Poet, fool or bum chords by Lee Hazlewood
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Intro 1
(E minor) (D major) (G major) (E minor)
Verse 1
She (E minor) came run (B major) ning down (E minor) the high (B major) way,
na (A minor) ked as the sun (E minor)
Said she are (B major) you (E minor) going my way po (A minor) et,
fool or bum (E minor)
Red hair had she, saw right through me,
but (D major) what could she see? (E minor)
A poet? No,
A fool? I hope not. A bum? (B minor)
(A minor) No... I'm only me
(E minor)
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Verse 2
When her left hand touched the water
fire (A minor) and smoke did come (E minor)
Laughing like some virgin's daughter, (B major)
said (A minor) she run for (E minor) run.
Freedom sleeps in caves where dreams
are (D major) just in dreams we're free (E minor)
A poet? No,
A fool? I hope not. A bum? (B minor)
No... (A minor) I'm only me
(E minor)
Verse 3
Interlude (A minor) with humming:
Lee says something here I
can't under (E minor) stand
Verse 4
(E minor) Put her cruel lips to a bottle,
label (A minor) Christmas Day (E minor)
Said she everyday is Christmas,
drink (A minor) some while you may. (E minor)
Touched the bottle,
broke into the cross (D major) of calvary (E minor)
A poet? No,
A fool? I hope not. A bum? (B minor)
No... (A minor) I'm only me
Interlude 1
(A minor) (B major) (E minor)
Verse 5
(E minor) Then she gave me toy soldiers,
(A minor) bright and shiny new. (E minor)
Take them, said she, to the children,
(A minor) they'll know what to do. (E minor)
Soon their games of madness
will become (D major) reality (E minor)
A poet? No,
A fool? I hope not. A bum? (B minor)
No... (A minor) I'm only me
Interlude 2
(E minor) (A minor)
(E minor)
Verse 6
Said (E minor) she'd take me to the morning
rains (A minor) my soul's on fire (E minor)
I said morning rains I've heard
will wash (A minor) away desire (E minor)
She grew angry wings and left
in circled (D major) (E minor) finity
A poet? No,
A fool? I hope not. A bum? (B minor)
No... (A minor) I'm only me (E minor) (Bsus4) (A minor)
No... I'm only me (E minor)
(A minor) No... I'm only me
(E minor)
Poet, fool or bum
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