The Poets Dead

D                        F#      
It's not just that I was scared 
    G            F#        D
back then, I was scared of when
              F# G           F#  
You'd finally realize what I hide
   A
 inside
                 F#        G 
A soul that has hurt and cried 
                      D
through cheats and lies
                      F#      G   
I'm sorry dear, but that's behind 
               D
these longing eyes


[Chorus]
D G F# F#
D G F# F#


[Verse 2]
D               F#        
Given how much time you spend 
G            F#        D
equating your own head
                     F#      G    
You really shoulda known by now 
       F#       A
what it takes to love
                F#      G         
For you I will bite my tongue and 
                         D
hold you if you need someone
                 F#      G        
The poetry, it's in your head, 
           G
it's in your head


[Chorus]
                       F#          
The poetry is in your head, though 
            G
the poet's dead
                       F#          
The poetry is in your head, though 
            D
the poet's dead


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[Verse 3]
               F#       G    
Darling let's take the time to 
  F#     D
evolve past
                      F#         G
These nervous laughs, be 
                F#   A
comfortable through our silences
        F#   G          
Like a scientist with his 
     F#   D
experiments
                F#   G     
Just waiting on reactions on 
        D
reactions


D G F# F#
D G F# F#


[Verse 4]
D               F#    G         
Like all of us socialists, born 
                     D
to hope, raised to fail
                F#    G           
Like all of us socialists, born to
        F#        A
 hope, raised to fail
                     F#      G    
I'll dress up in my western wear, 
                             D
you'll dress like you don't care
                 F#       G       
The poetry, it's in your head, 
           G
it's in your head


[Chorus]
                       F#          
The poetry is in your head, though 
            G
the poet's dead
                       F#          
The poetry is in your head, though 
            A
the poet's dead
                       G           
The poetry is in your head, though 
            D
the poet's dead
              F#       G
The poetry is in your head. It's in 
your...


[Verse 5]
D                        F#      
It's not just that I was scared 
    G            F#        D
back then, I was scared of when
              F# G           F#  
You'd finally realize what I hide
   D
 inside
                      F#     G    
I'll dress up in my western wear, 
                   F#        D
you'll dress like you don't care
                 F#       G       
The poetry, it's in your head, 
           G
it's in your head


[Other]
                       F#          
The poetry is in your head, though 
            G
the poet's dead
                       F#          
The poetry is in your head, though 
            A
the poet's dead
                       G           
The poetry is in your head, though 
            D
the poet's dead
              F#       G          
The poetry is in your head. It's 
        D
in your head

              G        F#         
The poetry is in your head, though
             D
 the poet's dead
              G        F#         
The poetry is in your head, though
             D
 the poet's dead
              G        F#         
The poetry is in your head, though
             D
 the poet's dead
              G        F#         
The poetry is in your head, though
             D
 the poet's dead