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 

 

[Refrão]
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 

Solo: 
G   Am   D (x2) 

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Lah dah dee diddum 
      C       D            G 
Lah dah dee doom doo ditto 
  C          D 
Dum doo lah dee doh 

 G           (N.C.) 
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 



[Refrão]
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