Intro:

Cmaj7           C
Cadd9           C       Cmaj7

Main Chords:

Em      G       D       C
Em      G       C       D       (2x)

Em                       G
How do you keep up with your thoughts
D                                  C
When they run through you like a train
Em                G
How do you catch them
C                        D
Slow them down again
C           D
I tried to reach you
G                                  D
But you would not come down
G                Am      C
You always fail in honesty
G                Am            C
You always turn things around
G    Am      C    Em    D
Dumb      poet,  dumb poet

Em                       G
Come on give me an answer
D                      C
Let’s frame it on the wall
Em                                 G
Let’s all stand back and admire it
C            D
Never let it fall
C                          D
That thin thread of hope
G                              D
Is sometimes all that we have
G                Am           C
So give me back my innocence
G            Am   C
That’s all I ever had
G    Am      C    Em    D
Dumb      poet,  dumb poet

Em               G
I won’t kiss your tears
D                 C
Or keep you here with me
Em             G
I will never falter
C             D
I will be outside
C               D
I will make this promise
G                  D
I will never come down
G                Am       C
If looks could kill, I’m ten times dead
G                 Am                C
But there’s no time for that now
G    Am      C    Em    D
Dumb      poet,  dumb poet  (repeat 4x)
Cadd9
That’s all I’ll ever be