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Dumb Poet

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Eminor

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Tabbed by:	Phillip C. Hayes		[email protected]
guitar player, in that it helps teach moving from one chord to another especially on
Chorus, instead of those drab CD guitar lessons that have you playing one chord for 80 
Intro:
Cmaj7  C
Cadd9  C Cmaj7
Main Chords:
Em G D C
	Em  	G  	C  	D(2x)
EmHow do you keGep up with your thoughts
DWhen theCy run through you like a train
EmHow do you caGtch them
CSlow them down agaiDn
CI trieDd to reach you
GBut you would not come Ddown
GYou always Amfail in Chonesty
GYou always Amturn things arCound
GDumb      AmpoeCt,  Emdumb pDoet
EmCome on give Gme an answer
DLet’s framCe it on the wall
EmLet’s all stand back and admirGe it
CNever lDet it fall
CThat thin thread of hDope
GIs sometimes all tDhat we have
GSo give me Amback my innocCence
GThat’s Amall I Cever had
GDumb      AmpoeCt,  Emdumb pDoet
EmI wonG’t kiss your tears
DOr keep you Chere with me
EmI will nevGer falter
CI will bDe outside
CI wDill make this promise
GI will Dnever come down
GIf looks coAmuld kill, CI’m ten times dead
GBut there’s Amno time for that nCow
GDumb      AmpoeCt,  Emdumb pDoet  (repeat 4x)
Cadd9That’s all I’ll ever be
(intro chords to the end)

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Dumb Poet

by Immaculate Fools

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cmaj7

Cadd9

Tabbed by: Phillip C. Hayes [email protected]

guitar player, in that it helps teach moving from one chord to another especially on

Chorus, instead of those drab CD guitar lessons that have you playing one chord for 80

Intro:

Cmaj7 C

Cadd9 C Cmaj7

Main Chords:

Em G D C

Em G C D

(2x)

Em G

How do you keep up with your thoughts

D C

When they run through you like a train

Em G

How do you catch them

C D

Slow them down again

C D

I tried to reach you

G D

But you would not come down

G Am C

You always fail in honesty

G Am C

You always turn things around

G Am C Em D

Dumb poet, dumb poet

Em G

Come on give me an answer

D C

Let’s frame it on the wall

Em G

Let’s all stand back and admire it

C D

Never let it fall

C D

That thin thread of hope

G D

Is sometimes all that we have

G Am C

So give me back my innocence

G Am C

That’s all I ever had

G Am C Em D

Dumb poet, dumb poet

Em G

I won’t kiss your tears

D C

Or keep you here with me

Em G

I will never falter

C D

I will be outside

C D

I will make this promise

G D

I will never come down

G Am C

If looks could kill, I’m ten times dead

G Am C

But there’s no time for that now

G Am C Em D

Dumb poet, dumb poet (repeat 4x)

Cadd9

That’s all I’ll ever be

(intro chords to the end)

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