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When I Paint My Masterpiece

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WHEN I PAINT MY MASTERPIECE - Bob Dylan
Oh, the streets of RAome are fiDlled with ruAbble
DAncient fooAtprints Eare everyAwhere
DYou can alAmost think that you're seDein' doAuble
DOn a cAold, dark nEight on the Spanish StAairs
E7Got to hurry on back to my hotel rAoomD  
E7Where I've got me a date with Botticelli's nAiece
DShe promAised that she'd bDe right there wiAth me 
DWhen I paAint Emy masterpiAece
Oh, the hours I've spent inside the Coliseum
Dodging lions and wastin' time
Oh, those mighty kings of the jungle
I could hardly stand to see 'em
Yes, it sure has been a long, hard climb
Train wheels runnin' through the back of my memory
When I ran on the hilltop following a pack of wild geese 
Someday, everything is gonna be smooth like a rhapsody
When I paint my masterpiece
[Bridge]
SDmailin'round the world in a dirty goAndola
C#mOh to be back Din the land of Coca CEola!D  A  B7  E7  
I left Rome and landed in Brussels
On a plane ride so bumpy that I almost cried
Clergymen in uniform and young girls pullin' muscles
Everyone was there to greet me when I stepped inside
Newspapermen eating candy had to be held down by big police Someday, 
everything is gonna be different
DWhAen I paiEnt my masterDpieceA  Bm  A  

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When I Paint My Masterpiece

by Bob Dylan

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C#m

WHEN I PAINT MY MASTERPIECE - Bob Dylan

A D A

Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble

D A E A

Ancient footprints are everywhere

D A D A

You can almost think that you're seein' double

D A E A

On a cold, dark night on the Spanish Stairs

E7 A D

Got to hurry on back to my hotel room

E7 A

Where I've got me a date with Botticelli's niece

D A D A

She promised that she'd be right there with me

D A E A

When I paint my masterpiece

Oh, the hours I've spent inside the Coliseum

Dodging lions and wastin' time

Oh, those mighty kings of the jungle

I could hardly stand to see 'em

Yes, it sure has been a long, hard climb

Train wheels runnin' through the back of my memory

When I ran on the hilltop following a pack of wild geese

Someday, everything is gonna be smooth like a rhapsody

When I paint my masterpiece

[Bridge]

Dm A

Sailin'round the world in a dirty gondola

C#m D E D A B7 E7

Oh to be back in the land of Coca Cola!

I left Rome and landed in Brussels

On a plane ride so bumpy that I almost cried

Clergymen in uniform and young girls pullin' muscles

Everyone was there to greet me when I stepped inside

Newspapermen eating candy had to be held down by big police Someday,

everything is gonna be different

D A E D A Bm A

When I paint my masterpiece

About When I Paint My Masterpiece Chords by Bob Dylan

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