The Old Master Painter

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C 
The old master painter from the faraway hills 
C                              G 
Painted the violets and the daffodils 
             C 
He put the purple in the twilight haze 
F                                 C 
Then did a rainbow for the rainy days 

 
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Bum, Bum, Bum 

F 
Then came his masterpiece and when he was through 
C 
He smiled down from heaven and he gave me you 
C 
What a beautiful job on that wonderful day 
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The old master painter from the hills faraway 
 

 
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Dreamed up the murals on the blue summer skies 

Painted the devil in my darling's eyes 
C 
Captured the dreamer with a thousand thrills 
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The old master painter from the faraway hills 
 

 
F 
Then came his masterpiece and when he was through 
C 
He smiled down from heaven and he gave me you 
C 
What a beautiful job on that wonderful day 
F                C                F      C 
The old master painter from the hills faraway 

Hills faraway 
 

 
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Dreamed up the murals on the blue summer skies 

Painted the devil in my darling's eyes 
C 
Captured the dreamer with a thousand thrills 
Am                F                      C 
The old master painter from the faraway hills 

Fareaway, faraway, faraway