Chords/Tablature for The Painter
Submitted by: Joe McElwain
Tuning: Standard (EADGBE)
Notes about this song:
- The tab below for the intro section is just a
suggestion.
- Also, there is a variation of hammer-ons
around the 'C' chord in the first two lines of each
verse.
- The rest of the song is straight-forward
except for the "Dadd2add4 to C1 to D1" transition in
the chorus, which is as follows (sorry, I don't know
the chord names, so I refer to them as C1 and D1):
Chorus transition
Dadd2add4 C1 D1
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|-0h3----3-----------5-5------------7-7---7---|
G|-0-0-----0-----------------------------------|
D|-0h4--4---4---4/5-5-----5---5/7--7-----7-----|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
The lap steel guitar part in the intro section can be
simulated by a second guitar as follows:
Riff 1: e|-10b1r~~~~-- (b1r -> slowly bend 1 full step
and slowly release)
Riff 2: e|-7b1r~~~~---
CHORDS:
Dadd2add4: x54030
C/G: 3x2013
C1: xx5x5x
D9/F#: 200210
Am7: x02010
D1: xx7x7x
INTRO (Riff 1):
G C/G Dadd2add4 Am7
e|------3-----3----------------------|
B|-------0----0h1----0h3--3-----0h1--|
G|--------0---0------0-0---0----0----|
D|---0--------0h2----0h4-4--4---0h2--|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-3---------------------------------|
(Riff 2)
G C/G Dadd2add4 C
e|------3-----3-----------------0--|
B|-------0----0h1----0h3--3-----1--|
G|--------0---0------0-0---0----0--|
D|---0--------0h2----0h4-4--4---2--|
A|------------------------------3--|
E|-3-------------------------------|
Verse:
G C
The painter stood, before her work
G C
She looked around everywhere
G C Am D9/F# G
She saw the pictures and she painted them
G Am F D G
She picked the colors from the air
G C
Green to green, red to red
G C
Yellow to yellow in the light
G C Am D9/F# G
Black to black when the evening comes
G Am F D G
Blue to blue in the night
Intro:
Chorus:
G C/G Dadd2add4 C G C/G Dadd2add4 C
It's a long road, behind
G C/G Dadd2add4 C C1 D1
It's a long road, ahead
Em C D D1
If you follow every dream, you might get lost
Em C G D G
If you follow every dream, you might - get - lost
Intro:
Verse:
G C
She towed the line, she held her end up
G C
She did the work of two men
G C Am D9/F# G
But in the end, she fell down
G Am F D G
Before she got up again
G C
I keep my friends, eternally
G C
We leave our tracks in the sound
G C Am D9/F# G
Some of them are with me now
G Am F D G
Some of them can't be found
Intro:
Chorus:
G C/G Dadd2add4 C G C/G Dadd2add4 C
It's a long road, behind me
G C/G Dadd2add4 C1 D1
And I miss you now
Em C D D1
If you follow every dream, you might get lost
Em C G D G
If you follow every dream, you might - get - lost
Intro:
Verse:
G C
Green to green, red to red
G C
Yellow to yellow in the light
G C Am D9/F# G
Black to black when the evening comes
G Am F D G
Blue to blue through the night
Intro:
G
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