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Tom : D
A G D D
That I love you, yeah, I love you
Hm Hm
Donatello, Frida Kahlo, Holbein
Hm Hm
You can have it all, you know that you can have it all
A G D D
That I love you, yeah I love you
Hm
Now paint me a picture
Hm D
And draw yourself drawing a piece of paper with pencil
D Em
‘Cause you can’t afford to misrepresent me
G
I want an imitation of reality
Hm Hm
Gather all your kings and other things
That you know my good
D
You might tell me what, ‘cause
D Em
Do you think that these are my good nature
G
You establish this good nature
Hm
Buy me aristocracy
Hm
Now listen to me, yeah,
D
Your whores come and go to sit with me
Em
I wanna be seen in a hundred years
G
As you see me now, so don’t hesitate
A (...and stop)
Make my portrait made
(no chord)
So paint me now
Hm D Em
[Refrão]
You didn’t want to know, you didn’t want to see
G
Hm
You threw it in the fire, you threw it in the fire
D Em
And then you took my eyes, so I could never be
G
The painter of your boy
And then I go:
[Próxima Parte]
G A
King, for king, oh, king, bring the guillotine
(Hm)
(riff)
Hm D Em
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[Próxima Parte]
G A
King, for king, oh, king, bring the guillotine
(Hm)
(riff)
Hey
(Hm)
(riff)
Bring the guillotine
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