Paint By Numbers

Intro: D D/C# Bm A/C# 


 
F#m        G       D        A 
Oh, what a gift it is to be noticed 
         F#m        G       D  A 
But it's nothin to do with me 
E                                  G 
 You've got to wonder if there's a reason to believe 
 

 
       D D/C# Bm      A/C#        G 
Its a life---time of learnin' to paint by numbers 
    E                    D 
And watchin' the colours run 


Instrumental: 
D/C# Bm A/C# 
G E G E 
 

 
D                 D/C# 
 It's a little bit complicated 
    Bm                         A/C# 
When they put an image in your head, and now you're stuck with it 
D                 D/C# 
 You're the luckiest, oh, the irony 
Bm          A/C#           D       D/C#           Bm              A/C# 
Holdin' the weight of the American children whose hearts you break 
F#m      G    D           A 
Was it a tragedy when you told her 
F#m           G      D     A 
"I'm not even thirty-three"? 
E                               G 
 A little self-compassion and a life within your means 
 

 
       D D/C# Bm      A/C#         G 
Its a life---time of pickin from one or the other 
 E              D D/C# Bm A/C#       G   E 
Kids with water guns,     watch them run 
 

 
       D D/C# Bm      A/C#        G 
Its a life---time of learnin' to paint by numbers 
    E                    D 
And watchin' the colours run 
 

Outro: 
D/C# Bm A/C# 
G F E