The Poet Game
Greg Brown
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( D G D G B D )G 0 0 5 4 0 0Gmaj7 0 0 4 4 0 0G6 0 0 2 0 0 0 G open 0 0 0 0 0 0D7 0 2 0 2 1 0G 5 5 5 5 5 5C 2 2 2 2 2 2 [Intro] G Gmaj7 G6 G D7 G (x2) G [Verse 1]G Gmaj7 Down by the river junior yearG6 G walking with my girlD7 G and we came upon a placeG Gmaj7 There in the tall grass, where aG6 G couple had been making loveC D7 and left the mark of their embraceC Em I said to her, "Looks like they had some fun"A D7 She said to me "Let's do the same"G Gmaj7 And still I taste her kisses andG6 G her freckles in the sunD7 G G when I play the poet game.Gmaj7 G6 G D7 G [Verse 2]G Gmaj7 A young man down in the hillG6 G country in the year of '22D7 G went to meet his future bride.G Gmaj7 She lived in a rough old shackG6 G that poverty blew throughC D7 And she invited him inside.C Em She'd been cooking, ashamed and feeling sad,A she could only offer him bread andD7 her name.G Gmaj7 G6 Grandpa said that was the bestG gift a fella ever hadD7 G G and he taught me the poet game.Gmaj7 G6 G D7 GContinúa después del anuncio[Verse 3]G Gmaj7 I had a friend who drank too muchG6 G and played too much guitarD7 G Oh and we sure got along.G Gmaj7 Reel-to-reels rolled across theG6 G country near and farC D7 with letters, poems, and songsC but these days he don't talk to meEm and he won't tell me why.A I miss him every time I say hisD7 name.G Gmaj7 I don't know what he's doing orG6 G why our friendship diedD7 G G while we play the poet game.Gmaj7 G6 G D7 G [Verse 4]G Gmaj7 The fall rain was pounding down onG6 G an old New Hampshire millD7 G and the river wild and high.G Gmaj7 I was talking to her while leavesG6 G blew down like a sudden chill.C D7 And there was wildness in her eyes.C We made love like we'd beenEm waiting all our lives for thisA D7 Strangers know no shame.G Gmaj7 But she had to leave at dawn andG6 G with a sticky farewell kissD7 G G left me to play the poet game.Gmaj7 G6 G D7 G [Verse 5]G Gmaj7 I watched my country turn into aG6 G coast-to-coast strip mallD7 G and I cried out in a song.G Gmaj7 If we could do all that in 30G6 G years, then please tell me whoaC D7 Why does good change take so long?C Why does the color of your skin orEm who you choose to loveA D7 still lead to such anger and pain?G Gmaj7 And why do I think it's any helpG6 G for me to still dream ofD7 G G Gmaj7 playing the poet game?G6 G D7 G [Verse 6]G Gmaj7 Sirens wail above the fields,G6 G another soul gone downD7 G another sun about to rise.G Gmaj7 I've lost track of my mistakesG6 G like birds that fly aroundC D7 and darken half my skies.C Em To all of those I've hurt, Oh I pray you will forgive me.A D7 I to you will freely do the same.G Gmaj7 So many things I didn't see, withG6 G my eyes turned inside,D7 G G Gmaj7 playing the poet game.G6 G D7 G [Verse 7]G Gmaj7 I walk out at night to take a leakG6 G underneath the stars.D7 G Oh yeah that's the life for me.G Gmaj7 There's Orion and the Pleiades andG6 G I guess that must be Mars.C D7 All as clear as we long to be.C I've sung what I was given, someEm was bad and some was good.A D7 I never did know from where it cameG Gmaj7 and if I had it all to do again,G6 G I am not sure I wouldD7 G play the poet game.