| C | D | G | Gmaj7 |
| G | |
| A dreaded sunny day |
| C | |
| So I meet you at the cemetery ga | tes |
| D | Em | D | C | |
| Keats and Ye | ats are on y | our side |
| G | |
| A dreaded sunny day |
| C | |
| So I meet you at the cemetery ga | tes |
| D | Em | D | C | |
| Keats and Ye | ats are on y | our side |
| D | G | |
| While Wi | lde is on m | ine |
| G | C | |
| So we go inside and we gravely read the st | ones |
| D | |
| All those people all those li | ves |
| Em | D | C | |
| Where are they | no | w? |
| G | |
| With lo | ves, with hates |
| C | |
| And passions just like m | ine |
| They were born |
| D | |
| And then they li | ved |
| Em | D | C | |
| And then they | di | ed |
| Which seems so unfair |
| D | G | |
| And I want to c | ry |
| Bm | |
| You say: "ere t | hrice the sun hath door |
| G | |
| Salutation to the d | awn" |
| Bm | G | |
| And you c | laim these words as your o | wn |
| C | D | |
| But I | 'm well read, have h | eard them said |
| Em | C | |
| A hundred t | imes (maybe less, maybe m | ore) |
| G | |
| If you m | ust write prose and poems |
| C | |
| The words you use should be your o | wn |
| D | Em | D | C | |
| Don't plagiarise or t | ake "on | lo | an | " |
| G | |
| There's always som | eone, somwhere |
| C | |
| With a big nose, who kn | ows |
| D | |
| And who trips you up and la | ughs |
| Em | D | C | |
| When you | fa | ll |
| D | |
| Who'll trip you up and la | ugh |
| G | |
| When you f | all |
| Bm | G | |
| You say: "ere l | ong done do does d | id" |
| Bm | G | |
| W | ords which could only be your o | wn |
| C | |
| You t | hen produce the text |
| D | |
| From wh | ence was ripped |
| Em | C | |
| (some dizzy w | hore, 1 | 804) |
| G | |
| A dreaded su | nny day |
| So let's go where we're happy |
| C | |
| And I meet you at the cemetery g | ates |
| D | Em | D | C | |
| Keats and Ye | ats are on y | our side |
| G | |
| A dreaded su | nny day |
| So let's go where we're wanted |
| C | |
| And I meet you at the cemetery ga | tes |
| D | Em | D | C | |
| Keats and Ye | ats are on y | our side | - bu | t you lose |
| D | G | |
| While Wi | lde is on m | ine |