Poetry By Dead Men

G              A             Bm 
By the time you hear this, I'll 
              G
be in the rearview mirror
G                A               
I'll even wear that green dress 
    Bm               G
you like so when I disappear
G                   A            
You can turn around, one last 
Bm                A
look at the girl you lost and the 
time
G                  A       
You took to make up your mind 
   Bm             G
between the two roads
G                 A            
Go and take some more time, but
Bm                G
 me and mine must go


[Pre-Chorus]
G                     A
I tried to wait it out, no more
     Bm                  A
Can't find the man I was waiting for


[Chorus]
G                             A
I wanted to be your girl in a white 
T-shirt
     D        G
Over coffee, stirring in the 
cinnamon
G          A      Bm         D
While you read me poetry by dead men
G                                  
I wanted to be your girl with your 
A                D
hands on my skin
G
Stirring in the cinnamon
G          A      Bm    D     G    A
While you read me poetry by dead men
 Bm                A
(While you read me poetry by dead 
men)
 G                A          Bm    A
While you read me poetry by dead men


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[Verse 2]
G               A              
By the time you hear this, who 
Bm                  G
knows where I might be
G                      A         
Singing 'bout another near-miss 
   Bm             G
love that ended incomplete
G                A
I was ready, but you weren't
    Bm                         
So jump with your net from this 
       D
bridge you burned
G
I wanted to tell you things
 D
All the secrets I've been keeping
G                       A        
I saw it in front of me, but then
                          D
 you just kept disappearing


[Pre-Chorus]
G             A
A good dream, almost
Bm         A
Now I tell your ghost


[Chorus]
G                             A
I wanted to be your girl in a white 
T-shirt
     D        G
Over coffee, stirring in the 
cinnamon
G          A      Bm         D
While you read me poetry by dead men
G                                  
I wanted to be your girl with your 
A                D
hands on my skin
G
Stirring in the cinnamon
G          A      Bm    D     G    A
While you read me poetry by dead men
 Bm                A
(While you read me poetry by dead 
men)
 G                A          Bm   A
While you read me poetry by dead men


[Bridge]
A                               G
Line after line, the words just live
 to remind
    D          A
The two of us, what we could have 
been
 G             D
Poetry by dead men
A                            G
Fire from ember, how could I make 
you remember?
       Em               D         
With a turn of a phrase, would you
  G
 turn to me if I say
  D                     G
I still want to be your girl?


[Chorus]
        D                G
I still want to be your girl in a 
white T-shirt
             G
Over coffee, stirring in the 
cinnamon
 G          A        Bm       D
While you read me poetry by dead men
G                                 
I wanted to be your girl with your
  A              D
 hands on my skin
G
Stirring in the cinnamon
G        A       D          G    A
While you read me poetry by dead men
  Bm                A
(While you read me poetry by dead 
men)
  G                 A       Bm    A
While you read me poetry by dead men