{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":62648,"song":"The Poet Game","artist":"Greg Brown","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11542232-the-poet-game-chords-by-greg-brown/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/62648?type=chord","rating":4.74629,"votes":12,"content":"Played in Open G tuning.\r\n\r\n[tab]      ( [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] )\r\nG       0 0 5 4 0 0[/tab]\r\nGmaj7   0 0 4 4 0 0\r\nG6      0 0 2 0 0 0\r\nG open  0 0 0 0 0 0\r\nD7      0 2 0 2 1 0\r\nG       5 5 5 5 5 5\r\nC       2 2 2 2 2 2\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]   [ch]G6[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  (x2)  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]       [ch]G6[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDown by the river junior year walking with my girl[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand we came upon a place[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]          [ch]G6[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere in the tall grass, where a couple had been making love[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nand left the mark of their embrace[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI said to her, \"Looks like they had some fun\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nShe said to me \"Let's do the same\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]           [ch]G6[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd still I taste her kisses and her freckles in the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]   [ch]G6[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwhen I play the poet game.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]               [ch]G6[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA young man down in the hill country in the year of '22[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwent to meet his future bride.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]                [ch]G6[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe lived in a rough old shack that poverty blew through[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd she invited him inside.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe'd been cooking, ashamed and feeling sad,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                      [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nshe could only offer him bread and her name.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]        [ch]G6[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGrandpa said that was the best gift a fella ever had[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]   [ch]G6[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand he taught me the poet game.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]               [ch]G6[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI had a friend who drank too much and played too much guitar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh and we sure got along.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]          [ch]G6[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nReel-to-reels rolled across the country near and far[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nwith letters, poems, and songs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nbut these days he don't talk to me and he won't tell me why.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nI miss him every time I say his name.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]    [ch]G6[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI don't know what he's doing or why our friendship died[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]   [ch]G6[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwhile we play the poet game.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]               [ch]G6[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe fall rain was pounding down on an old New Hampshire mill[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand the river wild and high.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]             [ch]G6[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was talking to her while leaves blew down like a sudden chill.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd there was wildness in her eyes.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWe made love like we'd been waiting all our lives for this[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nStrangers know no shame.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]              [ch]G6[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut she had to leave at dawn and with a sticky farewell kiss[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]   [ch]G6[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nleft me to play the poet game.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]       [ch]G6[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI watched my country turn into a coast-to-coast strip mall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand I cried out in a song.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]                 [ch]G6[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf we could do all that in 30 years, then please tell me whoa[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nWhy does good change take so long?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhy does the color of your skin or who you choose to love[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nstill lead to such anger and pain?[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]        [ch]G6[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd why do I think it's any help for me to still dream of[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]   [ch]G6[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nplaying the poet game?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]             [ch]G6[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSirens wail above the fields, another soul gone down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nanother sun about to rise.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]            [ch]G6[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI've lost track of my mistakes like birds that fly around[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nand darken half my skies.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTo all of those I've hurt, Oh I pray you will forgive me.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nI to you will freely do the same.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]               [ch]G6[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo many things I didn't see, with my eyes turned inside,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]   [ch]G6[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nplaying the poet game.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]       [ch]G6[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI walk out at night to take a leak underneath the stars.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh yeah that's the life for me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]          [ch]G6[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's Orion and the Pleiades and I guess that must be Mars.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAll as clear as we long to be.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI've sung what I was given, some was bad and some was good.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nI never did know from where it came[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]            [ch]G6[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand if I had it all to do again, I am not sure I would[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]    \r\nplay the poet game.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]   [ch]G6[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  (x3)","plain_text":"Played in Open G tuning.\n\n\nGmaj7   0 0 4 4 0 0\nG6      0 0 2 0 0 0\nG open  0 0 0 0 0 0\nD7      0 2 0 2 1 0\nG       5 5 5 5 5 5\nC       2 2 2 2 2 2\n\n\n[Intro]\nG   Gmaj7   G6   G   D7   G  (x2)  G\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nG  Gmaj7   G6   G   D7  G  (x3)","chords":["G","D","B","G6","D7","C","Gmaj7","Em","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,2]}}}