Intro
B (for two measures)
B E F# G#m
I knew a painter in my younger days,
D#m E B F#7
C# man who lived with brushes, sticks and stones.
B E
His days were filled with canvas scenes
F# G#m
Of browns and blues and meadow greens.
D#m E B
And the world just passed on by his door.
F# B B
He lived, but lived alone.
B F# G#m D#m
And he'd come to town with his old wool cap pulled down.
E B F#7 F#7
Surrounded by the dogs that were his friends.
B F# G#m D#m
At times too drunk to stand, he'd shake familiar hands.
E B F#7
And sit around the Esso station, 'til his loneliness would end.
B E F# G#m
And I knew a painter, in my reckless days.
D#m E B F#7
Bristle bearded, humble on his feet.
B E
C# sympathetic, sad old elf,
F# G#m
He knew me better than I knew myself
D#m E B
In the last days of my boyhood,
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In my time upon the street.
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And long through the night, a faded yellow light,
E B F# (arpeggio 2 bars)
Would burn inside the room where he would stand.
B F# G#m D#m
And play the old victrola and drink his rusty wine.
E B F#7
And conduct the Mozart music with his heart and shaking hand.
F# B Bsus4 B
But he could paint a picture, and he could capture life.
F# F#/E B
And no one ever felt things more than he.
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He was never much for roses, he'd sooner paint the thorns.
E E
'Cause he found a keener beauty there
E F#
That no one else could see.
B E
Someone bought the house he lived in.
F# G#m
Painted up the room he died in.
D#m E B F#
Swept away the cobwebs and the dust from off the floor.
B E
The children laugh, the seasons run,
F# G#m
Young lovers roll in midnight fun.
D#m E B
But no one loves more than the one
F#7 B B
Who paints the world no more.
B F# G#m D#m
And long through the night, a faded yellow light,
E B F# (arpeggio 2 bars)
Would burn inside the room where he would stand.
B F# G#m D#m
And play the old victrola and drink his rusty wine.
E B F#7
And conduct the Mozart music with his heart and shaking hand.
ENDING: Guitar only, rapidly picking between each chord for a half measure.
B F# B E F# B E F# B G#m E F# G
- 1. Chord Gitar David Mallett - Phil Brown Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar G#)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar David Mallett - Phil Brown Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar G#)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan