The Night I Painted The Sky

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THE NIGHT I PAINTED THE SKY
Jimmy Buffett
(Buffett/Kunkel/Oliver/Guth/Mayer)
1995 Margaritaville Records
F#7add11
244300
* Can do a walkdown here, C G/B Am
[Intro]
E C#m F#7add11 Bsus4
E C#m F#7add11 Bsus4
[Verse 1]
A E
I came from the north escaping convention
B E
The modern invention that won't let me be
A Emaj7/G#
To the shores of St. Martin with my fiction addiction
F#7add11 Bsus4 B
To restart the fire, a dreamer's remedy
[Verse 2]
A E
Independence day and all I remember
B E
Was a midnight rainbow, it fell from the sky
A Emaj7/G#
As I stand on the beach, I slowly surrender
F#7add11 Bsus4 B
To the child in me who can't say goodbye
[Chorus]
E Emaj7
The rockets in the air,
A E
And the people everywhere
C#m F#7add11 Bsus4 B
Put away their differences for a while
E Emaj7/G#
Oh, I am still a child
A F#7add11
When it comes to something wild
E B A E
Oh, that was the night I painted the sky
[Interlude]
E C#mF#7add11Bsus4
()
E C#m F#7add11 Bsus4
[Verse 3]
A E
I dug in the sand like a boy, on a mission.
B E
And there in my hands a pyro's delight
A Emaj7/G#
A bombadier, a nighttime magician,
F#7add11 Bsus4 B
I spark the sky as the rockets fly from view
[Chorus]
E Emaj7
The rockets in the air,
A E
And the people everywhere
C#m F#7add11 Bsus4 B
Put away their differences for a while
E Emaj7/G#
Yes, I am still a child
A F#7add11
When it comes to something wild
E B A E
Oh, that was the night I painted the sky
[Instrumental]
G G C G
Em A7 Dsus4 D
G G7 C A7/C#
G Em C G G
*
[Verse 4]
A E
Oh, the mortars they roar in anticipation,
B E
Preceding the sigh of the uplifted eyes
A Emaj7/G#
It showers us all in sulfuric sensation,
F#7add11 Bsus4 B
The colors shine in a fiery rhyme tonight
[Chorus]
E Emaj7/G#
The rockets in the air,
A E
And the people everywhere
C#m F#7add11 Bsus4 B
Won't you put away your differences for a while
E Emaj7/G#
I am but a child
A F#7add11
When it comes to something wild
E B G#/B#
Oh, that was the night
C#m F#7
That was the night
E B A E
Oh, that was the night, I painted the sky
[Outro]
E C#mF#7add11Bsus4
()
Painted the
E C#m F#7add11 Bsus4
sky Painted the
E C#m F#7add11 Bsus4
sky
E C#m F#7add11 Bsus4 E

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THE NIGHT I PAINTED THE SKY
Jimmy Buffett
(Buffett/Kunkel/Oliver/Guth/Mayer)
1995 Margaritaville Records
[Intro]
E   C#m   F#7add11   Bsus4
E   C#m   F#7add11   Bsus4
[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[Interlude]
(E)  C#m   F#7add11   Bsus4
 E   C#m   F#7add11   Bsus4
[Verse 3]
[Chorus]
[Instrumental]
G     G     C     G
Em    A7    Dsus4 D
G     G7    C     A7/C#
G     Em    C*    G     G
[Verse 4]
[Chorus]
[Outro]
 E   C#m   F#7add11   Bsus4    E

The Night I Painted The Sky Chords by Jimmy Buffett

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