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