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I Ghave been trying
To wriCte a hDaiku for youG  
SomCe things I juDst can’t do
MGaybe you’re beyondC  
Ancient ADsian poetryG  
OCr maybe Dit’s just me
I Ghave been trying
To geCt this haikDu just riEmght all nigAht
For youEm; alrighAt I’m tDhrough
MGaybe this poem
Was lost Cin the saucDe we spilledG  
ThaCt never gDot refilled
IG’ve never thought much
Of formuClaic veDrse anywayG  
AnCd rhymes are nDot my fort
I Ghave been trying
To geCt this haikDu just riEmght all nigAht
For youEm; alrighAt I’m tDhrough
CHORUS:
FI’m trying Dmnot to tGry too hCard
But Fyou’re hard to Gwrite down Cright
FSo I Dmpen these tGrite atteCmpts
At Fhaikus for Gyou toniCght
SOLO:
    G    C    Dx2
LGah dah dee diddum
Lah daCh dee doDom doo dittoG  
DuCm doo lah dDee doh
      GN.C.
There, that’s sufficient
I wrotCe a haikDu for youEm  
Well I tried Aat least, and that’s noEmt so bad
I’m workiAng here; can thaDt be said for you
CHORUS:
FI’m trying Dmnot to tGry too hCard
But Fyou’re hard to Gwrite down Cright
FSo I Dmpen these tGrite atteCmpts
At Fhaikus for Gyou tonCightD#dim  
FWords don’t wDmork like WGebster sCays
They tFrip me Gup all niCght
FI’m just tDmrying to wGrite for yCou
But yFou’re hard to wGrite down rCight

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Haiku

by Tally Hall

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Chords in this song · guitar

D#dim

I have been trying

C D G

To write a haiku for you

C D

Some things I just can’t do

G C

Maybe you’re beyond

D G

Ancient Asian poetry

C D

Or maybe it’s just me

I have been trying

C D Em A

To get this haiku just right all night

Em A D

For you; alright I’m through

Maybe this poem

C D G

Was lost in the sauce we spilled

C D

That never got refilled

I’ve never thought much

C D G

Of formulaic verse anyway

C D

And rhymes are not my fort

I have been trying

C D Em A

To get this haiku just right all night

Em A D

For you; alright I’m through

CHORUS:

F Dm G C

I’m trying not to try too hard

F G C

But you’re hard to write down right

F Dm G C

So I pen these trite attempts

F G C

At haikus for you tonight

SOLO:

G C D

Lah dah dee diddum

C D G

Lah dah dee doom doo ditto

C D

Dum doo lah dee doh

N.C.

There, that’s sufficient

C D Em

I wrote a haiku for you

A Em

Well I tried at least, and that’s not so bad

A D

I’m working here; can that be said for you

CHORUS:

F Dm G C

I’m trying not to try too hard

F G C

But you’re hard to write down right

F Dm G C

So I pen these trite attempts

F G C D#dim

At haikus for you tonight

F Dm G C

Words don’t work like Webster says

F G C

They trip me up all night

F Dm G C

I’m just trying to write for you

F G C

But you’re hard to write down right

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