Al Stewart – Paint By Numbers (Guitar)

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[Intro] Am G F G x8 [Verse 1]
Am           G           F           G       Am  G  F  G
When all the help in the world won't get you by

Am           G                F       G       C
When all the friends that you lean on let you down

              E
You'll wonder why

Am        G               F        G/E
I see you there with your painting box

         Am       G                F         G/E
And your oils and brushes and your artist's smocks

C           Dm        F         G
What'll you do if the Muse gets lost

         Am
When I'm gone?
[Instrumental] Am G F G x4 [Verse 2]
Am          G         F       G        Am  G  F  G
You painted me in the way you said you knew

Am        G            F     G       C            E
I don't believe that I saw myself in anything you drew

Am        G           F         G/E
I say you never quite caught it right

Am          G           F         G/E
You say you see me in a different light

C           Dm           F         G
What'll you do with your black and white

         Am  G  F  G  Am  G  F
When I'm gone
[Chorus]
             A
You paint by numbers

G        F            E
 I never noticed it before

             A
You paint by numbers

G            F             G
 It's just a closing of an open door

C                   B
When you're looking round

    Bb              Am
You won't see me no more

    G        F
You paint by numbers
[Instrumental] Am G F G x4 [Solo] Am G F G x14 [Verse 3]
Am      G            F         G        Am  G  F  G
Staying here in this room just makes me pale

Am      G            F     G       C          E
I never really could fit into your geometric scale

Am        G          F       G/E
I see you measure my profile up

        Am       G           F      G/E
And you mix your paints in a broken cup

C           Dm        F           G
What'll you do if the brush gets stuck

         Am  G  F  G  Am  G  F
When I'm gone
[Chorus]
             A
You paint by numbers

G        F            E
 I never noticed it before

             A
You paint by numbers

G            F             G
 It's just a closing of an open door

C                   B
When you're looking round

    Bb              Am
You won't see me no more

    G        F
You paint by numbers
[Instrumental] Am G F D7 Am G F D7 [Outro]
Am  G  F  G
(repeat and fade)