Intro
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I knew a painter in my younger days,
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B man who lived with brushes, sticks and stones.
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His days were filled with canvas scenes
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Of browns and blues and meadow greens.
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And the world just passed on by his door.
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He lived, but lived alone.
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And he'd come to town with his old wool cap pulled down.
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Surrounded by the dogs that were his friends.
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At times too drunk to stand, he'd shake familiar hands.
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And sit around the Esso station, 'til his loneliness would end.
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And I knew a painter, in my reckless days.
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Bristle bearded, humble on his feet.
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B sympathetic, sad old elf,
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He knew me better than I knew myself
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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,
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Would burn inside the room where he would stand.
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And play the old victrola and drink his rusty wine.
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And conduct the Mozart music with his heart and shaking hand.
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But he could paint a picture, and he could capture life.
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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.
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'Cause he found a keener beauty there
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That no one else could see.
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Someone bought the house he lived in.
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Painted up the room he died in.
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Swept away the cobwebs and the dust from off the floor.
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The children laugh, the seasons run,
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Young lovers roll in midnight fun.
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But no one loves more than the one
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Who paints the world no more.
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And long through the night, a faded yellow light,
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Would burn inside the room where he would stand.
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And play the old victrola and drink his rusty wine.
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And conduct the Mozart music with his heart and shaking hand.
ENDING: Guitar only, rapidly picking between each chord for a half measure.
A E A D E A D E A F#m D E G
- 1. Chord Gitar David Mallett - Phil Brown Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar A#)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar David Mallett - Phil Brown Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar A#)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan