alt-J – Portrait (Guitar)
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Chords
Hm Hm Tell me how you wanna be portrayed, now Hm Hm You can have it all, you know that you can have it all A G D D That I love you, yeah, I love you Hm Hm Donatello, Frida Kahlo, Holbein Hm Hm You can have it all, you know that you can have it all A G D D That I love you, yeah I love you Hm Now paint me a picture Hm D And draw yourself drawing a piece of paper with pencil D Em ‘Cause you can’t afford to misrepresent me G I want an imitation of reality Hm Hm Gather all your kings and other things
That you know my good
D You might tell me what, ‘cause D Em Do you think that these are my good nature G You establish this good nature Hm Buy me aristocracy Hm Now listen to me, yeah, D Your whores come and go to sit with me Em I wanna be seen in a hundred years G As you see me now, so don’t hesitate
A (...and stop)
Make my portrait made
(no chord)
So paint me now
Hm D Em You didn’t want to know, you didn’t want to see G Hm You threw it in the fire, you threw it in the fire D Em And then you took my eyes, so I could never be G The painter of your boy
And then I go:
G A King, for king, oh, king, bring the guillotine (Hm) (riff) Hm D Em You didn’t want to know, you didn’t want to see G Hm You threw it in the fire, you threw it in the fire D Em And then you took my eyes, so I could never be G The painter of your boy
And then I go:
G A King, for king, oh, king, bring the guillotine (Hm) (riff)
Hey
(Hm)
(riff)Bring the guillotine
Outro: Hm D A Hm