The Poet chords by
Angela Kaset

N/A

Key: A minor

Intro 1

Verse 1
Dm Dm 
 
THE
Am Am 
 
POET’S LIFE IS DAY AND NIGHT
Dm Dm 
 
MUSIC IS THE POET’S WIFE
Am Am 
 
DREAMS ARE HIS MISTRESS
FIRE IN HIS LOINS
G G 
 
Dm Dm 
 
THE ELUSIVE TEMPTRESS
THAT KEEPS HIM GOING ON
Am Am 
 
G G 
 

Verse 2
Am Am 
 
ONE LESS WORD,
ONE TURN OF PHRASE
Dm Dm 
 
KEEP SEARCHING FOR
THE PERFECT WAY
Am Am 
 
TO BRING THE DARKNESS INTO THE SUN
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
THE PENCIL IS THE
Am Am 
 
POET’S GUN

Verse 3
Am Am 
 
F F 
 
HE’S A DITCH DIGGER,
Am Am 
 
HE’S A COTTON PICKER
F F 
 
G G 
 
HE’S A BOAT ROCKER ON
Am Am 
 
A   DEEP RIVER
F F 
 
G G 
 
AND HE DON’T SLEEP WELL AND HE
C C 
 
LOOKS  LIKE HELL
G G 
 
BUT THE POET RINGS THE WARNING
Am Am 
 
BELL

Interlude 1

Verse 4
Am Am 
 
THE POET IS BEETHOVEN,
Dm Dm 
 
THE POET  IS VAN GOGH
Am Am 
 
THE STARVING SOULS THAT FEED US
Dm Dm 
 
AND DIE BEFORE THEY KNOW
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
F F 
 
THE PASSION LIVES FOREVER IN HEAVEN,
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
HELL OR EARTH
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
F F 
 
GOD IN HIS LABOR IS A PO
Am Am 
 
ET GIVING BIRTH

Verse 5
F F 
 
TO A  DITCH DIGGER,
Am Am 
 
COTTON PICKER
F F 
 
G G 
 
Am Am 
 
BOAT ROCKER ON A
DEEP RIVER
F F 
 
G G 
 
AND SHE DON’T SLEEP WELL AND SHE
C C 
 
LOOKS LIKE HELL
G G 
 
BUT THE POET RINGS THE WARNING
Am Am 
 
BELL

Interlude 2

MAKE

Verse 6
LOVE TO ME SHAKESPEARE AND
Dm Dm 
 
Am Am 
 
LEAVE UPON MY LIPS
G G 
 
THE SWEAT OF IMMORTALITY
F F 
 
G G 
 
F F 
 
Am Am 
 
ECSTASY, AGONY,
Dm Dm 
 
LIFE’S MOST BITTER PARODY
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
AM I TO BE OR NOT TO BE
F F 
 

Verse 7
Am Am 
 
A DITCH DIGGER, A   COTTON PICKER
F F 
 
G G 
 
Am Am 
 
BOAT ROCKER ON A   DEEP RIVER
F F 
 
G G 
 
Am Am 
 
A SOOTHSAYER, A DRAGON SLAYER
F F 
 
G G 
 
A  DREAM WEAVER OR
Am Am 
 
A   SONG SINGER
F F 
 
G G 
 
WELL I  DON’T SLEEP WELL
C C 
 
AND I FEEL LIKE HELL
G G 
 
I SWEAR I HEAR THE WARNING
Am Am 
 
F F 
 
G G 
 
BELL
F F 
 
REACHING FOR THE WARNING
G G 
 
BELL

Outro 1

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