Painters chords by Jewel
Verse 1
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Em
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G
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Eighty years, an
old lady now,
sitting on the front porch
Watching the clouds roll by
They remind her of her lover, how he left her, and of times long ago,
When she used color carelessly,
painted his portrait
A thousand times,
or maybe just his smile,
Her and her canvas would follow him
wherever he would go
Verse 2
Em
'Cause they were painters and they
C
were painting themselves
Am
C
A lovely world
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Verse 3
C
Oil streaked daisies covered
the living room walls
He put water colored roses in her hair
He said, "Love, I love you,
I want to give you the mountains,
the sunshine,
The sunset too
I want to give you a world as beautiful
Em
as you are to me"
C
'Cause I'm a painter and I want
Verse 4
Am
to paint you
C
A lovely way
Verse 5
C
So they sat down and made a drawing of their love,
They made it an art to live by
They painted every passion, every home,
created every beautiful child
In the winter they were
weavers of warmth,
In the summer they were carpenters
of love
They thought blue prints were too
sad so they made them yellow
Em
And they were painters and they had
Verse 6
C
painted themselves
Am
C
A lovely world
Verse 7
C
Until one day the rain fell
as thick as black oil
And in her heart she
knew something was wrong
She went running through the
orchard screaming,
F
C
"No God, don't take him
from me!"
F
But by the time she got there,
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she feared he already had gone
F
Am
She got to where he lay,
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Am
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Am
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water colored roses in his hands for her
Am
She threw them down screaming,
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Am
"Damn you man, don't leave me
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F
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With nothing left behind but these cold paintings,
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these cold portraits
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Am
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To remind me!"
Eaug
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Verse 8
Em
He said, "Love I only leave a little,
G
try to understand
C
Em
I put my soul in this life we've
G
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created with these four hands
Em
B
Em
Love, I leave, but only a little,
C
this world holds me still
Em
My body may die now,
C
but these paintings are real"
Em
La li lai la li lai la li lai
G
C
Verse 9
So many seasons came
and many seasons went
And many times she saw her love's
face watering the flowers,
G
Talking to the trees
C
and singing to his children,
And when the wind blew,
she knew he was listening,
And how he seemed to laugh along, and
how he seemed to hold her
When she was crying
Em
C
'Cause they were painters and they had painted themselves
Verse 10
Am
A
C
lovely world
Verse 11
C
Eighty years, an old lady now,
sitting on the front porch
Watching the clouds roll by
They remind her of her lover, how he left her,
and of times long ago,
When she used color carelessly,
painted his portrait
A thousand times, or maybe just his smile,
Her and her canvas would follow him
wherever he would go
Yes, she and her canvas still follow
Em
C
'Cause they are painters and they are painting themselves
Am
A lovely
Verse 12
Em
'Cause they are painters and
C
they are painting themselves
Am
C
A lovely world
Painters
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