John Otway – Poetry And Jazz chords
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[Intro] D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D D5/A Dsus4 D Dsus4 D D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D D5/A Dsus4 D Dsus4 D D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D D5/A Dsus4 D Dsus4 D D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D D5/A Dsus4 D Dsus4 D D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D D5/A Dsus4 D Dsus4 D D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D D5/A Dsus4 D Dsus4 D D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D D5/A Dsus4 D Dsus4 D D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D D5/A Dsus4 D Dsus4 D [Verse 1]D AShe said it’s hard for me to explain to you the brightness of the light,DI can still remember when my life was like thatA DA real and painless beauty I remember as a kid, when I thought that I knew everything, and in a way I didD G F#m A D G F#m AShe was a virgin then, a child in a million, with deep round hazel eyes of blazing intuitionD G F#m AShe called me over to her side and said will you please listenD G F#m AI want to show you something, something I’ve just writtenG G F#m DAnd I’m calling it Poetry And Jazz[Verse 2]D A DShe watched her happy family turn to a broken home, her father left with someone else, her mother on her ownA DHer fourteenth birthday her mother spent in tears, she celebrated on her own her adolescent yearsD G F#m A D G F#m AIt was hell then, caught in the crossfire of an emotional triangle she couldn’t keep togetherD G F#m AI held her softly and she sobbed upon my shoulderD G F#m ASaying as you are the closest thing that I’ve got to a brotherG G F#m DExplain to me, why is life so sad[Verse 3]D A DSixteen was better, cause sixteen was boys, makeup, parties, alcohol and clothesA DAnd saying to your boyfriend, come on get out of bed, its 3 o’clock in the afternoon, my mother’s coming backD G F#m A D G F#m AAnd she smiled then, her eyes filled with laughter, she didn’t know if it was love but it didn’t really matterD G F#m AShe called me on the phone and said get this big brotherD G F#m AI’ve just got rid of one boyfriend and got myself anotherG G F#m DAnd listen, this one drives a Jag[Verse 4]D A DShe left school and boyfriend for university, three years of study for an arts degreeA DHer clothes were outrageous, her hair was many colours, her work was radical and so were her ideasD G F#m A D G F#m AShe said this is brilliant, this place is heaven – on a score of 1 to 10 I’d give this place 11D G F#m A D G F#m AIt kicks you up the arse and it fires you with ambition, I often used to feel as if my life was just a prisonG G F#m DNow I realise it isn’t quite that bad[Verse 5]D A DI was invited to an exhibition a little while ago to an art gallery in Paris where she has a studioA DShe looked sophisticated, she was wearing a bronze tan, and she’d sold all her work for some outrageous sumD G F#m AAnd I looked at her and I started laughingD G F#m AI said you’re supposed to be an artist, you’re supposed to be sufferingD G F#m AAnd she just smiled back and she pointed to this pictureD G F#m AOf a young girl around which she’d written out this poemG G F#m DShe’d shown me once, Poetry And Jazz[Verse 6]D A DMy name is Angela, I am 12 years old, I’ve given up on working hard and doing as I’m toldA DI see a child psychologist who’s spotted in my head a recipe for delinquency or something just as badD G F#m A D G F#m AAnd I’ll fight for my independence, I see the world in another way to my teacher and my parentsD G F#m A D G F#m AMy priorities are different and my life is not as aimless, I am not disruptive, I am not dangerousG G F#m DI've rhythm and purpose, like Poetry and Jazz[Verse 7]D AShe said it’s hard for me to explain to you the brightness of the light,DI can still remember when my life was like thatA DA real and painless beauty I remember as a kid when I thought that I knew everything, and in a way I did[Riff] D Ae|-------0---0-2---2-3-2-0----|B|-3---3-----------------3----|G|---2-----2-----2-------3----|D|-----------------------3----|A|----------------------------|E|----------------------------|