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Old 06-02-2023, 07:14 AM
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Default When I Paint My Masterpiece - Bob Dylan version

Can you recommend any good tutorials or cover videos of this song? I have found a few... looking for others I may have missed.

This one is a simple arrangement, but I love the guy's voice!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSw4M-ltERU
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Old 06-05-2023, 08:48 AM
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It's just about the most simple song out there...

This one done live by the Band is in A but easy to transpose. They did it in B flat on their album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq7QVXwfLsY

Here is also a great cover. They also play in the same position but capo'd. You can see the chords she is playing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfCAXV2QbGE

Here are the basic chords from the net so take them with a grain of salt. Also you have to hear the changes....

[Intro]
D A D A E


[Verse 1]
D A D A
Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble,
E A
Ancient foot prints are everywhere.
D A D A
You could almost think that your seein' double,
E A
On the cold, dark night on the Spanish Stairs.
E E7 A
Gotta hurry on back to my hotel room,
E A D
Where I got me a date with a pretty little girl from Greece.
A D A
She promised she'd be there with me,
E A
When I paint my masterpiece.


[Interlude]
D A D A E


[Verse 2]
D A D A
Oh, the hours we spent, inside the Coliseum.
E A D
Dodging lions, and a-wasting time,
A D A
Oh those mighty kings of the jungle, I could hardly stand to see'em
E E7 A
Yes it sure has been a long, hard climb.
E A
Train wheels a running through the back of my memory,
E A D
When I ran on a hilltop followin' a pack of wild geese,
A D A
Someday everything is gonna sound like a rhapsody
E A
When I paint my masterpiece.


[Bridge]
E A
Sailing round the world in a dirty gondola,
C#m D E D A/C# Cdim7 E
Oh to be back in the land of, Coca cola.


[Verse 3]
D A D A
Well I left Rome, and landed in Brussels,
E E7 A
On a plane ride so bumpy that I almost cried,
D A D A
Clergy men in uniform, and young girls pulling muscles,
E E7 A
Everyone was there to greet me when I stepped inside,
E A
Newspaper men eatin' candy,
E A D
Had to be held down by big police.
A D A
Someday, everything is gonna be different,
E A
When I paint my masterpiece.

D A D A
[fade]
X
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Old 06-06-2023, 06:58 PM
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It's just about the most simple song out there...

This one done live by the Band is in A but easy to transpose. They did it in B flat on their album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq7QVXwfLsY

Here is also a great cover. They also play in the same position but capo'd. You can see the chords she is playing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfCAXV2QbGE

Here are the basic chords from the net so take them with a grain of salt. Also you have to hear the changes....

[Intro]
D A D A E


[Verse 1]
D A D A
Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble,
E A
Ancient foot prints are everywhere.
D A D A
You could almost think that your seein' double,
E A
On the cold, dark night on the Spanish Stairs.
E E7 A
Gotta hurry on back to my hotel room,
E A D
Where I got me a date with a pretty little girl from Greece.
A D A
She promised she'd be there with me,
E A
When I paint my masterpiece.


[Interlude]
D A D A E


[Verse 2]
D A D A
Oh, the hours we spent, inside the Coliseum.
E A D
Dodging lions, and a-wasting time,
A D A
Oh those mighty kings of the jungle, I could hardly stand to see'em
E E7 A
Yes it sure has been a long, hard climb.
E A
Train wheels a running through the back of my memory,
E A D
When I ran on a hilltop followin' a pack of wild geese,
A D A
Someday everything is gonna sound like a rhapsody
E A
When I paint my masterpiece.


[Bridge]
E A
Sailing round the world in a dirty gondola,
C#m D E D A/C# Cdim7 E
Oh to be back in the land of, Coca cola.


[Verse 3]
D A D A
Well I left Rome, and landed in Brussels,
E E7 A
On a plane ride so bumpy that I almost cried,
D A D A
Clergy men in uniform, and young girls pulling muscles,
E E7 A
Everyone was there to greet me when I stepped inside,
E A
Newspaper men eatin' candy,
E A D
Had to be held down by big police.
A D A
Someday, everything is gonna be different,
E A
When I paint my masterpiece.

D A D A
[fade]
X
Thank you!
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Old 06-17-2023, 10:10 AM
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I’ve messed with this song recently. Love it. But I’ve heard a version where that last verse modulates up a step. I’ve not done that but might try it one day…
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Old 06-17-2023, 10:32 AM
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Don't forget you have this site :

https://dylanchords.com/99_greatesth...my_masterpiece

First call for any Dylan song. Then move on to any other version you like.
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