Chris Whitley & Jeff Lang (When I paint my masterpiece) Chords

Tempo:
132.25 bpm
Chords used:

F#

C#

G#

B

F#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Chris Whitley & Jeff Lang (When I paint my masterpiece) chords
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[C#]
[E] [F#]
[Am] [C#]
[C#] [F#]
[C#]
[Am] All the streets of [G#] Rome [F#]
filled [C#] with [E] rubble [F#] Ancient [C#] footprints are [F#] everywhere
Well you could almost think that you're seeing double
[F#m]
[C#] On a cold [D#] dark night on a [C#] [F#] strange stair
[B] Got to hurry home and my, my hotel room
[F#]
[B] Well I got me a date with Botticelli's niece
[A]
[F#] She promised that she'd be right there with me
And [C#] I paid my [A] [F#] masterpiece
Well [F#m]
[A#m] all the hours that I [F#] spent inside the Colosseum
[G#] Dodging lions and wasting [F#] time
All [D#m]
[F#] them mighty kings of the jungle I could hardly stand to see them
[G#] Well I see [C#] Shaw has been a long [F#] hard climb
[C#m] [B] Three wheels run right through the back [F#] of my memory
And [B] I ran down a hilltop followed by a [F#] pack of wild geese
[F#m]
[F#] Someday [F#] everything is gonna be smooth like a rhapsody
When I [C#] pay my [F#] masterpiece
[C#m]
[D#] [F#]
[C#] [G#]
[F#]
[F#m] Well [F#] [F#]
[C#] [C#m]
[F#]
I left Rome and landed in Brussels
[A#] I ain't [C#] playing right, so [G#] bumpy I [A] almost [F#] cried
Clergymen in uniform, young girls pulling muscle
[F#]
[C#] Well everyone was [G#] there but me when I [F#m] stepped inside
[B] Newspaper men [F#] were eating candy
I
[C#] [B] had to be held down by the [F#] police
Well someday everything is gonna be different
[F#] When I [C#] pay [G#] my [F#] masterpiece
[G#]
[F#]
[D#m] [A#m]
[B] [C#]
[F#] [C#m] [F#]
[F#]
[E] [F#]
[Am]
When I pay my masterpiece
[D] [C#]
[F#]
[F#] [C#]
Key:  
F#
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C#
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G#
134211114
B
12341112
F#m
123111112
F#
134211112
C#
12341114
G#
134211114
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To jam and learn Chris Whitley, Jeff Lang - When I Paint My Masterpiece chords, your primary focus should be mastering these chords sequence: F#, C#, F#, A, F#, B, F# and B. A good strategy is to initiate at 66 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 133 BPM. Set the capo considering your vocal range and favored chords, aligned with the key: F# Major.

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_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [Am] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] All the streets of [G#] Rome [F#] _ _ _
filled [C#] with [E] rubble _ [F#] Ancient _ _ [C#] _ footprints _ are [F#] everywhere
Well _ _ _ you _ could _ almost think that you're seeing double
[F#m] _ _ _ _
[C#] On a cold [D#] dark night on a [C#] [F#] strange stair _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] Got to hurry home and my, my hotel room
[F#] _ _ _
[B] Well I got me a date with _ _ Botticelli's niece
_ _ [A] _ _ _
[F#] She promised that she'd be right there with me _ _ _
And [C#] I paid _ _ _ my [A] _ [F#] masterpiece _ _ _ _ _
Well _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[A#m] all the hours that I [F#] spent inside the Colosseum _ _ _ _ _
[G#] Dodging _ lions _ and wasting [F#] time
_ All _ [D#m] _
[F#] them mighty kings of the jungle I could hardly stand to see them _ _
[G#] Well I see [C#] Shaw has been a long [F#] hard _ climb _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ [B] Three wheels run right through the back [F#] of my _ memory _ _ _
And [B] I ran down a hilltop followed by a [F#] pack of wild geese
_ [F#m] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ Someday _ [F#] everything is gonna be smooth like a rhapsody
When I [C#] pay _ _ my _ [F#] masterpiece
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ [D#] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ Well _ [F#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
I left Rome _ and _ landed in Brussels
_ [A#] I ain't [C#] playing right, so [G#] bumpy I [A] almost [F#] cried _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Clergymen in uniform, young girls pulling muscle
_ [F#] _ _
[C#] Well everyone was [G#] there but me when I [F#m] stepped inside _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ Newspaper men _ [F#] were eating candy
I _ _ _ _
[C#] _ [B] had to be held down by the _ [F#] police _ _ _ _ _
Well someday _ _ everything is gonna be different
_ [F#] _ When I [C#] pay _ [G#] _ my [F#] masterpiece _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ [A#m] _ _
[B] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
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_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
When I pay my masterpiece _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C#] _
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_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _
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It's Bob Dylan who authored this song.

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