Must I Paint You A Picture
Billy Bragg
RockMedium for beginners6 chords
How to play it
Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
C
G
Am
F
A
Em
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
intro: C G Am C G F It's bad timing and me G C We find a lot of things out this way G And there's you F G A little black cloud in a dress C G The temptation Am F To take the precious things we have a part C G C To see how they work G Am F C Must be resisted for they never fit together again G Am If this is rain let it fall on me and drown me G Am G If these are tears let them fall C G Am Must I paint you a picture C G Am About the way that I feel C Am G You know that my love for you is strong girl C Am G You know that my love for you is real C G F It took a short walk and a talk G C To change the rules of engagement G F G While you searched frantically for reverse C G And then claiming Am F C A That virtue never tested is no virtue at all C G Am And so I lost my ignorance F-G Am And now the bells across the river chime out your name G Am G I look across to them again C G Am Must I paint you a picture C G Am About the way that I feel C Am G You know that my love for you is strong girl C Am G You know that my love for you is real (Bridge) Em C All your friends said come down It will never fly F And on that imperfect day G We threw it all away Em Am Crisis after crisis, with such intensity F G This would never happen if we lived by the sea C G F Most important decisions in life G C Are made between two people in bed G F G I found that at my own expense C G And when I see you Am F C G C You juts turn around and walk away like we never met G Am F Oh we used to be so brave G Am G I dreamt the wolrd stopped turning as we climbed the hill Am G I dreamt impossible dreams that we were lovers still C G Am Must I paint you a picture C G Am About the way that I feel C Am G You know that my love for you is strong girl C Am G You know that my love for you is real
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Chord set
C · G · Am · F · A · Em
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.