Poetry Man Chords
by Snow Phoebe
Poetry Man by Snow Phoebe is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords Dmaj7, D7, D6, A7sus, A7, Am7, Em/A, Dsus, D and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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
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 (2x)