Poet, fool or bum chords by Lee Hazlewood

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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She came running down the highway,
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naked as the sun
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Said she are you going my way poet,
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fool or bum
Red hair had she, saw right through me,
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but what could she see?
A poet? No,
Bm 
A fool? I hope not. A bum?
Am 
No... I'm only me
Em 

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Verse 2
When her left hand touched the water
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fire and smoke did come
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Laughing like some virgin's daughter,
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said she run for run.
Freedom sleeps in caves where dreams
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are just in dreams we're free
A poet? No,
Bm 
A fool? I hope not. A bum?
Am 
No... I'm only me
Em 

Verse 3

Interlude with humming:

Lee says something here I

can't understand

Verse 4
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Put her cruel lips to a bottle,
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label Christmas Day
Said she everyday is Christmas,
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drink some while you may.
Touched the bottle,
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broke into the cross of calvary
A poet? No,
Bm 
A fool? I hope not. A bum?
Am 
No... I'm only me

Interlude 1

Verse 5
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Then she gave me toy soldiers,
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bright and shiny new.
Take them, said she, to the children,
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they'll know what to do.
Soon their games of madness
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will become reality
A poet? No,
Bm 
A fool? I hope not. A bum?
Am 
No... I'm only me

Interlude 2

Verse 6
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Said she'd take me to the morning
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Em 
rains my soul's on fire
I said morning rains I've heard
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will wash away desire
She grew angry wings and left
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Em 
in circled finity
A poet? No,
Bm 
A fool? I hope not. A bum?
Am 
Em 
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Am 
No... I'm only me
Em 
No... I'm only me
Am 
No... I'm only me
Em 