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C D
Turned out she drank the same tea as me
G
It don't take more than that to start a conversation sometimes
G
She believed collage was the greatest of all the arts
Am
And was busy pasting pictures of horses
C
Next to ads for laundry soap
D
Next to Mohammed Ali
G
She had a turquoise in her ear
G
And said Rachmaninoff was always in her head
Am
Later that day I was trying to describe her to Jimmy the Wig
C
I couldn't find any words
D G
And I realized I'd started to sketch her chin
G
Somehow it didn't look right
Am
I scratched it out and tried it again
C
I filled an entire pad
D G
I threw it away, I never even came close
G
For six days I sat at Dino's place
Am
The rain wouldn't quit and no one came in
C D
Finally on the seventh day it cleared
G
And in she walked
G
I asked her to sit with me
And I bought her a cup of tea
Am
And I asked her to model for me sometime
C
That afternoon I was at a canvas
D
She was wearing a yellow dress
G
I swore if she let me, I'd get it right
G
I've painted over ten thousand paintings
Am
Sad ones, funny ones, dark ones, and light ones
C D
But sitting there, it was like I couldn't even
G
Write my own name
G
I apologized and said, "It's been a few months
Am
If you have patience, I'll get the hang of it again"
C D G
In the next few weeks, I painted her hundreds of times
G
If I get the nose right, the chin's too long
Am
If I get 'em both right, the face is too thin
C D
But I keep after it and one day
G
I get it all right
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G Am C D G
G Am C D G
G
I painted a still life this morning
Am
Of a throat lozenge
sitting on a copy of Tropic of Cancer
C
The only thing that's funny
D
Is I never thought
G
I'd paint anything again
G
I think I might go visit Estelle
Am
Those Utah mountains are good for the soul
C
I'll bring my brushes
D
And some Jack Daniels
G
And we can make up for lost time
G
She said, "Why baby, why baby, why baby why?
Am
Have you turned your back on love
C
You had so many chances
D G
Why do you let 'em all go by?
G Am
Why baby, why baby, why baby why?
Have you turned your back on love
C
You had so many chances
D G
Why do you let 'em all go by?"
G Bm
Sometimes it seems like there's so much that you need
C Bm G
Sometimes the world is upside down
G Bm
Sometimes it seems like the only thing you need
C Bm Am C G
Is holdin' someone's hand as you walk through town