Frank Turner - Poetry Of The Deed

frank turner : poetry of the deed

G chord in intro and chorus :

E – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
B – 0 – 1 – 1 – 0 – 0 – 1 – 1 – 0 – 0 – 1 – 0 – 1 – 3 – 3 – 3 –
G – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 –
D – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 –
A – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 –
D – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 –

G Em C
G Em F C

G Am Em
they’re coming out of the walls , they’re coming up through the streets ,
F C
they’re quicksilver wracked by some invisible beat .
G Am Em
right outside of your door the very stones come alive .
F C Am
they are the spring in the step , the distant look in the eyes .

F Am
put your baudelaire away
F G
and come outside and play .

Em C G
me and all my friends are poets of the deed ,
Em C G
we’re exactly what this country needs .
Em C G
we scratch until we’re drunk , we drink until we bleed .
Em F C
we are what we believe .

G Am Em
pentameter in attack , iambic pulse in the veins ,
F C
free verse powered of the street light mains ,
G Am Em
an iliad played out without a shadow of doubt
F C Am
between the end of the club and the sun coming out .
F Am
leave kerouac at his desk ,
F G
we have romance in our risks .

Em C G
me and all my friends are poets of the deed ,
Em C G
we’re exactly what this country needs .
Em C G
we scratch until we’re drunk , we drink until we bleed .

and heres what we believe .

Em C
before we get bored , let’s be inspired ,
Em C
let’s ignore the applause and set the theatre on fire ,
Em C
fight every war like the drunks in the choir ,
Am D
put our art where our mouths are : poetry of the deed .
C C/B Am
enough with words and technical theses ,

C C/B Am
let’s grab life by the throat and live it to pieces .

C C/B Am
we can choose , we can change ,
G D
and if we don’t , we’re just afraid of living life
C C/B
like we’re loved and in love and alive
Am
to all the things we could be if we just believed that

G C D/F#
life is too short to be lived without poetry .
Bm D
if you’ve got soul darling now come on and show it me .
G C D/F#
but life is too long to just sing the one song ,
Bm D C
so we’ll burn like a beacon and then we’ll be gone