Chords for Gregory Porter - Painted on Canvas - TVJazz.tv

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[Bb] [Eb] We are like children, we're painted [Bb] on canvases, [Cm] picking up shades as we go.
[Eb]
We start off with gesso, brushed on [Bb] by people we know.
[Cm] Watch your technique as [Eb] you go.
[Db] Step [Eb] back and [Ab] admire my view.
[Bb]
Can I [Cm] use [Ab] the colors I choose?
[Gm]
[Ab] Do I have some say [Eb] what you use?
Can I [Db] get some green and some blue?
[Eb] We're made by [Gm] the pigment [Eb] of paint that is put [Cm] upon our stories are told by our [Eb] hues.
Like motley and bedding, these masters [Bb] of peace and light, [Cm] layers of color [G] and time.
[Bbm] Step [Eb] back and admire my [Ab] view.
[Gm] Can I [Eb] use [Ab] the colors I [Eb] choose?
[Ab] Do I have some say what you [Eb] use?
Can I [Abm] get some [Bbm] green and [Db] some blue?
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] Children
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[Eb] We [Bb] are like children, we're painted on
[C] [Cm] canvases, picking up shades as we go.
[Eb] We start off with gesso, brushed on [Bb] by people we know.
[Eb] Watch your [Cm] technique as you go.
[Bbm] Step back [Ab] and admire [Bb] my view.
[Ab] [Eb] Can I use [Fm] the colors I [Cm] choose?
Do I have some say what you use?
Can I get [B] some [Abm] green and some blue?
[Gm] We're made [Eb] by the pigment of paint that is put upon our [Cm] stories are told by our hues.
[Bb] [Eb] Like motley and bedding, these masters [Bb] of peace and [Eb] light, layers of color and time.
[Bbm] Step back [Ab] and admire my view.
[Bb] [Ab] [Bb]
Do [Fm] I have some say what you [Ab] use?
Can I use the colors I choose?
Do I have some say what you [Bb] use?
Can I get [Abm] some [Dbm] green [Abm] [Db] and some [B] blue?
[D] We [Eb]
are like children, [Cm]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Bbm] [Cm]
we're [Eb]
painted on canvases.
[Cm] [Gm] [Eb] Admire my view.
[Gm] [Bb]
[Eb] We're [Gm]
[Eb] just like children, we fall down and we get up and we fall [Gm] down and we [Eb] get up and we fall down and we get up and [Bb] we fall down.
[Eb] [Gm] Start all [Eb] over
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[Bb] [Eb] We are like children, we're painted [Bb] on canvases, [Cm] picking up shades as we go.
_ [Eb]
We start off with gesso, brushed on [Bb] by people we know.
[Cm] Watch your technique as [Eb] you go.
[Db] Step [Eb] back and [Ab] admire my view.
_ _ [Bb]
Can I [Cm] use [Ab] the colors I choose?
[Gm] _
_ [Ab] Do I have some say [Eb] what you use?
Can I [Db] get some green and some blue? _ _
[Eb] _ We're made by [Gm] the pigment [Eb] of paint that is put [Cm] upon our stories are told by our [Eb] hues.
Like motley and bedding, these masters [Bb] of peace and light, [Cm] layers of color [G] and time.
[Bbm] Step [Eb] back and admire my [Ab] view. _
_ [Gm] Can I [Eb] use [Ab] the colors I [Eb] choose?
[Ab] Do I have some say what you [Eb] use?
Can I [Abm] get some [Bbm] green and [Db] some blue?
_ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] Children
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_ [Em] _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ [A] _ [G] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
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[Gm] _ _ [Db] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [E] _ [G] _
[C] _ [Db] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Db] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Fm] _
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_ [Gb] _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [D] _ [Db] _ [C] _ _
_ [Ab] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Gm] _ [Ab] _ [G] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
[Eb] We [Bb] are like children, we're painted on _
[C] [Cm] canvases, picking up shades as we go. _
[Eb] We start off with gesso, brushed on [Bb] by people we know.
[Eb] Watch your [Cm] technique as you go.
[Bbm] Step back [Ab] and admire [Bb] my view.
[Ab] _ [Eb] Can I use [Fm] the colors _ I [Cm] choose?
Do I have some say what you use?
Can I get [B] some [Abm] green _ and some blue? _
[Gm] _ We're made [Eb] by the pigment of paint that is put upon our [Cm] stories are told by our hues.
[Bb] [Eb] Like motley and bedding, these masters [Bb] of peace and [Eb] light, layers of color and time.
[Bbm] Step back [Ab] and admire _ my view. _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb]
Do [Fm] I have _ _ _ _ some say what you [Ab] _ _ _ use?
Can I use the colors _ I choose?
Do I have some say what you [Bb] use?
_ _ Can I get [Abm] some [Dbm] _ green _ [Abm] [Db] and some [B] blue?
_ _ _ [D] We [Eb] _
are like children, _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ [Cm] _
we're _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ painted on _ _ canvases.
[Cm] _ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] _ Admire my view.
_ _ [Gm] _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Eb] _ We're [Gm] _ _ _ _
[Eb] just like children, we fall down and we get up and we fall [Gm] down and we [Eb] get up and we fall down and we get up and [Bb] we fall down. _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Gm] Start all [Eb] over

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