Verse 

G                           D 
Edgar Allan had his talent, but he'll never know 
   C                  D               G 
a way to describe the beauty of you though. 
    G                                      D 
And William Shakespeare had no great fear, when it came to words 
        C              D                   G 
but he had nothing to match that smile of yours. 


[Refrão]
 
            C     Em                         D       C 
If I could find a way, to describe what you meant to me 
                   G                                C 
I'd be better than Shakespeare, I'd be better than Chaucer 
                   C       D                     G 
I'd be better than Hemingway, I'd be better than Poe. 
                           G                  C 
Cuz you are brighter than sunlight, drifting through the waves 
     C               D 
Projecting rays of gold. 
                     G                              C 
You are better than those, but you are better than prose, 
                     C     D                       G 
You are better than Hemingway, you are better than Poe. 

Verse 
G                                D 
Geoffrey Chaucer had a heart for pilgrims on the road 
         C               D                G 
but for you there is no telling where I'd go. 
     G                           D 
and Hemingway found inspiration sailing out to sea 
          C             D                G 
but there is no better muse than you for me. 

            C     Em                         D       C 
If I could find a way, to describe what you meant to me 
                   G                                C 
I'd be better than Shakespeare, I'd be better than Chaucer 
                   C       D                     G 
I'd be better than Hemingway, I'd be better than Poe. 
                           G                  C 
Cuz you are brighter than sunlight, drifting through the waves 
     C               D 
Projecting rays of gold. 
                     G                              C 
You are better than those, but you are better than prose, 
                     C     D                       G 
You are better than Hemingway, you are better than Poe. 


[Refrão]

              C     Em                         D       C 
But I cannot find a way, to describe what you meant to me 
                            G                                     C 
Don't have the words to be Shakespeare, don't have the time to be Chaucer 
                    C     D                          G 
I'm too boring for Hemingway, can't hold a candle to Poe. 
                                 G                 C 
But you're still brighter than sunlight, drifting through the waves 
     C              D 
projecting rays of gold. 
                    G                               C 
You are better than those, but you are better than prose. 
                     C      D                       G 
You are better than Hemingway, you are better than Poe.