four portraits Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
There's [G]Arnold[Em][Dm][Em][F][Em][A]
[C]
[G][Em][F][Dm][G][Em][Dm][Em]
[G]
[Gm]With his back to me
Wandering down through
an ill- lit street
I'm curious
And would like to entreat
Is [C]it inspiration or self- defeat
And from the corner his figure
fades
[F]

[Verse 2]
[Fm]
[Bb]And should I follow
or retrograde
[Eb][G]

[Verse 3]
[C]There's [Dm]Anton
With [Em]a furrowed [Dm]brow[C]
A crooked [A]finger and [F]non-
plussed [G]scowl
There's [C]symmetry[Dm]
He will [Em]soon [Dm]endow[C][A]
Crafting tone rows with his
[F]head [G]faced [Gm]down

[Verse 4]
If I seek pleas[C]ure in melody
[F]

[Verse 5]
[Fm]
Have I [Bb]betrayed
best tenden[Eb]cies

[Verse 6]
Oh Alban [G]We part
[C]our [Dm]hair the
[Em]same[Dm][C]
Posing [A]next to a [F]drawer and frame
[G]At [C]23 [Dm]and two years of[Em] age[Dm][C]
Your work is [A]tasteful your
[F]life's [G]urbane[Gm]

[Verse 7]
As for the [C]despot's who bring
you down
[F]

[Verse 8]
[Abdim][Fm]
A century [Bb]later they're
still around
[Eb][Gm]

[Verse 9]
[F#]
And so [Bm]I sit by the
[Bbaug]window sill
Feeling [D]sad, the questions
[Abdim]linger still
I'm trying to de[G]cide if it's fake or
real
[A][Abdim][G][Bb][D]

[Verse 10]
[D]I'm all alone
[Em]In a n[D]oisy t[Em]hrong[D]
[B]Nameless and [G]ageless,
all strung [A]along
[D]Nobody [Em]else can[D][Em]
[D]name this song
Mispronun[B]ciations and
[G]words spelled wrong
[A]At

[Verse 11]
[Am]times like[D] these I
think I'm on my own

[Verse 12]
A [G]new [Gm]self- port[C]rait of my own

[Outro 1]
[F][A][D][Em][D][Em]
[D][Bm]
[G][A][D][Em][D]
[Bm][D][A][D][Bm][D]
[Bm][D][Bm][D]
[Bm][D]