Bastille – Poet (Guitar)

Capo 4
Key
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Versions (3)

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Chords

By Bastille [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