Must I Paint You A Picture
Billy BraggVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
It's bad timeing and me
We find a lot of things out this way
And there's you
A little black cloud in a dress
The temptation
To take the precious things we have a part
To see how they work
Must be resisted for they never fit together again
If this is rain let it fall on me and drown me
If these are tears let them fall
Must I paint you a picture
About the way that I feel
You know that my love for you is strong girl
You know that my love for you is real
It took a short walk and a talk
To change the rules of engagement
While you searched frantically for reverse
And then claiming
That virtue never tested is no virtue at all
And so I lost my ignorance
And now the bells across the river chime out your name
I look across to them again (chorus)
All your friends sais come down
It will never fly
And on that imperfect day
We threw it all away
Crisis after crisis, with such intensity
This would never happen if we lived by the sea
Most important decisions in life
Are made between two people in bed
I found that at my own expense
And when I see you
You juts turn around and walk away like we never met
Oh we used to be so brave
I dreamt the wolrd stopped turning as we climbed the hill
I dreamt impossible dreams that we were lovers still (chorus)
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Readable chord sheet for Must I Paint You A Picture by Billy Bragg
[C] [G] [Am] [C]It's bad tim[G]eing and m[F]e We find a l[G]ot of things out this way [C] And the[G]re's you A little bl[F]ack cloud in a dres[G]s [C]The temptat[G]ion To take the prec[Am]ious things w[F]e have a part To se[C]e how they wor[G]k [C] Must be resi[G]sted for they never fit tog[Am]ether again [F] [C] [G]If this is rain let it f[Am]all on me and drown me [G]If these are tears let[Am] them fall [G] Must I paint you a pi[C]cture [G] [Am] About the way that I[C] feel [G] [Am] You know that my love for you [C]is strong g[Am]irl [G] You know that my love for you [C]is real[Am] [G] [C]It took a sho[G]rt walk and a ta[F]lk To change the ru[G]les of engagement [C] While you searc[G]hed frantically for rev[F]erse [G] [C]And then cla[G]iming That vir[Am]tue never tes[F]ted is no vi[C]rtue at al[A]l [C]And so [G]I lost my ignoran[Am]ce [F] [G] And now the bells across the river[Am] chime out your name [G]I look across to them a[Am]gain [G] (chorus) [Em]All your friends sais come dow[C]n It will never fly And on that impe[F]rfect day We threw it al[G]l away C[Em]risis after crisis, w[Am]ith such intensity [F]This would never happen if we lived [G]by the sea [C]Most impo[G]rtant decisions in life [F] Are made betwee[G]n two people in bed [C] I found th[G]at at my own expens[F]e [G] [C]And when I se[G]e you You juts tu[Am]rn around and w[F]alk away like [C]we never m[G]et [C] Oh [G]we used to be so br[Am]ave [F] [G]I dreamt the wolrd stopped tur[Am]ning as we climbed the h[G]ill I dreamt impossible dre[Am]ams that we were lovers still [G] (chorus)