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A
D
A
Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble,
D
A
E
A
Ancient footprints are everywhere.
D
A
D A
You can almost think that you're seein' double
D
A
E
A
On a cold, dark night on the Spanish Stairs.
E
D A
Got to hurry on back to my hotel room,
E
D A
Where I've got me a date with Botticelli's niece.
D
A
D
A
She promised that she'd be right there with me
D
A
E
A D A
When I paint my masterpiece.
Oh, the hours that I have spent by the Coliseum,
Dodging 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 wheels runnin' through the back of my memory,
As the daylight hours do increase.
Someday, everything is gonna be smooth like a rhapsody
When I paint my masterpiece.
F7
Bb Eb
Bb
I left Rome and landed in Brussels,
Bb
F
Bb
With a picture of a tall oak tree by my side.
Bb
Eb
Bb
Clergymen in uniform and young girls pullin' muscles,
Bb
F
Bb
Everyone was there and nobody tried to hide.
F
Bb
Newspapermen eating candy
F
Eb Bb
Had to be held down by big police.
Bb
Eb Bb
Someday, everything is gonna be diff'rent
Bb
F
Bb
When I paint my masterpiece.
(The following two lines where omitted from the 'Greatest Hits' version, but
were sung during the Rolling Thunder Revue in 1975)
Sailin' 'round the world in a dirty gondola.
Oh, to be back in the land of Coca-Cola!
Capo 2nd Fret
G
C
G
Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble,
C
G
D
G
Ancient footprints are everywhere.
C
G
C G
You can almost think that you're seein' double
C
G
D
G C G
On a cold, dark night on the Spanish Stairs.
D
C G
Got to hurry on back to my hotel room,
D
C G
Where I've got me a date with Botticelli's niece.
C
G
C
G
She promised that she'd be right there with me
C
G
D
G C G
When I paint my masterpiece.
Copyright © 1971 Big Sky Music
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