Poetry Man chords by Snow Phoebe

Poetry Man
Phoebe Snow

*Drop D tuning

Intro:

Dmaj7 D7 D6  D7
A7sus A7 Am7 Em/A
Dmaj7 D7 D6  D7
A7sus A7 Am7 Em/A Dmaj7

Verse 1:

       Am7
You make me laugh
    A7sus          A7
‘Cause your eyes they light the night
      Dmaj7 D7 D6 D7 Dmaj7 D7 D6
They look right through me
    Am7
You bashful boy
   A7sus       A7
You’re hiding something sweet
        Dmaj7 D7 D6 D7 Dmaj7 D7 D6
Please give it to me yeah, to me, yeah

Chorus:

Dsus       D
Talk to me some more
G                D Dmaj7
You don’t have to go you’re the poetry man
A7         Dmaj7 D7 D6 D7
You make things all right, yeah, yeah


Interlude:
A7sus A7 Am7 Em/A
Dmaj7 D7 D6  D7
A7sus A7 Am7 Em/A Dmaj7


Verse 2:
      Am7
You are a genie
  A7sus       A7
All I ask for is your smile
      Dmaj7 D7 D6 D7 Dmaj7 D7 D6
Each time I rub the lamp, la, la, la, la
      Am7
When I am with you
    A7sus        A7
I have a giggling teenage crush
      Dmaj7 D7 D6 D7 Dmaj7 D7 D6
Then I’m a sultry vamp, yeah, sultry vamp


[Repeat Chorus]

[Repeat Interlude x 2] (with ooh yeah first time, saxaphone solo second)

[Repeat Chorus]


Verse 3:

     Am7
So once again
     A7sus
It’s time to say so long
  A7      Dmaj7 D7 D6 D7 Dmaj7 D7 D6
And so recall the cull of life
       Am7
You’re going home now
    A7sus          A7
Home’s that place somewhere you go each day
  Dmaj7 D7 D6 D7 Dmaj7 D7 D6
To see your wife, to see your wife


[Repeat Chorus x 2]