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[G]If i were a painti[D]ng
[C]Captured on canvas[B]
[C]Alone in the portrait I[D] would stand[Em]
[Em]And brush strokes bold[D]
[C]Yet soft as a whisper[B]
[C]The work of a feminine h[D]and[Em]
[C]Caught in a still life[D]
[G]Surrounded by shadows[C]
[F]Or lost in a background of blue[B]
[G]If I were a painting[D]
[C]My price would be pain[B]
And the artist[C] would have to be you[D][Em]
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[G]I imagine the colors[D]
[C]Would all run together[B]
[C]If you ever allowed me to c[D]ry[Em]
[C]So don't paint the tears[D]
[C]Just let me remember me[B]
[C]Without you in my life[D][Em]
[C]It's only the frame[D]
[C]That holds me together[B]
Or[C] else I would be falling [D]apart[Em]
[G]If I were a painting[D]
[C]I wouldn't fear[B]
And you would[C]n't be breaking my heart [D] [Em]
[G]If i were a painti[D]ng
[C]Captured on canvas[B]
[C]Alone in the portrait I[D] would stand[Em]
[Em]And brush strokes bold[D]
[C]Yet soft as a whisper[B]
[C]The work of a feminine h[D]and[Em]
[C]Caught in a still life[D]
[G]Surrounded by shadows[C]
[F]Or lost in a background of blue[B]
[G]If I were a painting[D]
[C]My price would be pain[B]
And the artist[C] would have to be you[D][Em]
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[G]I imagine the colors[D]
[C]Would all run together[B]
[C]If you ever allowed me to c[D]ry[Em]
[C]So don't paint the tears[D]
[C]Just let me remember me[B]
[C]Without you in my life[D][Em]
[C]It's only the frame[D]
[C]That holds me together[B]
Or[C] else I would be falling [D]apart[Em]
[G]If I were a painting[D]
[C]I wouldn't fear[B]
And you would[C]n't be breaking my heart [D] [Em]
