Chords for Guy Clark :::: Picasso's Mandolin.

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_ _ _ I'm going to paint [Db] me a [Ebm] mandolin.
_ _ Could be cubes, it could be curves.
I like to [Db] mix [Ebm] paint with nerve.
I load my brush and fire away.
[F] Paint me a hole in the [Ebm] light of day.
_ You [Bb] can play it straight or play it from left [Cm] field.
You got to [Ab] play it just the way you feel.
_ [Bb] Come on boys and play it again.
[Cm] Play it on [Ab] Picasso's mandolin. _
[Ebm] Well, it's coloring books and drinking wine.
It's hard to stay [Db] between the [Ebm] lines.
_ Now, there ain't no rule if you don't break it.
There ain't no [Db] chance if you [Ebm] don't take it.
Said the damnedest thing he'd ever heard.
Was trying to learn a thing from a mockingbird.
_ [Bb] Well, you can play it straight or play it from left [Cm] field.
You got to play [Ab] it just the way you feel.
[Bb] Come on boys and play it [Cm] again.
Play it on [Ab] Picasso's mandolin.
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[Bbm] _ [Ebm] _ _ _ Now, Picasso said before he died,
there's one more [Db] painting I'd [Ebm] like to try.
_ Well, the doctor held his breath and then Picasso
nailed [Db] a [Ebm] mandolin.
He's born in Spain and died in France.
He was not scared of baggy pants. _
[Bb] You can play it straight or play it from left [Cm] field.
You got to play it [Ab] just the way you feel.
[Bb] Come on boys and play it [Cm] again.
Play it on [Ab] Picasso's mandolin.
_ [Bb] Play it straight or play it from left [Cm] field.
You got to play it [Ab] just the way you feel.
[Bb] Come on boys, play it [Cm] again.
Play it on [Ab] Picasso's mandolin.
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