there's nothing more to it
I just get through it
Oh, there's nothing more to it
I just get through it
C
e|-------0--0----------0--0----------0--0--------------------|
B|-------1------1------1------1------1------1----------------|
G|-----0------0------0------0------0------0------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|--3-------------3-------------3----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
DAm
Bridge: e|--2---------------------------0----------------------------|
B|--3---------------------------1----------------------------|
G|--2---------------------------2----------------------------|
D|--0---------------------------2----------------------------|
A|------------------------------0----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
And so I ask where are you
GD
e|--3---------------------------2----------------------------|
B|--0---------------------------3----------------------------|
G|--0---------------------------2----------------------------|
D|--0---------------------------0----------------------------|
A|--2--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--3--------------------------------------------------------|
now just when I needed you
DAm
e|--2---------------------------0----------------------------|
B|--3---------------------------1----------------------------|
G|--2---------------------------2----------------------------|
D|--0---------------------------2----------------------------|
A|------------------------------0----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
I won't ask again because I
GD
e|--3---------------------------2----------------------------|
B|--0---------------------------3----------------------------|
G|--0---------------------------2----------------------------|
D|--0---------------------------0----------------------------|
A|--2--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--3--------------------------------------------------------|
know there's nothing we can do
DAm
e|--2---------------------------0----------------------------|
B|--3---------------------------1----------------------------|
G|--2---------------------------2----------------------------|
D|--0---------------------------2----------------------------|
A|------------------------------0----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Not now,
GD
e|--3---------------------------2----------------------------|
B|--0---------------------------3----------------------------|
G|--0---------------------------2----------------------------|
D|--0---------------------------0----------------------------|
A|--2--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--3--------------------------------------------------------|
darling, you know it's true
DAm
Outro: e|--2--2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0--|
B|--3--3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--3-3-3-1--1-1--1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1-1--|
G|--2--2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2--|
D|--0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-2--2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2--|
A|------------------------------0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0--|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Oooh...
GD
e|--3--3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--3-3-3-2--2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2--|
B|--0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-3--3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--3-3-3--|
G|--0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-2--2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2--|
D|--0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0--|
A|--2--2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2------------------------------|
E|--3--3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--3-3-3------------------------------|
Oooh...
(Repeat last two bars to fade)
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