Portraits chords by Wheeler Brothers

Chords with lyrics

Wheeler Brothers - Portraits

Capo 6
Intro:
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Verse 1:
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Once you painted pictures in the cold basement you left
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Reading Edgar Allen and writing poems about your death
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And how you filled the room with empty thoughts is beyond me
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Find me dusty, find me dead, but just find me

Chorus:
FF     C majorC      A minorAm   G+G    C majorC
I need no witnesses to bury this old house
FF     C majorC            A minorAm     G+G    C majorC
And if you stay with me, well then there ain't no way out
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Yes, I'll bury this old house

C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7

Verse 2:
Sand and sunny skylines used to cure the tougher days
It's funny how the weather can effect the world that way
But when that junk has locked you up and Texas coast is not enough
I want you to think back upon the portraits of your past

Chorus

G+G C majorC (ring)  G+G C(ring)  FF     FF
G+G C majorC (ring)  G+G C(ring)  FF     FF    G+G C majorC

C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7

Verse 3:
You and I in this lonely room, With the cold AC and the horid food
Thin sheets and white walls, and that stupid backtie gown
now I read your books for you and I'll paint for you and I'll wait for you
And I'll stay for you, my god we dont have money


(Chorus)

G+G C majorC    G+G C majorC    FF     FF
G+G C majorC    G+G C majorC    FF     FF    G+G C majorC

Bridge:
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Well it's broken, it's scattered all across the floor
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I try to build it up baby, you're crying on the telephone through my bedroom door
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And I'm shakin, I'm trying to find a place that I've known
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I try to reach out to me, but it's a place I've never been before and no
    G+G
one's home

(xylophone)
A minorAm   C majorC  G+G  x4


C majorC  G+G A minorAm E minorEm FF G+G C majorC C x 4

Outro:
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