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Stripped Down Live Version - Repeats as follows:
AmYou paint your picture Dquickly
GNot guided by the E7hour
AmInstinctively believe iDt
GWhile I work at iE7t for hours
AmYou hope that it comes Dquickly
GAnd you hope that E7it will dazzle
AmYour mind is not on reaDching
GThe games the roaE7d you travel
AmI'm silent like a shadoDw
GMy lovelight tendE7ers embers
AmThe blank pages lying fDallow
GAre for love songE7s of tomorrow
AmWe travel all so closelDy
GRevolution choice E7of weapon
AmAll looking for our futDure
GWhile we moan belE7ow our curfew
AmSo I'll take you to the Dcountry
GWith a picnic fulE7l of treasure's
AmDisguised and blinded sDlightly
GPlaying games for E7pleasures only
AmWhere we'll paint our pDicture slowly
GNot guided by the E7hour
AmAnd leave the gates widDe open
GFor all the other E7lovers

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You Paint Your Picture

by Steve Craddock

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Stripped Down Live Version - Repeats as follows:

Am D

You paint your picture quickly

G E7

Not guided by the hour

Am D

Instinctively believe it

G E7

While I work at it for hours

Am D

You hope that it comes quickly

G E7

And you hope that it will dazzle

Am D

Your mind is not on reaching

G E7

The games the road you travel

Am D

I'm silent like a shadow

G E7

My lovelight tenders embers

Am D

The blank pages lying fallow

G E7

Are for love songs of tomorrow

Am D

We travel all so closely

G E7

Revolution choice of weapon

Am D

All looking for our future

G E7

While we moan below our curfew

Am D

So I'll take you to the country

G E7

With a picnic full of treasure's

Am D

Disguised and blinded slightly

G E7

Playing games for pleasures only

Am D

Where we'll paint our picture slowly

G E7

Not guided by the hour

Am D

And leave the gates wide open

G E7

For all the other lovers

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