CAPO: 4th Fret
INTRO: Em7 C B7 Em G
I wrote to you some[Am]where in South Australia
A [F]poet's heart in the [C]eye of a hurri[G]cane
I struggle with finding words to [Am]sing these days, I said
As [C]if my thoughts are waiting in the [B7]wings for the stage to c[Em]lear[G]
CHORUS:
And you in your elegance and [Am]humour fill the room
Your [Em]love and your con[D]cern
Your [C]anger at the injustice of [B7]man's narrowness and [C]fear
I [D]thank you for [Em7]being here [G]
You wrote of love from the [Am]coast of Mendocino
A [F]poet's heart [C]crying a fighter's [G]tears
The children of your body spread [Am]out across this earth
Like [C]messages written across [B7]time measuring the [Em]years[G]
CHORUS:
You in your elegance and [Am]humour fill the room
Your [Em]love and your con[D]cern
Your [C]anger at the injustice of [B7]man's narrowness and [C]fear
I [D]thank you for [Em7]being here[G]
I heard your songs reach [Am]out to California
A [F]poet's heart [C]locked in the Coeur d'A[G]lene
Of the old men and the booze, singing [Am]out the truth in lives
Of for[C]giveness and loyalties to [B7]friends
Constant as the endless railroad [Em]ties[G]
CHORUS:
You in your elegance and [Am]humour fill the room
Your [Em]love and your con[D]cern
Your [C]anger at the injustice of [B7]man's narrowness and [C]fear
I [D]thank you for [Em7]being here[G]
INSTRUMENTAL: Am F C G Am C B7 Em G
So here we are joined [Am]finally by our words
[F]All poets' hearts [C]close though far a[G]part
I remember how you said that [Am]language is a knife
That [C]spreads what we feel across the [B7]dry crust of someone's [Em]heart
CHORUS:
[G]You in your elegance and [Am]humour fill the room
Your [Em]love and your con[D]cern
Your [C]anger at the injustice of [B7]man's narrowness and [C]fear
I [D]thank you for [Em7]being here
INTRO: Em7 C B7 Em G
I wrote to you some[Am]where in South Australia
A [F]poet's heart in the [C]eye of a hurri[G]cane
I struggle with finding words to [Am]sing these days, I said
As [C]if my thoughts are waiting in the [B7]wings for the stage to c[Em]lear[G]
CHORUS:
And you in your elegance and [Am]humour fill the room
Your [Em]love and your con[D]cern
Your [C]anger at the injustice of [B7]man's narrowness and [C]fear
I [D]thank you for [Em7]being here [G]
You wrote of love from the [Am]coast of Mendocino
A [F]poet's heart [C]crying a fighter's [G]tears
The children of your body spread [Am]out across this earth
Like [C]messages written across [B7]time measuring the [Em]years[G]
CHORUS:
You in your elegance and [Am]humour fill the room
Your [Em]love and your con[D]cern
Your [C]anger at the injustice of [B7]man's narrowness and [C]fear
I [D]thank you for [Em7]being here[G]
I heard your songs reach [Am]out to California
A [F]poet's heart [C]locked in the Coeur d'A[G]lene
Of the old men and the booze, singing [Am]out the truth in lives
Of for[C]giveness and loyalties to [B7]friends
Constant as the endless railroad [Em]ties[G]
CHORUS:
You in your elegance and [Am]humour fill the room
Your [Em]love and your con[D]cern
Your [C]anger at the injustice of [B7]man's narrowness and [C]fear
I [D]thank you for [Em7]being here[G]
INSTRUMENTAL: Am F C G Am C B7 Em G
So here we are joined [Am]finally by our words
[F]All poets' hearts [C]close though far a[G]part
I remember how you said that [Am]language is a knife
That [C]spreads what we feel across the [B7]dry crust of someone's [Em]heart
CHORUS:
[G]You in your elegance and [Am]humour fill the room
Your [Em]love and your con[D]cern
Your [C]anger at the injustice of [B7]man's narrowness and [C]fear
I [D]thank you for [Em7]being here
