Portrait Of A Blank Slate chords by Lovejoy

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: G#m


G#m E C#m   G#m D#



Verse 1:
G#m
He told me that much and now he's dead
E
Taught me to kill my indulgences
C#m
With a sharp blow to the temple
G#m               D#
Pick up the phone call and do everything he says
G#m
I could take a plastic camera
E

We could make such a pretty picture
C#m
Oh, so happy, oh, oh, so happy
G#m             D#
I'm pretty cool once you get to know me

Refrain:
G#m***
I feel at some point, I broke my mind
E***
I'm always searching the silent type
C#m***
How do you all make it look so easy?
G#m***           D#***
You open your hearts up so quickly, it scares me

Verse 2:
G#m
She's an artist, paints across my chest
E
Goes to parties, act like hotel guests
C#m
Wake up Monday, now it's over
G#m          D#
Don't you know no-one gets what they came here for?
G#m
I could paint her, wrapped around her
E
We could make such a pretty picture
C#m
Oh, so happy, oh, oh, so happy
G#m          D#
I'm pretty cool once you get to know me

Chorus:
E
But I'm just the same
C#m          G#m
I've got a boring name
G#m7
Across the world from what you want and what you came here for
E
So, I'll wait here for you
C#m               G#m
I said, please just let me stay
G#m7
Oh, just let me stay
E***

Verse 3:
G#m
I guess you know now what to expect
E
He lives your own life in retrospect
C#m
You know it bores me? These insecurities
G#m         D#
Breaks you down just to act as the architect
G#m
I could wait here, by the west pier
E
Watched the flotsam float, slowly disappear
C#m
Oh, so happy, oh, oh, so happy
G#m         D#
If only you knew just how much better things could be

Instrumental:
G#m E G#m
D#*** D#***

G#m E
   Another week of action
G#m D#*** D#***
     Another hypoglycaemic reaction

G#m E C#m      G#m D#

Chorus:
E
But I'm just the same
C#m          G#m
I've got a boring name
G#m7
Across the world from what you want and what you came here for
E
So, I'll wait here for you
C#m               G#m
I said, please just let me stay
G#m7
Oh, just let me stay
Oh just let me!

Outro:
E C#m G#m
G#m7
I'm sorry it's all so predictable
E C#m G#m
G#m7
I'm sorry it's all so predictable
E***




*** Means strum three times.