poet
by bastille

capo 4

intro ( whistling ) : C G Em D/F#

C G Em D/F#
obsession it takes control ,
C G Em D/F#
obsession it eats me whole ,
Em D/F# G
i can’t say the words out loud ,
Em D/F# G
so in a rhyme i wrote you down ,
C D G
now you’ll live through the ages ,
C D G
i can feel your pulse in the pages .

C G D/F#
whoa , whoa – oa

C G
i have written you down ,
Em D
now you will live forever ,
C G
and all the world will read you ,
Em D
and you will live forever ,
C Em
in eyes not yet created ,
C G
on tongues that are not born ,
C G
i have written you down ,
Em D
now you will live forever .

whistling : C G Em D/F#

C G Em D/F#
your body lies upon the sheets ,
C G Em D/F#
of paper and words so sweet ,
Em D/F# G
i can’t say the words ,
Em D/F# G
so i wrote you into my verse ,
C D G
now you’ll live through the ages ,
C D G
i can feel your pulse in the pages .

C G D/F#
whoa , whoa – oa

C G
i have written you down ,
Em D
now you will live forever ,
C G
and all the world will read you ,
Em D
and you will live forever ,
C Em
in eyes not yet created ,
C G
on tongues that are not born ,
C G
i have written you down ,
Em D
now you will live forever .

C
i have read her with these eyes ,
Em
i’ve read her with these eyes ,
G D/F#
i have held her in these hands .

C G
i have written you down ,
Em D
now you will live forever ,
C G
the virtues in the verse ,
Em D
and you will live forever ,

C G
i have written you down ,
Em D
now you will live forever ,
C G
and all the world will read you ,
Em D
and you will live forever ,
C Em
in eyes not yet created ,
C G
on tongues that are not born ,
C G
i have written you down ,
Em D
now you will live forever .

outro ( whistling ) : C G

Em D/#f ( G )
you will live forever