Paint By Numbers
Author: Al Stewart
Source: http://www.efn.org/~bch/songbook.html
 
Intro: Am G F G, repeat
Am
When all the		 G
help in the		 F
world won't		 G
get you		 Am
by		 G
 F
 G
Am
When all the		 G
friends that you		 F
lean on		 G
let you down,		 C
you'll wonder		 E
why
Am
  I see you		 G
there with your		 F
painting		 Em
box
  
And your		 Am
oils and		 G
brushes and your		 F
artist's		 Em
smocks
C
What'll you		 D
do if the		 F
Muse gets		 G
lost when I'm		 Am
gone		 G
 F
 G
You painted me in the way you said you knew
I don't believe that I saw myself in anything you drew
I say you never quite caught it right
You say you see me in a different fight
What'll you do with your black and white when I'm gone
G F E
Am
  
  I		 G
  
  nev		 FM7
  You paint by
er noticed it bef		 A
numbers
ore
  
You paint by		 A
numbers
G
  It's just a		 F
closing of an		 G
open door
C
  When you're looking		 B
round, you		 B♭
won't see me no		 Am
more
  
You		 G
paint by		 FM7
numbers
Staying here in this room just makes me pole
I never really could fat into your geometric scale
I see you measure my profile up
And you mix your paints in a broken cup
What'll you do if the brush gets stuck
When I'm gone

Chorus