The Florentine chords by Big Big Train

🎸 Intro:

 G  Am  G  Am  G  D/F#  G



🎸 Verse 1:
   G          C     G        C      G   D/F# G
A visionary painter with techniques so fine
  G             C        G   C     G   D/F# Em
Viewed the world through two empirical eyes
Am    G  D
A polymath
Am    G   D  Em   G/B  D/F#  C
That did not find the paradigm
D        C    D    C
Thus he chose to redefine
      Am    G   D
With a curious mind
            G Am  G  Am  G  D/F#  G
The Florentine

(G  Am  G  Am  G  D/F#  G)

🎸 Verse 2:
 G         C        G     C         G     D/F# G
Detailed delineations, observations precise
 G          C     G   C    G  D/F#     Em
Studies and sketches, freehand fine lines
Am   G    D
Silverpoint
Am   G    D  Em  G/B    D/F#  C
War machines and grands designs
D        C    D         C
Intelligence taking flight
       Am    G    D           F
In the beautiful mind of The Florentine

🎸 Bridge:
 F
High winds, hard rain, a deluge comes
        Em
In a monstrous diluvian waves
     F
With black chalk marks, destruction pours
                             A4   A A4 A Am
In torrents where nothing is saved

(Am  F  Em  D  F)
(Am  F  Em  D  F)
(Am  F  Em  D  F)
(Am  F  Em  D  F)

🎸 Verse 3:
 Am
You showed us
 F
New ways to know our world
   Em                      D      F
Of what we see and all we could be - ah
  Am         F
Inspire to reach and spur us on
 Em                        D    F
Daring us to dream - see further
Am                F
Your notes, fine drawings and designs
     Em         D   F
Are bound in codices
      C
Voyaging through time
    F
You are a guiding light
  Em
A star
   D    F
Burning brightly
                C
Voyaging through time
       F
To know where the shadows are
   Em
And light is not
          D   F
Burn brightly
       Am
You star

Final

Diving deep for pearls
A gift to the world