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
Start Jamming...
[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#]
[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#]
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_ [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
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_ [C#] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [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 _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
When I pay my masterpiece _ _ _ _ _
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_ [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 _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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When I pay my masterpiece _ _ _ _ _
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