Guy Clark – Picassos Mandolin (Guitar)

Capo 3
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Chords

[Intro] C7 [Verse 1]
C7                                             F    C7
Now Picasso said in 1910, I'm gonna paint me a mandolin

C7
It could be cubes it could be curves

C7            F          C7
I like to mix paint with nerve

C7
I load my brush and fire away
Paint me a hole in the light of day [Chorus]
             G
Well you can play it straight or play it from left field

    Am                      F
You got to play it just the way you feel

G
Come on boys, play it again

Am                   F
Play it on Picasso's mandolin
[Verse 2]
C7
Well it's colouring books and drinking wine

                  F           C7
It's hard to stay between the lines

C7
There ain't no rule if you don't break it

                             F     C7
There ain't no chance if you don't take it

C7
The damdest thing he'd ever heard
Was trying to learn a thing from a Mockingbird [Chorus]
             G
Well you can play it straight or play it from left field

    Am                      F
You got to play it just the way you feel

G
Come on boys, play it again

Am                   F
Play it on Picasso's mandolin
[Verse 3]
C7
Now Picasso said before he died

                              F       C7
There's one more painting I'd like to try

C7
Well the doctor held is breathe and then

                 F    C7
Picasso nailed a mandolin

C7
He was born in Spain and died in France
He was not scared of baggy pants [Chorus]
             G
Well you can play it straight or play it from left field

    Am                      F
You got to play it just the way you feel

G
Come on boys, play it again

Am                   F
Play it on Picasso's mandolin
[Outro]
G
Play it straight or play it from left field

    Am                      F
You got to play it just the way you feel

G
Come on boys, play it again

Am                   F
Play it on Picasso's mandolin