Painted Bells chords by Boz Scaggs

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: D

Intro:
D  F#m  Bm  D  G  F#m  Em  D

Verse 1:
D                F#m  Bm    D
Winding down the Drury Lane
  G             Em        D
I fall with the evening rain
D                    F#m  Bm       D
My thoughts with the water flow by
G                 Em     D
Like steam rising off the road
G                      F#m7
Passers-by watch their step
F#                         Bm  Fm7
To see that they don't get wet
Em7
And I'll just sit beneath this tree
A7
Let the drops fall all over me
A7                              D
And watch the city lights flick on

Verse 2:
D                                 F#m
The crowds collide just out of my reach
Em7                            D
The taxi's lights flash up and down the street
D                            F#m
I sit and watch the faces go by
Em7                  A7    D
I don't wonder where to or why
G                                     F#m7
Cause it's me, the rain, my warm dark pain
F#7                          Bm  Fm7
Alone at ease and nowhere at all
Em7
My thoughts just drift on back to you
A7sus4          A7
It seems you're here, so it must be true
A7                              D
We never parted, you never went away

Chorus:
D                    G      D  G
So I order up another glass
D                    G      D  G
Not to let the moment pass
D             F#m       Bm  D     G
Turning around in love with you
      F#m         Em        D
Oh, I know you loved me too
         A                D
And it's always been this way

Verse 3:
D                      F#m
Here sitting in my wet café
   Em7                     D
I catch a spark across the way
 D                       F#m
A string of tiny painted bells
Em7            A7      D
Seem to have a tale to tell

G                        F#m
A string of tiny painted bells
   F#7                           Bm     Fm7
On someone that I once knew well
Em
Is all that's left, the rest's not true
A7
I smile, I see it's really you
A7                                 D
The rain will go, and you will too

Chorus:
D              G             D  G
And I order up another glass
D              G             D  G
Not to let the moment pass
D       F#m  Bm             D  G
Turning around in love with you
F#m        Em          D
Oh, it got too hard to do
         A                D
And it's always been this way
         A                 D
Yes, it's always been this way