Sara Bareilles - Poetry by Dead Men Chords

[i̇ntro]
G  A  Bm  G
G  A  Bm  G

[verse 1]
G              A
 By the time you hear this,
 Bm               G
I'll be in the rearview mirror
G                A
 I'll even wear that green
          Bm               G
dress you like so when I disappear
G                   A
 You can turn around, one last
  Bm                A
look at the girl you lost and the time
G                  A
 You took to make up your mind
Bm             G
 between the two roads
G                 A
 Go and take some more time,
  Bm                G
but me and mine must go

[pre-chorus]
G                     A
I tried to wait it out, no more
     Bm                  A
Can't find the man I was waiting for

[chorus]
G                             A
I wanted to be your girl in a white T-shirt
     D        G
Over coffee, stirring in the cinnamon
G          A      Bm         D
While you read me poetry by dead men
G
I wanted to be your girl
          A                D
with your hands on my skin
G
Stirring in the cinnamon
G          A      Bm    D     G    A
While you read me poetry by dead men
 Bm                A
(While you read me poetry by dead men)
 G                A          Bm    A
While you read me poetry by dead men

[verse 2]
G               A
By the time you hear this,
    Bm                  G
who knows where I might be
G                      A
Singing 'bout another near-miss
    Bm             G
love that ended incomplete
G                A
I was ready, but you weren't
    Bm                                D
So jump with your net from this bridge you burned
G
I wanted to tell you things
 D
All the secrets I've been keeping
G
I saw it in front of me,
A
 but then you just kept disappearing

[pre-chorus]
G             A
a good dream, almost
Bm         A
Now I tell your ghost

[chorus]
G                             A
I wanted to be your girl in a white T-shirt
     D        G
Over coffee, stirring in the cinnamon
G          A      Bm         D
While you read me poetry by dead men
G
I wanted to be your girl
          A                D
with your hands on my skin
G
Stirring in the cinnamon
G          A      Bm    D     G    A
While you read me poetry by dead men
 Bm                A
(While you read me poetry by dead men)
 G                A          Bm   A
While you read me poetry by dead men

[bridge]
A                               G
Line after line, the words just live to remind
    D          A
The two of us, what we could have been
 G             D
Poetry by dead men
A                            G
Fire from ember, how could I make you remember?
       Em
With a turn of a phrase,
          D           G
would you turn to me if I say
  D                     G
I still want to be your girl?

[chorus]
        D                G
I still want to be your girl in a white T-shirt
             G
Over coffee, stirring in the cinnamon
 G          A        Bm       D
While you read me poetry by dead men
G
I wanted to be your girl
           A              D
with your hands on my skin
G
Stirring in the cinnamon
G        A       D          G    A
While you read me poetry by dead men
  Bm                A
(While you read me poetry by dead men)
  G                 A       Bm    A
While you read me poetry by dead men