Poison Pen

                                   Poison Pen

                                Dave Faulkner

E                 D                 E     D
"Dear John", so begins a famous old story
"Goodbye / au-revoir / thanks for the memory."
Keep it short and sweet if you really care.

D-l-Vor-C-E can be so hurtful,
It makes public property of things that are so personal.
All the friends and family grab their share.

       E                  D
Ink is black, as black as night,
         E                      D
Black as thoughts that shun the light.
           E             D
Truth will out and maybe then
           A                G
You'll put down that poison pen.
       E   D
Poison pen.

Everyone enjoys sharing a rumour
But when it's aimed at you it loses its humour.
Sometimes words so innocent cut so deep.
Everybody keeps telling me, "talk is cheap"
Sometimes words so innocent - they cut so deep.

Black as night, as black as coal,
Black as thoughts that cast a shadow
Right across my soul.
I thought that you were my friend
Until you picked up that poison pen.

Copyright EMI Music Publishing; reprinted with kind permission.

Transcribed by Leon Troeth

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