Paint Your Picture Lyrics

From Josh Ritter
Words and Music by Josh Ritter
Chords used:
F#m: 000675
F#m*: 000463
G: 320003
Em: 022000
A: 002220
Asus: 0002200
D: 000232
Dsus: 000230
Dsus2: 000233
G transition to Em:
*All chords in reference to capo*
Intro:
Gradually start strumming:
Pictures on my wall
In fifteen different colors
Starting with vermillion
The first flower of the summer
And I don't think I'll be finished
'Til I've begun to understand this
With you stretched out in the sunlight
As your laughter fills my canvas
The sun falls in like fingers
On your back against the blinds
Tracing out your hours
It is filling in your lines
Well your curl defines your spiral
As you sillouette the window
And my brush forgets itself
Spills lines upon your pillow
Finds you standing in the middle
F#m G transition to Em
Of lines you laid down before
Trying to paint my picture into yours
Let me paint you in the corner
As your shoulders trap the light
See the sunset filling golden up
The wineskin of the night
I have seen your eyes in paintings
As cathedrals cried hosanna
Let me paint your face in frescos
Hang your hair like candellabras
See you standing in the middle
F#m G transition to Em
Of lines you laid down before
Trying to paint my picture into yours
s-
In the morning let me find you
As I call to you by name
Your body warm beside me
Not imprisoned in a frame
I could never find the colors
Or the light to finally paint you
With those roses in your hair
The smell of wine and mortal perfume
As you're standing in the middle
F#m G transition to Em
Of lines you laid down before
Trying to paint my picture into yours
End strumming D a few times