Death of an Unpopular Poet chords by Jimmy Buffett
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Intro 1
(G major) (D major) (A minor) (G major) (C major) (A minor) (D major) (G major)
Verse 1
(G major) I once (D major) knew a
po (C major) et (G major) (C major) who lived before (D major) his time
He an (G major) d (D major) his dog Spoon (C major) er (G major)
(C major) would listen as (D major) he'd rhyme (E minor)
Words to make you (B minor) happy and
(C major) words to make you cry (F major)
And (A minor) (D major) (G major) then one (D major) day the po (C major) et
(G major) (C major) suddenly (D major) did (G major) die.
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Verse 2
But he (G major) left be (D major) hind a closet (C major) (G major)
(C major) filled with verse and rhymes
An (D major) d (G major) through some strange (D major)
trans (C major) action (G major)
One was (C major) printed in (D major) the Times (E minor)
And everybody's searching (B minor)
for the (C major) king of underground
(F major) (C major) (D major) They (G major) found him (D major) down in Florida (C major)
(G major) with a (C major) tombstone (D major) for a crown.
Verse 3
And (G major) (C major) everybody (G major) knows (D major) a line (C major) from his
books that (G major) cost (D major) (C major) $4.99
I wonder (G major) if he knows (D major) he's doin'
(C major) (D major) quite this (G major) fine.
Verse 4
'Cause his (G major) books are all (D major) best (C major) sellers (G major) and his
(C major) poems were turned to song (D major)
They had his (G major) brother (D major) on a talk (C major) show (G major)
though they (C major) never (D major) got along (E minor)
And now he's called (B minor) immortal, yes,
he's (C major) even taught in school (F major) (C major) (D major)
They say (G major) he (D major) used his talents, (C major)
(G major) (C major) a most pro (D major) ficient (G major) tool.
Verse 5
But he (G major) left all (D major) of his (E minor) roy (C major) alties (G major)
(C major) to Spooner his old (G major) (D major) hound
Growing (G major) old on (D major) steak and (E minor) ba con (C major) (G major)
in his (C major) doghouse ten (D major) feet 'round (E minor)
And everybody (B minor) wonders did he
(C major) really lose his (F major) mind (C major) (D major)
No, (G major) he was (D major) just a po (C major) et (G major)
who lived (C major) be (D major) fore his time
(G major) Yes, he was (D major) just a po (E minor) et (C major) (D major) (G major) who (C major) lived
before (D major) his (G major) time.
Outro 1
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Death of an Unpopular Poet
Jimmy Buffett
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