Poets Resume
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SONG: POET'S RESUME
ARTIST: TIM MCGRAW
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/ptddDitFE0Y?si=_wMrBNzjDK8HYWNm
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM
POET'S RESUME
CAPO: 2nd FRET
[Intro]
C Em F
C Em F
[Verse]
C F C
Washing dishes at a no name diner
F C
Worked his way up to line cook on the weekdays
Am G F
But his daydream's burning his dish towel he turned in
C F C
Another dead-end job on a poet's resume
[Verse]
C F C
So he followed a lover out west
F C
Where the sun sets on Pacific Palisades
Am G
When she slept with an old boyfriend
F
It tore him up to no end
C F C
Put all that pain on a poet's resume
[Chorus]
F Em
When you work in heartache you still earn those callouses
Dm7 C
Words on a napkin in dead languages
F Em
Everybody loves him but no one ever stays
Dm7
Another whiskey to unwind
C/E
Another less than perfect rhyme
F G C
Another wasted line on a poet's resume
C Em F
[Verse]
C F C
Fine line between being free and being lonely
F C
It's blood from a stone and stoned on Percocet
Am G
He don't believe in God but he's praying
F
He'll find something worth saying
C F C
In a new way no one's ever heard it said
[Chorus]
F Em
When you work in heartache you still earn those callouses
Dm7 C
Words on a napkin in dead languages
F Em
Everybody loves him but no one ever stays
Dm7
Another whiskey to unwind
C/E
Another less than perfect rhyme
F G C
Another wasted line on a poet's resume
[Break]
G Dm7
And he knows it's in his blood
C G
His blood is on the page and the page will always turn
G Dm7
That's how it goes when you're young
C G
When the only thing you're scared of is running out of words
[Instrumental}
F Em7 Dm7 C F G
[Chorus]
F Em
When you work in heartache you still earn those callouses
Dm7 C
Words on a napkin in dead languages
F Em
Everybody loves you but no one ever stays
Dm7
Another whiskey to unwind
C/E
Another less than perfect rhyme
F G
Maybe this will be the li-i-i-ine
C Em F
On a poet's resume
[Outro]
C C/E F
C C F C
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SONG: POET'S RESUME
ARTIST: TIM MCGRAW
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/ptddDitFE0Y?si=_wMrBNzjDK8HYWNm
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM
POET'S RESUME
TIM MCGRAW
CAPO: NONE
[Intro]
D F#m G
D F#m G
[Verse]
D G D
Washing dishes at a no name diner
G D
Worked his way up to line cook on the weekdays
Bm A G
But his daydream's burning his dish towel he turned in
D G D
Another dead-end job on a poet's resume
[Verse]
D G D
So he followed a lover out west
G D
Where the sun sets on Pacific Palisades
Bm A
When she slept with an old boyfriend
G
It tore him up to no end
D G D
Put all that pain on a poet's resume
[Chorus]
G F#m
When you work in heartache you still earn those callouses
Em7 D
Words on a napkin in dead languages
G F#m
Everybody loves him but no one ever stays
Em7
Another whiskey to unwind
D/F#
Another less than perfect rhyme
G A D
Another wasted line on a poet's resume
D F#m G
[Verse]
D G D
Fine line between being free and being lonely
G D
It's blood from a stone and stoned on Percocet
Bm A
He don't believe in God but he's praying
G
He'll find something worth saying
D G D
In a new way no one's ever heard it said
[Chorus]
G F#m
When you work in heartache you still earn those callouses
Em7 D
Words on a napkin in dead languages
G F#m
Everybody loves him but no one ever stays
Em7
Another whiskey to unwind
D/F#
Another less than perfect rhyme
G A D
Another wasted line on a poet's resume
[Break]
A Em7
And he knows it's in his blood
D A
His blood is on the page and the page will always turn
A Em7
That's how it goes when you're young
D A
When the only thing you're scared of is running out of words
[Instrumental}
G F#m7 Em7 D G A
[Chorus]
G F#m
When you work in heartache you still earn those callouses
Em7 D
Words on a napkin in dead languages
G F#m
Everybody loves you but no one ever stays
Em7
Another whiskey to unwind
D/F#
Another less than perfect rhyme
G A
Maybe this will be the li-i-i-ine
D F#m G
On a poet's resume
[Outro]
D D/F# G
D D G D
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