Am E F Dm

Am                E
All the rowboats in the paintings
F                     Dm
They keep trying to row away
Am                 E
And the captains' worried faces
F                    Dm
Stay contorted and staring at the waves
Am                 E
They'll keep hanging in their gold frames
F                 Dm
For forever, forever and a day
Am                E
All the rowboats in the oil paintings
F                     Dm
They keep trying to row away, row away

Am                   E   
Hear them whispering French and German
F               Dm
Dutch, Italian, and Latin
Am                    E
When no one's looking I touch a sculpture
F                 Dm
Marble, cold, and soft as satin
Am                   E
But the most special are the most lonely
F               Dm
God, I pity the violins
Am                E
In glass coffins they keep coughing
F                     Dm
They've forgotten, forgotten how to sing, how to sing

Am                         E
First there's lights out, then there's lock up
F                     Dm
Masterpieces serving maximum sentences
Am                   E
It's their own fault for being timeless
F                     Dm
There's a price to pay and a consequence
Am                E
All the galleries, the museums
F                     Dm
Here's your ticket, welcome to the tombs
Am                  E
They're just public mausoleums
F                     Dm
The living dead fill every room
Am                   E
But the most special are the most lonely
F                Dm
God, I pity the violins
Am                E
In glass coffins they keep coughing
F                     Dm
They've forgotten, forgotten how to sing

Am                E
They will stay there in their gold frames
F            Dm
For forever, forever and a day
Am                E
All the rowboats in the oil paintings
F                     Dm
They keep trying to row away, row away

Am                        E
First there's lights out, then there's lock up
F                     Dm
Masterpieces serving maximum sentences
Am                   E
It's their own fault for being timeless
F                     Dm
There's a price to pay and a consequence
Am                  E 
All the galleries, the museums
F                     Dm
They will stay there forever and a day
Am                E
All the rowboats in the oil paintings
F                     Dm
They keep trying to row away, row away
Am                E
All the rowboats in the oil paintings
F                     Dm
They keep trying to row away, row away