Chords for Ani Difranco / The Poet Game

Tempo:
168.25 bpm
Chords used:

C

Dm

F

Bb

Bm

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Ani Difranco / The Poet Game chords
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[F] [Bm]
[C] [Dm] [G]
[F] [Bm] [Dm]
[C] [F]
[Bm] [C] [Dm]
[Bb] [F]
[Bm] [Dm]
[Bb] [F] Down by the river, [B] junior year, [C] [Dm] walking with my girl
[F]
[Em] He came [C] upon a [Ab] place, [F] there in the tall [A] grass
Where a couple [Dm] had been [Bb] making love
[F] They left the mark of their [C] embrace
I [Bb] [Fm] said to her, [Am] looks like they had some fun
[Dm] She said to me, let's do [Bb] the same
[G] [Dm] And still I [C] taste her kisses [Dm] and her [C] freckles in [Bbm] the sun
[C] When I play, when I play [F] the poy game
[Bm] A [G]
[Dm] [Gm] [F]
[B] [C] [Dm]
[F]
young man [B] down in the hill [C] country [Dm] in the year 22
Went [G] to meet [C] his future [Dm]
[Bb] bride
[F]
She lived [G] in a rough old [C] shack [Dm] that poverty [Bb] blew through
[F] But she invited him [C]
inside
[Bb]
[Fm] She'd been cooking, [Am] ashamed and feeling sad
[Dm] She'd been holding off on him, [C] breath and [Gm] her name
[C] [Dm] But grandpa said that was the [C] best [D] gift a fella [C] [Bb] ever [G]
had
[C] He taught me to play the [F] poy game
[G] I [C] [D]
[F]
[B] [C] [Dm]
[F] had this [B] friend who drank too [Dm] much and played too [Gm] much guitar
[F]
[Bm] Yeah, we sure [G] got [Fm] along
[F]
Real [Bm] real, we rode [Am] across [Dm] this country near and far
[F]
With our letters, our [C] poems and our songs
[Bb] Yeah, but [D] these days she won't talk to [C] me
And [Db] she won't tell [Am] me why
[D] Yes, I miss her every time I say [Bb] her [Bbm] name
And [Dm] I don't know what [C] she's doing now
[Dm] But why our [C] friendship [Bb] [Bbm]
died
[D] While we [C] played, while we played [F] the poy [Bm] game
[Dm]
A
[F] [B] [Dm]
[F]
fall rain [B] was pounding [C] down [Dm] on an old New Hampshire mill
[F] And [Bm] the river was [Dm] wild and high
[Bb] [F]
Talked to her [Bm] while leaves [Am] blew down [Dm]
with a sudden [F] chill
There was wildness, there was [C] wildness in her eyes
And [Gm]
[D] we made love like we'd been [Am] waiting all our lives
For [Fm] this [Dm]
stranger's no, no [Bb] [Bbm] shame
[E]
She had to [Dm] leave [F] at dawn
[D] And with a sticky farewell [Db]
kiss
[G] [C] Left me [D] to play [F] the poy game
[B] [C]
[Dm] [Bb] [F]
[G] [F] I watched my [B] country turn [C] into [D]
a [Dm] coast to coast street mall
And [Bm] I cried [C] out in [D] a song
[C] [Dm] [F] We can do all this [Bm] in thirty [Am] years
Listen, please [C] tell me you [Dm] are
[F]
Why, why, why [C] does good change take so long?
[Ab] Why does the color of [Bb] your skin
[Am] Or who you choose to love
[Dm] Still lead to such [C] anger [Bbm] and shame?
And why [Dm] do I [C] think it's gonna help
[Dm] For me to [C] still [Bbm] dream of
[D] Playing [C]
the poy [F] game?
[G] [C]
[Dm] [E] [C] [Bb] [F]
[B] [Dm]
[C] [F]
Sirens wail [B] above the [C] [Dm] fields
Another soul [Bb] gone down
[F]
[B] Another [C] sun about [Dm] to rise
[Eb] [Bb]
[F] I've lost [C] track of my mistakes
[Dm] Like birds that fly around
[F]
And darken half [C] my [F] [C] skies
And [D] yet to all of those that I have [C] hurt
[Am] I pray you will forgive me
[Dm] I, to you, will [Bb] freely do the same
There [D] were so many [Dm] things [Am] I didn't [G] see
[Dm] With my [C] eyes turned [Bbm] inside
[Bb]
Playing [C] the poy [F] game
[B]
[Dm] I
[F] [G] [Bm]
[D] [Dm]
[F] walk out at night [G] to [C] take a leak
[E] Underneath [C] the stars
[Dm] [G]
That's the [D] life for [C] me
[F]
[Dm] There's Orion [Bm] in the Pleiades
[Dm] And I guess that must be Mars
[F] All as clear as [C] we long to be
[Bb] I've sung what I was given
[A] Some was bad, some was good
[Dm] And I never did know from where it [Bb] [Bbm] came
[Bb] And [Dm] if I had it all [Am] to do again
[Dm] I am [C] not sure [Gm] I [Db] would
[Am] play the [F] poy game
[Em] [Am] [E]
[Dm]
[F] [Bm] [D]
[Dm] [F]
[Bm] [C] [D]
[Dm] [F]
[Bm] [C] [Dm]
[Db]
[Dm]
Key:  
C
3211
Dm
2311
F
134211111
Bb
12341111
Bm
13421112
C
3211
Dm
2311
F
134211111
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[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[C] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] Down by the river, [B] junior year, [C] _ [Dm] walking with my girl
_ _ [F] _ _ _
[Em] He came [C] upon a [Ab] place, _ _ _ _ [F] there in the tall [A] grass
Where a couple [Dm] had been [Bb] making love
_ [F] _ _ _ They left the mark of their [C] _ _ embrace _
I _ [Bb] _ [Fm] _ _ said to her, [Am] looks like they had some fun
_ [Dm] She _ _ said to me, let's do [Bb] the _ _ same
_ _ [G] [Dm] And still I [C] taste her kisses [Dm] and her [C] freckles in [Bbm] the sun
_ _ _ _ [C] When I play, when I play [F] the poy game
_ [Bm] A _ [G] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
young man [B] down in the hill [C] country [Dm] in the year 22
_ _ Went _ _ [G] to meet [C] his future [Dm] _
_ [Bb] bride
_ _ _ _ [F]
She lived [G] in a rough old [C] shack [Dm] that poverty [Bb] blew through
_ _ [F] But _ she invited him [C] _
inside
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[Fm] _ She'd been cooking, _ [Am] ashamed and feeling sad
_ [Dm] She'd been holding off on him, [C] breath and [Gm] her name
_ _ _ _ [C] [Dm] But grandpa said that was the [C] best [D] gift a fella [C] _ [Bb] ever _ [G] _
had
_ _ _ [C] He taught me to play the [F] poy game
_ _ [G] I _ [C] _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] had this [B] friend who drank too [Dm] much and played too [Gm] much guitar
_ [F] _ _ _
_ [Bm] Yeah, we sure [G] got _ _ [Fm] along
_ _ _ _ [F] _
Real [Bm] real, we rode [Am] across [Dm] this country near and _ far
[F] _ _
With our letters, our [C] poems and our songs
[Bb] Yeah, but [D] these days she won't talk to [C] me
And [Db] she won't tell [Am] me why
_ [D] Yes, I miss her every time I say [Bb] her [Bbm] name
_ _ _ _ And [Dm] I don't know what [C] she's doing now
[Dm] But why our [C] friendship [Bb] _ _ [Bbm]
died
_ _ _ [D] While we [C] played, _ while we played [F] the poy _ _ _ [Bm] game
_ _ [Dm] _
A _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
fall rain [B] was pounding [C] down [Dm] on an old New Hampshire mill
_ [F] And _ _ [Bm] the river was [Dm] wild and high
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
Talked to her [Bm] while leaves [Am] blew down [Dm]
with a sudden [F] chill
_ There was _ wildness, there was _ [C] wildness in her _ eyes
And _ [Gm]
[D] we made love like we'd been [Am] waiting all our _ lives
For [Fm] this [Dm] _
_ _ stranger's no, _ no [Bb] _ [Bbm] shame
_ _ _ [E] _ _
She had to [Dm] leave [F] at dawn
[D] And with a sticky farewell [Db] _
kiss
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] Left me _ [D] to play [F] the poy game
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [C] _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
watched my [B] country turn [C] into [D]
a [Dm] coast to coast street mall _ _
And _ [Bm] I cried [C] out in [D] a song
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] We can do all this [Bm] in thirty [Am] years
Listen, please [C] tell me you [Dm] are
_ [F]
Why, _ why, why [C] does good change take so long?
_ [Ab] Why does the color of [Bb] your skin
[Am] Or who you choose to love
_ [Dm] Still lead to such [C] anger [Bbm] and _ shame?
_ _ And why [Dm] do I [C] think it's gonna help
[Dm] For me to [C] still [Bbm] dream of
_ _ _ _ [D] Playing [C] _
_ _ _ the poy [F] game?
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Dm] _ [E] _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
Sirens wail [B] above the [C] [Dm] fields
Another soul [Bb] gone down
_ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [B] Another [C] sun about [Dm] to rise
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[F] _ I've lost [C] track of my mistakes
[Dm] Like birds that fly around
_ [F] _
_ _ _ And darken half [C] my _ [F] _ [C] skies
And [D] yet to all of those that I have [C] hurt
[Am] I _ pray you will forgive me
[Dm] I, to you, will [Bb] freely do the same _ _
There [D] were so many [Dm] things [Am] I didn't [G] see
[Dm] With my [C] eyes turned [Bbm] _ inside
_ _ _ [Bb] _
Playing [C] _ _ _ the _ poy [F] game
_ _ _ [B] _
[Dm] I _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] walk out at night [G] to [C] take a leak
[E] _ Underneath [C] the _ stars
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
That's the [D] life for [C] me
[F] _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] There's Orion _ [Bm] in the Pleiades
[Dm] And I guess that must be Mars
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ All as clear as [C] _ we long to be
_ _ _ [Bb] I've sung what I was given
_ [A] Some was bad, some was good
[Dm] _ And I never did know from where it [Bb] _ [Bbm] came _
_ _ [Bb] _ And [Dm] if I had it all [Am] to do again
[Dm] I am [C] not sure _ _ [Gm] I [Db] would _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ play the _ _ _ _ _ [F] poy game
_ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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