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