Poetry By Dead Men

G              A             Bm               G
By the time you hear this, I'll be in the rearview mirror
G                A                   Bm               G
I'll even wear that green dress you like so when I disappear
G                   A            Bm                A
You can turn around, one last look at the girl you lost and the time
G                  A          Bm             G
You took to make up your mind between the two roads
G                 A            Bm                G
Go and take some more time, 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                                  A                D
I wanted to be your girl 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              Bm                  G
By the time you hear this, who knows where I might be
G                      A            Bm             G
Singing 'bout another near-miss 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                       A                                  D
I saw it in front of me, 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                                  A                D
I wanted to be your girl 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               D           G
With a turn of a phrase, 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                                   A              D
I wanted to be your girl 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