[Verse 1]
D F#
It's not just that I was scared
G F# D
back then, I was scared of when
F# G
You'd finally realize
F# A
what I hide inside
F# G
A soul that has hurt and cried
D
through cheats and lies
F# G
I'm sorry dear, but that's behind
D
these longing eyes
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[Chorus] D G F# F# D G F# F# [Verse 2] D F# G Given how much time you spend F# D equating your own head F# G You really shoulda known by now F# A what it takes to love F# G For you I will bite my tongue and D hold you if you need someone F# G The poetry, it's in your head, G it's in your head
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[Chorus] F# The poetry is in your head, G though the poet's dead F# The poetry is in your head, D though the poet's dead [Verse 3] F# G Darling let's take the time F# D to evolve past F# These nervous laughs, be G F# A comfortable through our silences F# G Like a scientist with F# D his experiments F# G Just waiting on reactions D on reactions D G F# F# D G F# F# [Verse 4] D F# G Like all of us socialists, D born to hope, raised to fail F# G Like all of us socialists, F# A born to hope, raised to fail F# G I'll dress up in my western wear, D you'll dress like you don't care F# G The poetry, it's in your head, G it's in your head
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[Chorus]
F#
The poetry is in your head,
G
though the poet's dead
F#
The poetry is in your head,
A
though the poet's dead
G
The poetry is in your head,
D
though the poet's dead
F# G
The poetry is in your head.
It's in your
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[Verse 5] D It's not just that I was F# G scared back then, F# D I was scared of when F# G You'd finally realize what F# D I hide inside F# G I'll dress up in my western wear, F# D you'll dress like you don't care F# G The poetry, it's in your head, G it's in your head [Outro] F# The poetry is in your head, G though the poet's dead F# The poetry is in your head, A though the poet's dead G The poetry is in your head, D though the poet's dead F# G The poetry is in your head. D It's in your head G F# The poetry is in your head, D though the poet's dead G F# The poetry is in your head, D though the poet's dead G F# The poetry is in your head, D though the poet's dead G F# The poetry is in your head, D though the poet's dead
