Sara Bareilles - Poetry by dead men

^Gsus2... ..^Asus4. ... ^D/F#hoooo^Gsus2h ... [Verse 1] ^Gsus2By the time you ^Asus4hear this, I'll ^D/F#be in the rearview ^Gsus2mirror ^Gsus2I'll even wear that ^Asus4green dress you like ^D/F#so when I disap^Gsus2pear ^Gadd9You can turn around,^Aadd4 one last ^Bmadd9look at the girl you ^A/C#lost in the ^D/F#time you ^Gsus2took To make up ^Asus4your mind^D/F# between the two ^Gsus2roads ^Gsus2Go and take some ^Asus4more time, but ^D/F#me and mine must ^Gsus2go

^Gadd9I tried to wait it out^Aadd4, no more ^Bm9Can't find the man I was ^A/C#waiting ^D/F#for ^Gsus2

^Gsus2I wanted to be your girl in a ^Asus4white T-shirt Over ^D/F#coffee, ^Gsus2stirring in the cinnamon ^GWhile you ^Aread me ^Bmpoetry by ^D/F#dead men ^{Gsus2 Gsus2}I wanted to be your girl with your ^A7hands on my ^D/F#skin ^Gsus2Stirring in the cinnamon ^GWhile you ^Aread me ^Bmpoetry ^D/F# by ^Gsus2dead m^Asus4en (^D/F#While you read me ^Gsus2poetry by dead men) ^Gsus2While you read me ^Asus4poetry by ^D/F#dead ^Gsus2men

^Gsus2By the time you ^Asus4hear this, ^D/F#who knows where I might ^Gsus2be ^Gsus2Singing 'bout another ^Asus4near-miss ^D/F#love that ended incom^Gsus2plete ^Gadd9I was ready, but^Aadd4 you weren't So ^Bm9jump with your net from this ^A/C#bridge you ^D/F#burned ^{Gsus2 G}I wanted to tell you things ^D/F#All the secrets I've been keeping ^GI saw it in front of me,^Aadd4 but then you just kept disap^D/F#pearing ^G

^Gadd9A good dream,^A almost ^BmNow I tell^A/C# your ^D/F#ghost ^Gsus2

^GI wanted to be your girl in a ^Awhite T-shirt Over ^D/F#coffee, ^Gstirring in the cinnamon ^GWhile you ^Aread me ^Bmpoetry by ^D/F#dead men ^{G G}I wanted to be your girl with your ^A7hands on my ^D/F#skin ^GStirring in the cinnamon ^GWhile you ^Aread me ^Bmpoetry ^D/F# by ^Gsus2dead m^Asus4en (^D/F#While you read me ^Gsus2poetry by dead men) ^Gsus2While you read me ^Asus4poetry by ^D/F#dead ^Gsus2men

^ALine after line, the words just ^Glive to remind The two of us ^Asaw what we could have been ^GPoetry by dead men ^AFire from ember, how could I ^Gmake you remember? With a ^Emturn of a phrase^D/F#, would you ^Gturn to me if I say I ^F#mstill want to be your ^Ggirl?

I still ^F#mwant to be your ^Ggirl in a white T-shirt Over coffee, ^Gsus2stirring in the cinnamon ^GWhile you ^Aread me ^Bmpoetry by ^D/F#dead men ^{G G}I wanted to be your girl with your ^A7hands on my ^D/F#skin ^GStirring in the cinnamon ^GWhile you ^Aread me ^Bmpoetry ^D/F# by ^Gsus2dead m^Asus4en (^D/F#While you read me ^Gsus2poetry by dead men) ^Gsus2While you read me ^Asus4poetry by ^D/F#dead ^Gsus2men