To A Poet

CHORDU 0K. [Intro]D Am G D

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[Verse 1]

Am Em

And you said, "Don't give me nothing

Am Em

you don't want to lose"

Am Em

I said, "Darling, I'll give you everything I got

Am Em

if I want them to choose"

Am Em

Then I got on a plane and flew

Am Em

far away from you

Am Em

Though unwillingly I left

Am Em

and it was so, so hard to do

F C Em

The streets here at home had rapidly filled up

Am

with the whitest of snow

F C

And they don't make no excuse for themselves

Em Am

and there's no need, I know

[Chorus]

F C

Now I miss you more than I can take

G F

and I will surely break

F C

And every morning that I wake

G F

oh, there is this ache

Am Em

There's nothing more to it,

F G C

I just get through it

Am Em

Oh, there's nothing more to it

F G C

I just get through it

[Verse 2]

Am Em

It always takes me by surprise

Am Em

how dark it gets this time of the year

Am Em

And how apparent it all becomes

Am Em

that you're not close, not even near

Am Em

No matter how many times I tell myself

Am Em

I have to be sincere

Am Em

I have a hard time standing up

Am Em

and facing those fears

F C

But Frank put it best when he said

Em Am

"You can't plan on the heart"

F C

Those words keep me on my feet

Em Am

when I think I might just fall apart

[Chorus]

F C

Now I miss you more than I can take

G F

and I will surely break

F C

And every morning that I wake

G F

oh, there is this ache

Am Em

There's nothing more to it,

F G C

I just get through it

Am Em

Oh, there's nothing more to it

F G C

I just get through it

Am Em

Oh, there's nothing more to it

F G C

I just get through it

[Breakdown]

D C G

And so I ask where are you now

D

just when I needed you

D C

I won't ask again

G D

Because I know there's nothing we can do

C G D

Not now, darling, you know it's true

D Am G D

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