Paint By Numbers Chords by Al Stewart

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[F] _ _ [Am] When all the help in the world won't get you by
[F] _ _ [A] When all the [F] friends that you lean on [C] let you down
You [E] wonder why
I see you [F] there with your painting [Am] box
And your artists and [F] brushes and your artist's [C] marks
What will you do when the muse gets [A] lost when I'm gone
[F] You _ [Am] _ _
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_ _ [F] _ _ [A] painted [F] me in the way you [Am] said you knew
I _ don't [F] believe that I saw [C] myself in anything [E] you drew
_ [Am] I say you never quite caught it right
You say you see [F] me in a different light
[C] What will you do [F] with your black and white [Am] when I'm gone
You _
_ _ [F] _ [A] paint my numbers
[G] I [F] never noticed [E] it before
You [A] paint my numbers
[G] _ [F] It's just a closing [G] of another [C] door
When you're [B] looking around
[Bb] You won't see [Am] me no more
You [F] paint my numbers
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[F] _ _ [Am] Staying here in this room just makes me pale
_ [F] _ _ [Am] I never [F] really could attend to [C] your geometry [E] scale
You measure [F] my profile out [Am] when you mix your [F] paints and I'm broken
[C] What will you do when the brush gets stuck when I'm gone
[F] You _ _ _ paint [A] my numbers
[G] I [F] never noticed [E] it before
You paint [A] my numbers
[G] _ [F] It's just a closing [G] of another [C] door
When you're [B] looking around
[Bb] You won't see [Am] me no more
You [F] paint my numbers _ _
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[F] _ _ [Am] _ [Bm] You paint my numbers _
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