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Haiku

Key: C

Introduction:

difficulty
very easy |||||
   G 
I have been trying
             C         D                       G 
To write a haiku for you
       C                       D 
Some things I just can't do
   G                                     C 
Maybe you're beyond
                   D                     G 
Ancient asian poetry
   C             D 
Or maybe it's just me
   G 
I have been trying
           C                   D               Em                 A 
To get this haiku just right all night
               Em           A           D 
For you  alright I'm through
   G 
Maybe this poem
                 C                     D                       G 
Was lost in the sauce we spilled
       C               D 
That never got refilled
   G 
I've never thought much
                 C           D                   G 
Of formulaic verse anyway
     C                         D 
And rhymes are not my forte
   G 
I have been trying
           C                   D               Em                 A 
To get this haiku just right all night
               Em           A           D 
For you  alright I'm through
 F                   Dm           G             C 
I'm trying not to try too hard
         F                           G                   C 
But you're hard to write down right
 F       Dm                 G               C 
So I pen these tried attempts
       F                   G           Am       D 
At haikus for you tonight

   G 
Lah dah dee diddum
             C             D                       G 
Lah dah dee doom doo ditto
     C                   D 
Dum doo lah dee doh
   G 
There, that's sufficient
             C             D               Em 
I wrote a haiku for you
                         A                                             Em 
Well I tried at least, and that's not so bad
                   A                             D 
I'm working here  can that be said for you
 F                   Dm           G             C 
I'm trying not to try too hard
         F                           G                   C 
But you're hard to write down right
 F       Dm                 G               C 
So I pen these tried attempts
       F                   G           Am       D 
At haikus for you tonight
 F                       Dm               G             C 
Words don't work like Webster says
             F           G               C 
They trip me up all night
 F                 Dm               G                 C 
I'm just trying to write for you
           F                           G                   C 
But you're hard to write down right