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TO A POET - First Aid Kit
Tuning: Standard, capo 1
[Intro]
DOoAmoh.G..D  
[Verse 1]
AmAnd you said, "EmDon't give me nothing
Amyou don't want to loEmse"
AmI said, "Darling, I'll give you everEmything I got
if I wAmant them to chEmoose"
AmThen I got on a pEmlane and flew
Amfar away from yEmou
AmThough unwillingly I leEmft
and it was sAmo, so hard to dEmo
FThe streets here at hCome had rapidly filled Emup
with the whitest of sAmnow
FAnd they don't make no excCuse for themselves
and tEmhere's no need, I knAmow
[Chorus]
Now I mFiss you more than CI can take
and GI will surely brFeak
And eFvery morning tChat I wake
Goh, there is thFis ache
There's nAmothing more to itEm,
I jFust gGet tChrough it
Oh, there's nAmothing more to Emit
I jFust gGet tChrough it
[Verse 2]
AmIt always takes me Emby surprise
how dAmark it gets this time of the yEmear
AmAnd how apparent it Emall becomes
that you're not cAmlose, not even nEmear
AmNo matter how many tiEmmes I tell myself
AmI have to be sinEmcere
AmI have a hard time Emstanding up
anAmd facing those fEmears
FBut Frank put it bCest when he said
"You Emcan't plan on the hAmeart"
FThose words keep me oCn my feet
when I tEmhink I might just fall aAmpart
[Chorus]
Now I mFiss you more than CI can take
and GI will surely brFeak
And eFvery morning tChat I wake
Goh, there is thFis ache
There's nAmothing more to itEm,
I jFust gGet tChrough it
Oh, there's nAmothing more to Emit
I jFust gGet tChrough it
Oh, there's nAmothing more to Emit
I jFust gGet tChrough it
[Breakdown]
DAnd so I aCsk where are you Gnow
just when I needed Dyou
DI won't ask agaCin
Because I knGow there's nothing we can Ddo
Not Cnow, darGling, you know it's Dtrue
D Am G D
Oooh...

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To A Poet

by First Aid Kit

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

TO A POET - First Aid Kit

Tuning: Standard, capo 1

[Intro]

D Am G D

Oooh...

[Verse 1]

Am Em

And you said, "Don't give me nothing

Am Em

you don't want to lose"

Am Em

I said, "Darling, I'll give you everything I got

Am Em

if I want them to choose"

Am Em

Then I got on a plane and flew

Am Em

far away from you

Am Em

Though unwillingly I left

Am Em

and it was so, so hard to do

F C Em

The streets here at home had rapidly filled up

with the whitest of snow

F C

And they don't make no excuse for themselves

Em Am

and there's no need, I know

[Chorus]

F C

Now I miss you more than I can take

G F

and I will surely break

F C

And every morning that I wake

G F

oh, there is this ache

Am Em

There's nothing more to it,

F G C

I just get through it

Am Em

Oh, there's nothing more to it

F G C

I just get through it

[Verse 2]

Am Em

It always takes me by surprise

Am Em

how dark it gets this time of the year

Am Em

And how apparent it all becomes

Am Em

that you're not close, not even near

Am Em

No matter how many times I tell myself

Am Em

I have to be sincere

Am Em

I have a hard time standing up

Am Em

and facing those fears

F C

But Frank put it best when he said

Em Am

"You can't plan on the heart"

F C

Those words keep me on my feet

Em Am

when I think I might just fall apart

[Chorus]

F C

Now I miss you more than I can take

G F

and I will surely break

F C

And every morning that I wake

G F

oh, there is this ache

Am Em

There's nothing more to it,

F G C

I just get through it

Am Em

Oh, there's nothing more to it

F G C

I just get through it

Am Em

Oh, there's nothing more to it

F G C

I just get through it

[Breakdown]

D C G

And so I ask where are you now

just when I needed you

D C

I won't ask again

G D

Because I know there's nothing we can do

C G D

Not now, darling, you know it's true

D Am G D

Oooh...

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