Grateful Dead – When I Paint My Masterpiece (Guitar)
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[Verse 1]
G C G Oh, the streets of Rome G C G Are filled with rubble D G C G Ancient footprints are everywhere G C G You can almost think that you're seeing double D G C G On a cold dark night on the Spanish stairs
[Chorus]
D G C G Got to hurry on back to my hotel room D G C G Where I got me a date with Botticelli's niece G C G Yeah, she promised that she'd be there with me D G C G When I paint my masterpiece
[Solo]
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[Verse 2]
G C G C G All the hours I spent inside the coliseum D G C G Dodging lions and wasting time G C G Oh, these mighty kings of the jungle I can hardly stand to see 'em D G C G Yes, it sure has been a long hard climb
[Chorus]
D G C G Train wheels rolling through the back of my memory D G C G When I stood on a hilltop following a pack of wild geese G G C G Someday life will be sweet like a rhapsody G D G C G When I paint my masterpiece
[Bridge]
Cm G Sailin' around the world in a dirty gondola Cm D G Oh, to be back in the land of Coca Cola!
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[Verse 3]
A A D A A A D A I left Rome and landed in Brussels E A D A On a flight so bumpy that I almost cried A D A A D A Preacher men in uniform and young girls pulling mussels E A D A Well, it sure has been a long hard ride E A D A Newspaper man eating candy
[Chorus]
E A D A A Had to be held down by big police A D A Someday everything's gonna be different E A When I paint my masterpiece A D A And someday everything's gonna be different E A D A A D A When I paint my masterpiece A D A Someday everything's gonna be different E A D A A D A When I paint my masterpiece E A D A A D A When I paint my masterpiece
** as performed by Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir and John Kahn with acoustic instruments on Dec 17,
1987 at the Warfield Theater in San Francisco, CA. Link to the video below.