Jimmy Buffett - Death Of An Unpopular Poet guitar tab

From: tim@ins.infonet.net (Tim Nemec)

Here's a stab at one of my favorite Buffet songs. Corrections and

suggestions are welcomed. The slash notation for those unfamiliar

with it just indicates the bass note played with the chord. For

example G/F# is a G chord with an F# bass note

Also, excuse my ignorance here - not knowing the name of the chord, but I

typical use the G which includes the 'd' note of the B string i.e.

E A D G B E

3 2 0 0 3 3

Death Of An Unpopular Poet (Jimmy Buffet)

G G/F# C G C C/B D

I once knew a poet, who lived before his time

G G/F# C G C C/B D

He and his dog Spooner, who listened while he rhymed

Em Bm C C/B F F/E D

Words to make ya happy, words to make you cry

G G/F# C G C D G C G

Then one day the poet suddenly did die

But he left behind a closet, filled with verse and rhyme

Through some strange transaction one was printed in the Times

And everybody searchin for the king of underground

Well they found him down in Florida, with a tombstone for a crown

C C/B D

And everybody knows the lines

C C/B D

From his book that costs $4.99

C C/B D

And I wonder if he knows he's doin

C G

Quite this fine

Cause his books are all best sellers, his poems were turned to songs

Had his brother on a talk show, though they never got along

And now he's called immortal, yes he's even taught in school

They say he used his talent, a most proficient tool

But he left all of his royalties, to Spooner his old hound

Growin old on steak and bacon, in a dog house 10 feet 'round

And everybody wonders, did he really lose his mind

No, he was just a poet who lived before his time.

He was just a poet who lived before his time.