Paint By Numbers
Al Stewart
RockMedium for beginners10 chords
How to play it
Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
Am
G
F
C
E
Dm
A
BDiagram coming soon
BbDiagram coming soon
D7
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
Intro Am G F G (8x) Verse 1: Am G F G Am G F G When all the help in the world won't get you by Am G F G C When all the friends that you lean on let you down E You'll wonder why Am G F G/E I see you there with your painting box Am G F G/E And your oils and brushes and your artist's smocks C Dm F G What'll you do if the Muse gets lost Am When I'm gone? Instrumental Am G F G x4 Verse 2: Am G F G Am G F G You painted me in the way you said you knew Am G F G C E I don't believe that I saw myself in anything you drew Am G F G/E I say you never quite caught it right Am G F G/E You say you see me in a different light C Dm F G What'll you do with your black and white Am G F G Am G F When I'm gone A You paint by numbers G F E I never noticed it before A You paint by numbers G F G It's just a closing of an open door C B When you're looking round Bb Am You won't see me no more G F You paint by numbers Instrumental Am G F G x4 Solo Am G F G x14 Verse 3: Am G F G Am G F G Staying here in this room just makes me pale Am G F G C E I never really could fit into your geometric scale Am G F G/E I see you measure my profile up Am G F G/E And you mix your paints in a broken cup C Dm F G What'll you do if the brush gets stuck Am G F G Am G F When I'm gone A You paint by numbers G F E I never noticed it before A You paint by numbers G F G It's just a closing of an open door C B When you're looking round Bb Am You won't see me no more G F You paint by numbers Instrumental Am G F D7 Am G F D7 Outro Am G F G (repeat and fade)
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Chord set
Am · G · F · C · E · Dm · A · B · Bb · D7
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.