When I Paint My Masterpiece

G C G OH THE STREETS OF ROME ARE FILLED WITH RUBBLE D G AND ANCIENT FOOTPRINTS ARE EVERYWHERE C G C G YOU COULD ALMOST THINK THAT YOU'D BEEN SEEIN' DOUBLE D G ON A COLD DARK NIGHT, ON THE SPANISH STAIRS D G GOT TO HURRY ON BACK TO MY HOTEL ROOM D G C WHERE I GOT ME A DATE WITH MONATELLI'S NIECE G C G SHE PROMISED SHE'D BE THERE WITH ME D G WHEN I PAINT MY MASTERPIECE OH THE TIME I SPENT INSIDE THE COLLISEUM DODGIN' LIONS AND WASTIN' TIME OH THOSE MIGHTY KINGS OF THE JUNGLE I COULD HARDLY STAND TO SEE 'EM YES IT SURE HAS BEEN A LONG HARD CLIMB TRAIN WHEEL RUNNIN THROUGH THE BACK OF MY MEM'RY WHEN I RAN UP AH ILL TOP FOLLOWIN' A FLOCK OF WILD GEESE SOMEDAY EVERYTHINGS GONNA SOUND LIKE A RHAPSODY WHEN I PAINT THAT MASTERPIECE INSTRUMENTAL: C G D G D# G SAILIN ROUND THE WORLD IN A DIRTY GHONDOLA B C D D/F# G Dsus2 G7 D OH TO BE BACK IN THE LAND OF (CORPA CO - LA?) WELL I LEFT ROME AND I HEADED FOR BRUSSELS ON THE PLANE RIDE SO BUMPY THAT I ALMOST CRIED CLERGYMEN IN UNIFORM AND YOUNG GIRLS PULLIN' MUSCLES EVERYONE WAS THERE TO GREET ME WHEN I STEPPED INSIDE NEWSPAPER MEN EATIN' CANDY HAD TO BE HELD DOWN BY THE BIG POLICE SOMEDAY EVERYTHINGS GONNA BE DIFFERENT WHEN I PAINT MY MASTERPIECE G7 C G D G C-G _____________________ PETSTUPID@HOTMAIL.COM