Poet By Bastille Capo 4 Intro (whistling): C G Em D/F# C G Em D/F# Obsession it takes control, C G Em D/F# Obsession it eats me whole, Em D/F# G I can't say the words out loud, Em D/F# G So in a rhyme I wrote you down, C D G Now you'll live through the ages, C D G I can feel your pulse in the pages. C G D/F# Whoa, whoa–oa C G I have written you down, Em D Now you will live forever, C G And all the world will read you, Em D And you will live forever, C Em In eyes not yet created, C G On tongues that are not born, C G I have written you down, Em D Now you will live forever. Whistling: C G Em D/F# C G Em D/F# Your body lies upon the sheets, C G Em D/F# Of paper and words so sweet, Em D/F# G I can't say the words, Em D/F# G So I wrote you into my verse, C D G Now you'll live through the ages, C D G I can feel your pulse in the pages. C G D/F# Whoa, whoa–oa C G I have written you down, Em D Now you will live forever, C G And all the world will read you, Em D And you will live forever, C Em In eyes not yet created, C G On tongues that are not born, C G I have written you down, Em D Now you will live forever. C I have read her with these eyes, Em I've read her with these eyes, G D/F# I have held her in these hands. C G I have written you down, Em D Now you will live forever, C G The virtues in the verse, Em D And you will live forever, C G I have written you down, Em D Now you will live forever, C G And all the world will read you, Em D And you will live forever, C Em In eyes not yet created, C G On tongues that are not born, C G I have written you down, Em D Now you will live forever. Outro (whistling): C G Em D/#F (G) You will live forever
