Paint Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]In my [Gm]dusty [D]house
In my dirty clothes
Seated [G]in a town on
[D]the verge of extinction
[G]Struggling [Gm]with a tune
[D]Alone I compose a bit[G]ter[Gm]sweet ditty
[G]About an [D]ex- girlfriend
But why [G]bother [Gm]with painful memo[D]ries?
Why tear out my [Gm]heart for
all the [D]world to see?
Why not paint by [Gm]number
Catchy [D]melody
Burn it up the [G]charts
[Gm]with sweet simplic[D]ity
Then [F]do it again

[Interlude 1]
[F][G][C]
[Eb][F][G][C][D]

[Verse 2]
[Gm]Gotta get [G]away
[D]Maybe we should stay
Seated [G]in a town on the
[D]verge of explosion
[G]New York [Gm]and L[G]A
No one [D]listening anyway
[G]Busy [Gm]predicting [D]the next big thing
So why [Gm]bother with changing [D]scenery?
Why pack up the [Gm]car and
move to [D]California?
Why not paint by [G]number[Gm]
[D]Catchy melody
Playing all the [Gm]parts in deadly [D]harmony

[Interlude 2]
Then do it again
[F][G][C]
[Eb][F][G][C][Eb][F]
Put the [G]keys into the

[Verse 3]
[C]car
Put [Eb]the car into [F]drive
You can [G]take us to the [C]moon
Just take us [Eb]for a ride

[Interlude 3]
[Gm][D][F][C][G][Gm][D]
[Gm][D][G][D]
[G][Gm][D][Gm][D]
[G][Gm][D][Gm][D]
[G][Gm][D]

[Verse 4]
[Gm]In his dusty house
[C]In his dirty [F]clothes
[G]Seated in a town [C]over
[D]run by tourists
[C]Struggling with a tune so [D]alone he composes
A [G]bittersweet ditty [F]in the [D]3rd person
[F]So why [G]star in your [D]fictional stories?
Why try to [G]deny [Gm]your
crimin[G]al and [D]thieves?
Go ahead Paint By [Gm]Number
Phony [D]fake I.D.'s
Burn it up the [G]charts [Gm]with sweet
Sim[D]plicity, then do it again

[Interlude 4]
[F][G][C][Eb][F][G]
[C][Eb][F][G][C][Eb][F]
[G][C][Eb][F]
- re[G]peat

[Verse 5]
[C][Eb][F][G][C][Eb][F]
[G]cho[C]rus[Eb]-

[Outro 1]
[F][G][C][Eb]
[F][G][C][Eb][F][G][C]
[Eb][F][G][C][Eb][F][G][C]
[Eb][D]