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