Elliott Smith – When I Paint My Masterpiece (Guitar)

                    A         D           A
Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble

D          A      E         A
Ancient footprints are everywhere

D         A                        D      A
You can almost think that you're seein' double

D     A          E                     A
On a cold, dark night on the Spanish Stairs

E7                                A    D
Got to hurry on back to my hotel room

E7                                          A
Where I've got me a date with A pretty little girl from Greece

D       A                D               A
She promised that she'd be right there with me

D        A   E          A
When I paint my masterpiece

                    A         D           A
Oh, the hours I've spent inside the Coliseum

D          A      E         A
Dodging lions and wastin' time

D         A                        D      A
Oh, those mighty kings of the jungle I could hardly stand to see 'em

D     A          E                     A
Yes, it sure has been a long, hard climb

E7                                          A
Train wheels runnin' through the back of my memory

E7                                                  A     D
When I ran on the hilltop following a pack of wild geese

D       A                D               A
Someday, everything is gonna sound like a rhapsody

D        A   E          A
When I paint my masterpiece

 Dm                                 A
Sailin'round the world in a dirty gondola

C#m           D                    E     D  A  B7  E7
I’d rather be back in the land of Coca Cola!

                    A         D           A
I left Rome and landed in Brussels

D          A      E         A
On a plane ride so bumpy that I almost cried

D         A                        D      A
Clergymen in uniform and young girls pullin' muscles

D     A          E                     A
Everyone there to greet me when I stepped inside

E7                  A    D
Newspapermen eating candy

E7                          A     D
had to be held down by big police

D       A                D               A
Someday,everything is gonna be different

D A       E           D    A Bm A
When I paint my masterpiece