Painting By Numbers chords by
Peter Hammill
Peter Hammill

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Key: C major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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It's not that complicated,
no more than a clench of fist –
she want to paint her heart out,
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she want to tell it as she sees it is.
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Authority condemns her,
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they say to paint's a
waste without a base,
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Am
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some bedrock of idea.
Verse 2
C
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Am
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Painting by numbers doesn't add up,
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Painting by numbers
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C

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Am
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doesn't add up,
Dm
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Am
Am

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it's passionless bed- rest,
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work- body that's headless,
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C
C

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a head that's without heart –
painting by numbers doesn't
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add up to art.
Verse 3
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Her constant vows mean nothing,
not content alone that sells –
The Market Theory beckons,
no- one remembers what
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the story tells;
no- one remembers passion,
we just recite the line
Verse 4
that art is fine and fashion costly.
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Painting by numbers
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G
G

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doesn't add up;
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Am
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safety in numbers, put your hands up
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in mute surrender...
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they'll break her or bend her
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for the heart on her sleeve.
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Painting by numbers all the
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modern world believes.
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Verse 5
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And the whole thing
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Csus4
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falls apart
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Eb
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when the movement's more important
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Csus4
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than the art;
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when we're more concerned
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with what's been thought than said
Csus4
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this is the moment when the culture's
dead.
Fsus4
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Fsus4
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Verse 6
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It's not that complicated,
it's simple as can be:
she want to paint her heart out,
they want a programme
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Am
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for the BBC
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where academ ic critics can
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Am
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talk of art that's fine
like holy wine – the Blessed
Intellectuals!
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Painting by numbers,
Verse 7
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safety in numbers...
Dm
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The poets from Venus assume
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that they've seen us –
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they're quick to depart.
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Painting by numbers doesn't
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add up to art.
Outro 1
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