Death Of An Unpopular Poet Chords by Jimmy Buffett

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I [F#] once [C] knew a poet [G] _ [C] _
who lived before his [D] time
_ [Gm]
He and his [C] dog, Spooner, [G] _ _ [C]
would listen while [D] he'd rhyme
_ [Em] _
_ Words to [Bm] make you happy, _ _ [Em]
words to [C] make [F] you cry
[C] _ [D] Then _ _ _ [Gm] one [A#] [Gm] day [C] the poet _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [D] suddenly [G] did die
But he left _ behind [C] a closet _ [G] _ _ [C] filled with verse [D] and rhyme
Through [G] some strange [C]
transaction, [G] one [C] was printed in the [D] _
times
_ [Em] _ And [Bm] everybody's searching [C] for the king of [F] underground
_ [C] _ [D] Well, _ _ [G] they found him down [C] in Florida [G] with [C] a [D] tombstone for a [G] crown
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Everybody [Bm] [D] knows a lie [C] from his [G] book that cost [D] $4.99
_ [C] I [G] wonder [D] if he knows his new [C] rhyme, _ [D] quite [G] this fine
_ Cause his books were all [Am] best [G]-sellers, [C] his poems were [D] turned to song
_ [G] Had his brother _ [C] on a talk show, [G] _ [C] though they never [D] got along
_ _ [Em] _
And now he's [Bm] called a mortal, _ [C] yes, he's even taught [F] in [C] school
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_ _ [G] They say he _ [C] used his talents, [G] _ _ [C] a [D] most [G] proficient tool
But he left [Bm] all [Em] of his _ [G] royalties [C] to Spooner, [Em] his [D] old hound
_ [G] Growing old [Bm] on [Em] steak and bacon [G] in [C] a doghouse ten [D] feet around
And [Em] _ _ everybody [Bm] _
wonders, [C] did he really lose [F] his [Em] mind?
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] No, he [Bm] was [Em] just a [C] poet [G] _ [C] who [D] lived before [G] his time
He [Bm] was just [C] a poet [G] _ [C] who lived _ [D] before _ [G] his time
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