Chords for Phoebe Snow - Poetry Man - The NY Songwriters Circle

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_ Two years ago, and I can do this endlessly with my thumb
_ _ _ Queen Latifah did a cover version of this song
And I went
And I _ _ went to see her in Connecticut and she invited me up on stage to sing a duet of this with her and _
She had a teleprompter
_ And I swear to you the lyrics were on the teleprompter and it said _ _
_ Ooh yeah _ _ _ _
La la la la la
_ And I swear to you, this is really true.
I turned to Queen Latifah and I went hey, [G] _ I wrote that
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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You make me [Am] laugh _ _ _ _
[A] Cause your eyes, they light the night
They [D] look right through me
La la la la _
_ You [Am] bashful wife _ _
_ [A] You're hiding something sweet
Please give [D] it to _ [Bm] me [D] Hey _ To me
Oh talk to me some more
I'm not a fool
I'm not a fool
[G] _ You don't have to go
You're [D] the boy to [G] let
You make things [D] all right _ _ _
[A] I
_ _ _ _ Bet [D] Ooh
Hey
_ _ _ [A] Hey
_ _ _ Ooh [D] yeah _ _
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You [Am] are a jewel
_ All _ [A] I ask for is your smile
Each time I run
Love [D] _ is a jewel
La la la
_ _ _ [Gm] When I [Am] am with you _
I _ [G] have a giggling teenage crush
And I'm a salty man But hey
_ A salty man
Oh talk to me some more
You don't have to go
You're [D] the boy to let
[A] You make things all right I _
Bet Ooh [A] I _ _ _ _ _
[D] Ooh
_ _ Yeah
[A] Hey
_ _ _ _ Ooh [D] yeah _
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_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
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_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Talk _ to me some more
_ [G] You don't have to go
[D] You're the boy to let
[G] You make [D] things all _ right [A] I _ Bet
_ _ [D] Ooh Hey Ooh yeah
Yeah
_ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [D] Ooh yeah _ _
_ Ooh
So _ _ _ [Am] once again
It's _ _ _ [G] time to say
So long and so recall
_ [D] The love
[Bm] Of a life
[D] La la la la _ _
_ You're going [Am] home now _ _
_ [G] Home's that
Place somewhere you're going to _ [D] See
See your wife Yeah _ _
To see your eyes
Whoa talk to me Some more
[G] You don't have To go
[D] You're the boy to [G] let
You make things [D] all Right
_ _ _ Whoa talk to me Some more
You know you
Don't [G] have to go
Now you're [D] the boy to let [G] You make
Things all [D] right _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ Be cool
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