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THE PAINTER - Brian Bulger
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Tabbed by: Cole Simmons

Tuning: E A D G B e

Key: G

Chords:

[Intro/Instrumental]

E|-------------------------------|
B|------------------0-0----------|
G|0--4-0---4-0-0----0---0--------|
D|0-----4------0h2--2-----2h0----| x2 (2nd time, keep playing Cmaj7/G)
A|2------------3----3-----3------|
E|3-3----3-----3----3-----3------|

[Verse 1]

        G               D/F#
Leaving early to get you there
     Cmaj7         D/F#             G
Your hold sure can set a man straight
        G               D/F#
Feeling sorry, I didn’t care
    Cmaj7
I’m not one to complicate

[Instrumental]
G Cmaj7

[Verse 2]
             G
She spoke in whispers,
               D/F#
screamed on the paint
       Cmaj7     D/F#        G
In the color I saw her heart
                       D/F#
She says she loves me, I’ve no complaint
Cmaj7     D/F#        G
She can have every part

[Chorus]

G               D/F#                    Cmaj7
I would erase my life, and I’d turn to white
                    G
Dancing in the desert
                D/F#                     Cmaj7
And I’d be that knight at the highest height
                     G
Oh if I could save you
    Am7   D/F#      G
But I can’t, I can't
 Am7   D/F#    G
I can't oh-ooh

[Instrumental]
G Cmaj7

[Verse 3]
         G                     D/F#
That old canvas, thrown on the floor
         Cmaj7    D/F#        G
What was all that art even for?
        G                D/F#
I’d sit quietly, you’d move your brush
       Cmaj7        D/F#            G
I just wanted your love and your touch

[Instrumental]
G Cmaj7

[Chorus]
G               D/F#                     Cmaj7
I would erase my life, and I’d turn to white
                    G
D/F#ancing in the desert
                D/F#                     Cmaj7
And I’d be that knight at the highest height
                     G
Oh if I could save you
 Am7  D/F#      G
I can’t, I can't
 Am7  D/F#     G
I can't oh-oh

[Instrumental]
Am7 D/F# G
Am7 D/F# (linger on D/F#)

[Verse 3]
            G               D/F#
Now there’s a shadow, on her skin
         Cmaj7         D/F#    G
And the lines show where she’s been
           G       D/F#
If you can see me, paint me in
Cmaj7       D/F#     G
Call me back again

[Instrumental]
G Cmaj7