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