Poets Heart

INTRO: Em7    C  B7  Em  G

                   Am
I wrote to you somewhere in South 
Australia
  F                   C      
A poet's heart in the eye of a 
       G
hurricane
I struggle with finding words to 
Am
sing these days, I said
   C                               
As if my thoughts are waiting in 
  B7                      Em    G
the wings for the stage to clear


CHORUS:
                             Am
And you in your elegance and humour 
fill the room
     Em               D
Your love and your concern
     C                         B7 
Your anger at the injustice of 
                  C
man's narrowness and fear
  D             Em7         G
I thank you for being here


                           Am
You wrote of love from the coast of 
Mendocino
  F            C                  
A poet's heart crying a fighter's 
G
tears
                                 Am
The children of your body spread out
 across this earth
     C                       B7   
Like messages written across time 
              Em     G
measuring the years


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CHORUS:
                         Am
You in your elegance and humour fill
 the room
     Em               D
Your love and your concern
     C                         B7 
Your anger at the injustice of 
                  C
man's narrowness and fear
  D             Em7          G
I thank you for being here


                         Am
I heard your songs reach out to 
California
  F            C                  
A poet's heart locked in the Coeur
    G
 d'Alene
Of the old men and the booze, 
        Am
singing out the truth in lives
      C                        
Of forgiveness and loyalties to 
 B7
friends
Constant as the endless railroad 
Em    G
ties


CHORUS:
                         Am
You in your elegance and humour fill
 the room
     Em               D
Your love and your concern
     C                         B7 
Your anger at the injustice of 
                  C
man's narrowness and fear
  D             Em7          G
I thank you for being here


INSTRUMENTAL: Am  F  C  G  Am  

C  B7  Em  G


                      Am
So here we are joined finally by our
 words
F                 C              
All poets' hearts close though 
   G
far apart
I remember how you said that 
Am
language is a knife
     C                             
That spreads what we feel across 
  B7                     Em
the dry crust of someone's heart


CHORUS:
G                        Am
You in your elegance and humour fill
 the room
     Em               D
Your love and your concern
     C                         B7 
Your anger at the injustice of 
                  C
man's narrowness and fear
  D             Em7
I thank you for being here