When I Paint My Masterpiece Chords

Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

D(no AchorDd A E / / A - D / A

Oh, the streets of / Ro - / ome are filled with / rubble,

 Ancient / foo E- oot - / prints are every - / wDhere.

 You could /A almost thi - / inkA that your seein' D/ double,A

 On the / coldE, dark / night on the Spanish / SAtairs.

EGotta hurry on / back to my hotel / room, A

 Where I / got mEe a date with a / pretty littlEe girl from / GrAeece. D

 She / proA - o / misedA she'd be there D/ with me, A

 When I / pai E- ai / aint my master - / piece. A

D A D A E

 Oh, the hours we / spe A- / ent, Ainside the Coli - / Dseum. A

 Dodging / li - Eii / ions, and a-wasting / time, A

 Oh those / mightyA kings of the / jungle, I couAld hardly stand to D/ see'em A

 Yes it / surEe has / been a long, hard / climb. A

ETrain wheels a- / running through the back of my / memory, A

 When I / ran oEn a hilltop / followinE' a pack of wiDld / geese, A

ASomeday / ev - ery - / thing is gonna sound like a / rhapso - dy D A

 When I / pai -E ai / aint my master - / piece. A

ESailing round the / world in a dirty gon - / do - la, D A

 Oh to be / back Ein the / land of, / Co - ca - / E co - la. D E

 Well I left / RoA - / me,A and landed Din / Brussels, A

 On a / plaEne ride so / bumby that I almost / cried, A

DClergy men in uniforAm, and / young girlAs pulling / mussDels, A

 Every - / oneE was there to / greet me when I stepped in - / side, A

ENewspaper / men eaEtin' /D candy, A

EHad to be held / down bEy big po - /D lice. A

ASomeday, every - / thing is Agonna be /D different, A

 When I / pai E- ai / aint my master - / piece. A