The Poet Chords
The Poet by Barclay James Harvest is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, F, Am, C, Dm, Bm and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
G F Am F
G Am F C
G Am G F Am
G F Am
verse 1
G F
Here I sit watching the day out
Am F Am
No one beside me who may doubt
Am F G
All of the words that I could chose to say
Am F G
So listen, believe, or be gone from this day
F Am
I need a friend to walk with me
G G Am
Sit in the shade of an old tree
Am F G
To think nothing much, just agree with my thoughts
Am F G
To say nothing much, never tell what I ought
Dm Am F C Bm Dm
verse 2
G F Am
Watching the people pass by now
G F E Dm
They just don't know why or know how
Am F G
They don't seem to care about all that I've seen
Am F G
They just walk on by never knowing I've been
F Am
Sitting up here where I'm wind blown
G F Am
Only to ask and to be shown
Am F G
Things that would make you believe what I say
Am F G
I'll tell you myself and I'll show you some day
Dm Am F C Bm Dm
G F Am X2
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