Wheeler Brothers - Portraits
Capo 6
Intro:
[C] [Fmaj7]
Verse 1:
[C]Once you painted pictures in the [Fmaj7]cold basement you left
[C]Reading Edgar Allen and writing [Fmaj7]poems about your death
[C]And how you filled the room with empty [Fmaj7]thoughts is beyond me
Find me dus[C]ty, find me dead, but just[Fmaj7] find me
Chorus:
[F]I need no [C]witnesses to[Am] bury t[G]his old [C]house
[F]And if you [C]stay with me, well then [Am]there ain't [G]no way o[C]ut
[C]Yes, I'll b[Am]ury t[G]his old h[C]ouse
[C] [Fmaj7]
Verse 2:
Sand and sunny skylines used to cure the tougher days
It's funny how the weather can effect the world that way
But when that junk has locked you up and Texas coast is not enough
I want you to think back upon the portraits of your past
Chorus
G C (ring) G C(ring) F F
G C (ring) G C(ring) F F G C
[C] [Fmaj7]
Verse 3:
You and I in this lonely room, With the cold AC and the horid food
Thin sheets and white walls, and that stupid backtie gown
now I read your books for you and I'll paint for you and I'll wait for you
And I'll stay for you, my god we dont have money
(Chorus)
[G] [C] [G] [C] [F] [F]
[G] [C] [G] [C] [F] [F] [G][C]
Bridge:
[Am]Well it's broken, it's scattered all across the f[C]loor[G]
[Am]I try to build it up baby, you're crying on the tel[C]ephone through my b[G]edroom door
[Am]And I'm shakin, I'm trying to find a place that I've k[C]nown[G]
[Am]I try to reach out to me, but it's a place I've never been be[C]fore and no
one's h[G]ome
(xylophone)
Am C G x4
C G Am Em F G C C x 4
Outro:
[C]oooh[Fmaj7]ooohoooh
Capo 6
Intro:
[C] [Fmaj7]
Verse 1:
[C]Once you painted pictures in the [Fmaj7]cold basement you left
[C]Reading Edgar Allen and writing [Fmaj7]poems about your death
[C]And how you filled the room with empty [Fmaj7]thoughts is beyond me
Find me dus[C]ty, find me dead, but just[Fmaj7] find me
Chorus:
[F]I need no [C]witnesses to[Am] bury t[G]his old [C]house
[F]And if you [C]stay with me, well then [Am]there ain't [G]no way o[C]ut
[C]Yes, I'll b[Am]ury t[G]his old h[C]ouse
[C] [Fmaj7]
Verse 2:
Sand and sunny skylines used to cure the tougher days
It's funny how the weather can effect the world that way
But when that junk has locked you up and Texas coast is not enough
I want you to think back upon the portraits of your past
Chorus
G C (ring) G C(ring) F F
G C (ring) G C(ring) F F G C
[C] [Fmaj7]
Verse 3:
You and I in this lonely room, With the cold AC and the horid food
Thin sheets and white walls, and that stupid backtie gown
now I read your books for you and I'll paint for you and I'll wait for you
And I'll stay for you, my god we dont have money
(Chorus)
[G] [C] [G] [C] [F] [F]
[G] [C] [G] [C] [F] [F] [G][C]
Bridge:
[Am]Well it's broken, it's scattered all across the f[C]loor[G]
[Am]I try to build it up baby, you're crying on the tel[C]ephone through my b[G]edroom door
[Am]And I'm shakin, I'm trying to find a place that I've k[C]nown[G]
[Am]I try to reach out to me, but it's a place I've never been be[C]fore and no
one's h[G]ome
(xylophone)
Am C G x4
C G Am Em F G C C x 4
Outro:
[C]oooh[Fmaj7]ooohoooh
