Poetry Of The Deed

frank turner : poetry of the deed G chord in Intro and Chorus : E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - B - 0 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 0 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 1 - 3 - 3 - 3 - G - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - D - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - A - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - D - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - G Em C G Em F C G Am Em they’re coming out of the walls , they’re coming up through the streets , F C they’re quicksilver wracked by some invisible beat . G Am Em right outside of your door the very stones come alive . F C Am they are the spring in the step , the distant look in the eyes . F Am put your baudelaire away F G and come outside and play . Em C G me and all my friends are poets of the deed , Em C G we’re exactly what this country needs . Em C G we scratch until we’re drunk , we drink until we bleed . Em F C we are what we believe . G Am Em pentameter in attack , iambic pulse in the veins , F C free Verse powered of the street light mains , G Am Em an iliad played out without a shadow of doubt F C Am between the end of the club and the sun coming out . F Am leave kerouac at his desk , F G we have romance in our risks . Em C G me and all my friends are poets of the deed , Em C G we’re exactly what this country needs . Em C G we scratch until we’re drunk , we drink until we bleed . and heres what we believe . Em C before we get bored , let’s be inspired , Em C let’s ignore the applause and set the theatre on fire , Em C fight every war like the drunks in the choir , Am D put our art where our mouths are : poetry of the deed . C C/B Am enough with words and technical theses , C C/B Am let’s grab life by the throat and live it to pieces . C C/B Am we can choose , we can change , G D and if we don’t , we’re just afraid of living life C C/B like we’re loved and in love and alive Am to all the things we could be if we just believed that G C D/F# life is too short to be lived without poetry . Bm D if you’ve got soul darling now come on and show it me . G C D/F# but life is too long to just sing the one song , Bm D C so we’ll burn like a beacon and then we’ll be gone