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