Bare A Pop Opera - Portrait Of A Girl Ukulele chords by Soundtracks

4/4 Time

Intro: D Em D G

Verse I:
                D       Em
Portrait of a girl.

            D       G
Canvas of ages.

                   D
The stage is hers

            Em                  D
Demure and practiced beauty

                   G
Holding all inthrall.

               D       Em
Portrait of a girl.

           D        G
Object of rumor.

              D
A pose at play,

                    Em               D
They say she's fairest of them all.

                    A
Chorus: Paint her in,

             F#m                G
One color ends and one begins.

                      Em
Brush away what's stray

                     A
Add a finishing touch.

                Bm
The rapture cold as a pearl.

         G                              B
Now the portrait has captured the girl.


B D Em D G

Verse II:

               D       Em
Portrait of a girl.

            D           G
Painted il-lu--sion.

                    D
She'll play her part.

                   Em               D
She sees that she's a work of art.


Chorus:

             A
Paint her in,

                      F#m               G
Watching one color end and one begin.

                       Em
Brush away what's stray

                            A
There's disguise in her eyes.

                      F#m                 G
Add shadows that dance across her skin.

                                    Em        A
Hide the doubt that cries out within her.

                     F#m
Stripped bare beneath all the layers

           G                Em               A
Would you recognize the girl lying there?

                    Bm
Sought after trapped like a pearl,

         G                             Bm
Now the portrait has captured the girl.

               G                        B    B   D   Em    D   G
Now the portrait has captured the girl.


Outro:
             D       Em
Dare you to fall,

                 D
Fairest of them all.



* On the last line "fairest of them all" the time signature switches to 6/4.

For help, listen to the song, the score is by Damon Intrabartolo

http://www.barethealbum.com/musical/