Painting By Numbers Chords by James Mcmurtry

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_ _ _ The _
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gates [B] of the schoolyard are _ _ [E] locked and chained to _ [B] keep all the children [F#] in and out
[E] of the rain.
_ _ There are teachers [B] preaching _ their virtues in pastel [E] _ shades. _
_ [B] You pay no attention [F#m] but it won't [E] hurt your grades
cause you paint [B] by numbers.
Paint by numbers.
_ [E] Connecting the dots. _ _
_ They don't [B] have to tell you, [F#] you don't [E] call the shots.
Paint by numbers.
You jump when [B] they say jump.
_ _ And you don't ask [E] how high. _ _ _ _
Paint [B] by numbers, [F#m] they know you'll [E] get by.
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[F#] _ _ [E] _ You take a [B] position _ _ _ in the old [E] man's sperm. _ _
_ He signs [B] all the papers [F#] you agree to [E] the terms. _ _
_ They'll let you [B] run _ errands _ and don't get [E] days off. _ _ _
You take [B] out the garbage [F#] and hope it [E] pays off
cause you're painting [B] by numbers.
Paint by numbers.
Connecting [E] the dots. _ _ _
You [B] work from the neck down, [F#] you don't call [E] the shots.
Paint by numbers.
You jump when [B] they say jump. _
_ And you don't ask [E] how high.
_ _ _ _ Paint by [B] numbers, [F#m] you know you'll [E] get by.
Paint [B] by numbers, [F#] you know you'll [B] get by.
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[F#] _ _ [E] _ You might [B] be in grad school, _ _ up at [E] MIT. _ _
_ [Bm] You might be down in the canal zone being all [E] that you can be. _ _
_ _ You might get to [B] thinking _ _ you're ahead [E] of the game.
_ But [G#m] when you break [B] it all down, [F#] it all comes [E] out the same.
You're painting [B] by numbers.
Paint by numbers. _
[E] Connecting the dots. _ _ _
You work [B] from the neck [F#] down as [E] often as not.
You jump [B] when they say jump.
_ _ And you don't [E] ask how high. _ _ _
You're painting [B] by numbers, [F#m] you know [E] you'll get by.
You're painting [B] by numbers.
Paint by numbers. _
[E] Connecting the dots. _ _ _
You work from [B] the neck [F#] down, you don't call [E] the shots.
You jump when [B] they say jump.
_ _ And you don't ask [E] how high. _ _
You're painting [B] by numbers, [F#] you know you'll [E] get by.
Painting [B] by [F#] numbers, you know [E] you'll get by.
Painting [B] by numbers, [F#] you know you'll [B] get by.
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